Briefs: Defense
Content addressable memory (CAM) is one of the most promising hardware solutions for high-speed data searching and...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Two-phase cooling has been utilized in the electronics cooling industry for many decades, with possibly the most well-known adaptation being the heat pipe. Heat pipes are capillary-driven, two-phase devices that rely on the...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Rugged Servers with Skylake Architecture
Themis Computer® (Fremont, CA) announced the launch of its next generation XR6 Rugged Enterprise Servers (RES) featuring the newest Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Skylake) Processors.
Articles: Aerospace
The Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Weapons Development and Integration (WDI) Directorate has a program known as PRIntable Materials with...
Briefs: Aerospace
The development of transition metal-based molecules and materials that can be switched between low-spin and high-spin...
Articles: Test & Measurement
There are a few open specifications in the embedded industry that have been used in the extreme environments of space over the years. These include VME, CompactPCI, OpenVPX, and MicroTCA. But, prime contractors such as...
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology Program is on the countdown clock to advance communications and proximity maneuvering capabilities for CubeSats with the Integrated Solar Array and...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) devices have drawn much interest in the last decade, particularly...
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Plain bearings are used across a wide range of aerospace applications to help achieve better fuel efficiency, extend maintenance intervals, and lower carbon emissions. These applications include...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions DivisionAshburn, VA+1-703-779-7800www.curtisswrightds.com
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division recently completed significant enhancements to the production...
Articles: Aerospace
We are at an inflection point in the evolution of warfare. While technology is rapidly increasing pace, it is also creating an expansion into multiple, parallel domains, and giving enemy forces more...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim)Orlando, FL+1 407-608-7000https://bisimulations.com
The U.S. Air Force Academy has selected VBS3 and VBS Fires FST products from Bohemia Interactive Simulations and...
Application Briefs: Automotive
SupacatHoniton, Devon, UK01 404 891 777www.supacat.com
Supacat, a UK designer and manufacturer of special forces vehicles, recently unveiled the latest variation of its Light Reconnaissance Vehicle 400 (LRV 400).
Application Briefs: Unmanned Systems
AeroVironment, Inc.Monrovia, CA626-357-9983www.avinc.com
AeroVironment, Inc. a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both military and commercial applications, received a contract award from the United...
Technology Report: Software
Engineers are now able to design with far higher precision, making materials thinner and lighter without sacrificing quality and durability. But as they press the limits of technology, engineers...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has developed a solid-state ultracapacitor with a unique combination of high capacitance and battery-like discharge characteristics. The high capacitance in a...
News: Medical
The surgical robotics market will experience an impressive 17 percent CAGR, from US $3.4 billion in 2016 to US $8.8 billion in 2022. According to market research firm Yole...
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
As the 2018 Winter Olympics are set to begin next week, creators of a moisture-managing ski jacket are literally going for the gold.
Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new jacket technology, co-developed by scientists at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology research institute, helps athletes by actively...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Scientists have developed a novel electric propulsion technology for nanorobots. Traditional nanobots take minutes to carry out actions, sometimes even hours. Therefore, efficient molecular assembly lines...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
At CES 2018, Nissan North America announced an agreement with NASA Ames Research Center to collaborate on research and technology development for future autonomous mobility services....
Videos: Energy
EPFL scientists introduce a data-driven proposal for standardizing the measurements of perovskite solar cell stability and degradation. Their work aims to create consensus in the...
Question of the Week: Data Acquisition
This week's INSIDER featured a story about one company's transition to Internet-enabled data logging. The deployed system allowed the repair center’s users to remotely analyze a part’s vibration measurements. We want to hear from you. Have you implemented Bluetooth- or...
News: Weapons Systems
Months have passed since the United States Air Force (USAF) finished the first phase of its light attack aircraft experiment. The OA-X assessment, which took place at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A BYU professor and his team have found a way to take the 3D displays of science fiction and make them a reality.
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
In Washington, DC, at the 2018 SAE Government/Industry meeting this week, cellular-communications giant AT&T affirmed in a session on...
Videos: Imaging
Brigham Young University engineers have developed a technique for creating a full-color 3D graphic display that can float in free space - and is visible from any angle. "This display is like...