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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The new arm design enables unmanned aerial vehicles to fly in windy conditions.
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Articles: Aerospace
Dr. Kennedy was the first Director of Teaching & Learning, Literacy and Outreach for the New York...
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Articles: Aerospace
Moghbeli has accumulated more than 150 combat missions and 2,000 hours of flight time in more than 25 different aircraft.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This vibrometer has uses in analyzing spasms in humans, as a breath analyzer for diagnosis of cancer and other diseases, and as a preventative healthcare sensor.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
These actuators provide active flow control for airfoil surfaces and supersonic inlets of wing-borne vehicles.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The sensor makes it easier to detect and manage ice accumulation on aircraft wings.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
We spoke with five women who lead their fields in engineering and science
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Briefs: Aerospace
This framework can be used by commercial and military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Blog: Aerospace
University of Washington engineer James Koch observed patterns in a promising, but often-unpredictable rocket part: The rotating detonation engine.
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Facility Focus: Semiconductors & ICs
Explore Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's first space flight complex.
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Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
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Rugged Computing - February 2020
From the battlefield to the extreme environment of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. To help you keep pace with the latest developments, we present this...

Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This innovation could lead to better drones, satellites, and biomedical devices.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This program enhances images and videos for smartphones, tablets, and PCs.
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Briefs: Software
CAESAR Plug-in for MagicDraw
Users can maintain the consistency of a flight system design.
Briefs: Motion Control
This mechanical gyroscope can advance motion sensing capabilities in consumer-sized applications.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Systems of tiny robots could build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlements.
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Question of the Week: Automotive
Would You Ride in a Flying Car?
A flying car, also known as a rotable aircraft, is something that inventors have been dreaming about for a very long time. Stuck in traffic? Just take-off and get out of there.
Blog: Aerospace
NASA came to CES with a message: We're going back to the Moon, and we'll need help from industry to do it.
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Blog: Transportation
Stuck in traffic? The Pegasus flying car can get you out of there.
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Facility Focus: Aerospace
See how NOAA provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, and more.
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Briefs: Aerospace
A carbon nanotube heat shield can better protect extremely fast aircraft.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This technique lowers airstream noise generated at the side edges of deployed flaps, elevons, or slats.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
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Briefs: Energy
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
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Articles: Imaging
Heartbeat-based biometrics, sonic-boom displays, and an artificial leaf.
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Briefs: Materials
Load-bearing structures in cars and airplanes could be manufactured from the metal foam.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A new method of estimating the optimal trailing aircraft position in a formation increases fuel savings.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This microrobot with soft actuators can crash, fall, and collide without being damaged.
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Articles: Software
With the rise in electrification and design complexity, aerospace original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need to look for new methodologies to mitigate compliance risk.
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