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Upcoming Webinars: Defense
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In extreme environments, materials tend to break down or crack from long-term heat exposure or become brittle when exposed to extremely low temperatures....

Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace
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Digital engineering is revolutionizing the way aerospace and defense systems are being designed, developed, and maintained. Enabling digital knowledge workers is...

White Papers: Aerospace
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Using HIL Simulation for Battery Management System (BMS) Testing in Electric Vehicles

As the Electric Vehicle (EV) industry and Battery Management Systems (BMS) continue to innovate, demand for solutions to validate critical components under...

White Papers: Medical
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Enhance Corrosion Resistance of Metal Parts with Electropolishing

One of the most common applications for electropolishing is to enhance corrosion resistance in parts made from a wide variety of metal alloys, especially stainless steel. Over...

White Papers: Defense
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Building Resilience in Aerospace and Defense

In our latest report, Building resilience in aerospace and defense, we explore two key trends that can help us achieve these goals.

Resilient supply chains: How to design and manage supply...

White Papers: Aerospace
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Five Tips for Designing Scalable Automated Production Test Systems

What happens to your production test system as demand increases or you modify products by adding new features or developing new models? Will it scale to meet your new testing...

On-Demand Webinars: Aerospace
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Aerospace companies must maximize the availability of their fleets while anticipating and mitigating costly disruptions. Data is the key. Extracting the full value of exponential amounts...

White Papers: Aerospace
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Code Coverage Analysis: We've Got You Covered!

Structural (code) coverage analysis is more than just a burden. That’s why so many leading standards insist on it. Here’s how and why it’s performed.

Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Test & Measurement - September 2023

In this new report from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, you'll meet the NASA Mars rover's digital twin, discover how 3D scanning is becoming a key weapon for mil/aero...

INSIDER: Aerospace

Mars rovers have teams of human experts on Earth telling them what to do. But robots on lander missions to moons orbiting Saturn or Jupiter are too far away to receive timely...

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Application Briefs: Aerospace
NASA’s successful Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) demonstration suggests that inflatable aeroshells can keep payloads safe during atmospheric entry.
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Quiz: Aerospace
How much do you know about eVTOLs? Test yourself with this quiz.
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NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
By combining historical and current data from multiple NASA and European satellites, MD-based terraPulse applies AI to create meaningful maps enabling data-driven ecological decisions.
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Podcasts: AR/AI
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace is working with the U.S. military on applications for its electric drone, the K1000ULE.
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Briefs: Manned Systems
Researchers have designed an electrode-based system for guidance, navigation, and control of aircraft or spacecraft moving at hypersonic speeds in ionizing atmospheres.
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Briefs: Information Technology
Armed with 5G network technology, AI, and edge computing resources, a pilot project under development at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island aims to create an optimized refueling system designed to boost readiness for military aircraft.
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Briefs: Manned Systems
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a propeller design optimization method that paves the way for quiet, efficient electric aviation.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have introduced a method for robust flight navigation agents to master vision-based fly-to-target tasks in intricate, unfamiliar environments.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Advanced technology plays a vital role in search and rescue operations after natural disasters such as earthquakes. Thermal imaging equipment and sensitive listening devices are deployed to seek out signs of life.
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INSIDER: Software

In the film “Top Gun: Maverick,” Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, is charged with training young pilots to complete a seemingly impossible mission — to fly their jets deep into a rocky...

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On-Demand Webinars: Robotics, Automation & Control
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The Artemis 1 Mission is a step closer to launch. Before NASA returns humans to the Moon in 2024, a fleet of lunar landers will precede them and look for potential landing locations and resources for...

Application Briefs: Motion Control
Leveraging a high-speed permanent magnet motor, an environmental control system aboard the ISS represents a step change toward electrification and optimization.
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NASA Spinoff: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Squishy Robotics’ tensegrity sensor robots gather data at the scenes of fires, crashes, explosions, and other disasters to help first responders determine their approach to a disaster scene.
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Quiz: Automotive
How much do you know about additive manufacturing? Test yourself with this quiz.
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Space Technology - July 2023

Read about ten surging space startups, robotic construction on the moon, metal 3D printing in orbit, and much more in this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense...

Articles: Aerospace
Since the dawn of the space race, the idea of sending humans to Mars has been the subject of aerospace engineering and scientific studies. From the successful flyby of NASA’s Mariner 4 in 1964 to the Perseverance rover in 2020, the missions to Mars have come a long way.
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Articles: Aerospace
University of Arizona engineers have developed a system that allows autonomous vehicles to scout out underground habitats for astronauts. Their robust platform could allow robotic explorers to operate underground or even submerged in liquid environments.
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Articles: Aerospace
Researchers at the Exolith Lab, University of Central Florida, are simulating realistic materials to be used for testing a range of technologies for Martian surface interactions and operations.
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