Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The OSPRES (ONR Short Pulse Research, Evaluation and non-SWaP) program performed fundamental work in the areas of Silicon (Si) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) based...
Articles: Materials
Heat-seeking missiles have been in use against both rotorcraft and fixed wing aircraft since the mid-1950s, and countermeasures to deceive their guidance systems have been employed...
Articles: Communications
A desirable interface between multi-agents is through over-the-air RF connections that include not only the intended direct RF communications paths but also highly variable multi-ray propagation, range...
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Sensor Technology Ltd.Banbury, Oxon, UK01869 238400www.torqsense.com
A newly developed intelligent wireless helicopter load sensor has a choice of two displays, offering simple or comprehensive data read outs, so that...
Application Briefs: Weapons Systems
RADA Electronic Industries Ltd.Netanya, Israel+972-9-892-1111www.rada.com
RADA Electronic Industries Ltd., a company that specializes in the development and production of tactical land radar for force and border...
Briefs: Aerospace
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) is a soft ionization technique that is widely applied in the characterization of large biomolecules using...
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
SPYNEL sensors are passive wide area surveillance systems with automatic intrusion detection and tracking capabilities. The 360° thermal sensors offer 24/7 situational awareness by detecting and tracking an...
Application Briefs: Imaging
WOLF Advanced TechnologyStouffville, Ontario, Canada905-852-1163https://wolfadvancedtechnology.com
WOLF Advanced Technology (“WOLF”) recently announced that NASA has chosen two WOLF video graphics modules to take part...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Citadel DefenseSan Diego, CA760-224-3393www.dronecitadel.com
Citadel Defense has developed a Counter-drone (CUAS) technology called Titan that reliably detects, identifies, and defeats unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's or...
Technical Innovation: Propulsion
Four primary power transmission subsystems work together in a wheel loader: the transmission system, the work functions system, the steering system, and the thermal...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Field AerospaceOklahoma City, OK405-219-3400www.fieldaero.com
Field Aerospace recently completed the first flight of a U.S. Air Force (USAF) T-1A aircraft with a modernized flight deck. The first fully modified...
Products: Materials
Lange Couplers
The construction and port orientation of the Lange Coupler from SemiGen (Londonderry, NH) makes it useful as both a power combiner and splitter for RF and microwave applications. It is a specific type of directional...
Articles: Aerospace
There is increasing demand for high-quality High Definition (HD) video for airborne applications such as Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI). Ideally, such new camera...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The rise of titanium for aerospace applications has been well documented in recent years. Equally, the challenges associated with the efficient, productive and high-quality machining of this popular material, have...
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Quality assurance and flight certification of critical aerospace parts and assemblies have reached new levels of sophistication in recent years. Leading aerospace and defense manufacturers...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
For maintenance personnel in the aerospace industry to do their jobs effectively, they need to be able to get physically close to the equipment they are working on. This statement sounds...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Technology has always played a central role in healthcare. From microscopes to medical imaging, and from pacemakers to prosthetics, technological breakthroughs throughout history have improved diagnosis,...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Optical Distance Sensor
A highly accurate optical distance sensor is available from Werth Messtechnik, Giessen, Germany. The Werth Chromatic Focus Point sensor can measure dimensional, shape, and positional deviations...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have 3D printed an all-liquid device that, with the click of a button, can be repeatedly reconfigured on demand to...
R&D: Medical
Researchers have invented a synthetic soft tissue substitute that is well tolerated and encourages the growth of soft tissue and blood vessels. This new material retains its shape without being...
Global Innovations: Medical
The future of medicine is biological — and scientists hope we will soon be using 3D printed biologically functional tissue to replace irreparably damaged tissue in the body. A team of...
Articles: Materials
Engineers, abandon those mastics! New “quiet” materials solutions are at hand.
R&D: RF & Microwave Electronics
A radar system can wirelessly monitor the vital signs of patients, eliminating the need to hook them up to any machines.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
When you’re in the business of NVH solutions, you get to know noise and vibration up close and personal. And for these experts, it can be difficult to sequester the ‘N and V’ throughout their own day.
Features: Medical
For many high-power RF applications, the “Q factor” of embedded capacitors is one of the most important characteristics in the design of circuits. This includes products such as cellular/telecom...
Articles: Transportation
Accurate measurements of vehicle centers-of-gravity and inertia are vital for helping NVH engineers further improve their dynamic vehicle models — and thus improve performance and safety.
R&D: Wearables
A novel pairing of two technologies may offer a solution for better screening for diabetic retinopathy, a condition that can lead to permanent vision loss if not...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Avery Dennison FT 8392 is a high-performance, foam bonding tape ideal for automotive NVH applications. The 3.6 mil tape is a double-coated differential with an acrylic adhesive for the lamination side and a rubber adhesive for the substrate side featuring a PET film carrier.
Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Nine years ago, Julian Gunderson was born three months prematurely and weighed just 1 kg (2.2 lb). After a year's worth of injections,...