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Facility Focus: Materials
Founded in 1876, the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Bolder) is a public research university in Boulder, CO. The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder was founded in 1893. With an increased...
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
A continuous flight of small drones over its perimeter could enhance security of the nation's border, but there is one small problem: The battery limitation of small drones (they last about 30 minutes) is...
Briefs: Power
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Softbank Corp. have developed a lithium-air battery with an energy density over 500Wh/ kg - significantly higher than currently lithium-ion batteries....
Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
RF & Microwave Electronics - May 2022
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in avionics systems,...Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Aerospace & Defense Sensing - April 2022
Designing the connected battlespace of the future...mobile robots that detect and alert soldiers to dangers in real time...'electronic skin' sensors capable of mimicking the dynamic process of human...INSIDER: Unmanned Systems
When thirsty residents of a permanent community on the Moon take a swig of fresh water brought in from the lunar south pole, they’ll be enjoying the benefits of a 30-pound spacecraft known...
Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
Unmanned Systems - March 2022
Powering better battlefield drones...autonomous quadcopters that fly aerobatic maneuvers...a breakthrough in compact UAV satellite communications technology. Read about these and other advances in air, ground, and...INSIDER: Propulsion
This new advance could pave the way for smaller, lighter, and more effective micro flying robots for environmental monitoring, search and rescue, and deployment in hazardous...
INSIDER: Design
In the fifteenth century, artist and engineer Leonardo da Vinci envisioned a craft that flew using a single helix-shaped propeller — the aerial screw — viewed by many as...
Facility Focus: AR/AI
Learn about the aviation, space, cybersecurity, and engineering achievements happening at Embry-Riddle.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A new fabrication technique helps improve the performance of flying micro-robots.
INSIDER: Propulsion
It might be tiny, but Peter Ryseck’s Mini QBIT offers hobbyists some serious fun — and could help foster new innovations in the field of unmanned aviation.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Like snowflakes, no two branches are alike. They can differ in size, shape, and texture; some might be wet or moss-covered or bursting with offshoots. And yet birds can land on just about...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories’ fog facility is bringing the future...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
5 Ws: Electronics & Computers
About the size of a grain of sand, the flying microchip (or microflier) does not have a motor or engine.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include avionics, data storage, process control, reconfigurable manufacturing lines, and civil and structural engineering.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
UAVs can land on moving unmanned ground vehicles without GPS.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
The algorithm calculates time-optimal trajectories that fully consider the drones’ limitations.
Facility Focus: Unmanned Systems
The "ERDC" helps solve problems in civil and military engineering, geospatial sciences, water resources, and environmental sciences.
Articles: Propulsion
With Artemis II — the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion — four astronauts will travel to the lunar environment in 2024.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Unmanned aircraft present a range of optics challenges.
Articles: Unmanned Systems
With the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, NASA will return humans to the lunar surface.
Articles: Defense
A vision-based control algorithm saves a quadrotor after the complete loss of a single motor.
Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
Rugged Computing & Electronics - November 2021
From the battlefield to the oceans to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. To help you keep pace with the latest developments, we...Special Reports: Photonics/Optics
RF & Microwave Electronics - October 2021
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in satellite and...Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
Today, Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering performs research in robotics, cyberphysical systems, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, energy, and other topics.
Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
As the U.S. lands a craft on the Moon for the first time since 1972, technology built by Louisiana State University students will report back from the lunar surface.
UpFront: Energy
NASA reveals winners of a CO2 conversion challenge.
Top Stories
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Ultrasound Wristband Precisely Tracks Hand Movements in Real Time
Podcasts: Electronics & Computers
Arm’s Agentic AI CPU: Engineering the Next Generation of AI Data Centers
Quiz: Manned Systems
National Astronaut Day 2026: Astronauts and Space Missions Quiz
Articles: Design
Redefining the Automotive Industry with Versatile Innovation
Application Briefs: Connectivity
Blog: Aerospace
Lincoln Laboratory Laser Communications Terminal Launches on Historic...
Webcasts
Webinars: Connectivity
Virtual. Physical. Connected: How Smart Testing Is Changing Automotive...
Webinars: Electronics & Computers
Superior Environmental Protection with Ultra-Thin Parylene and Multilayer...
Summits: Energy
Battery Manufacturing & Simulation Summit 2026
Webinars: Power
Virtual Screening of Materials for Increased Battery Performance
Webinars: Software
Scaling SDV Development with Virtualization
Webinars: Electronics & Computers
Why Your Motor Behaves Badly: See BLDC Control Signals, Power, and EMI in One...
