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Sept. 18, 2025
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The DARPA MICA program could lead to nonliving artificial cells able to carry out functions of living cells for sensing, information processing, and self-repair.
John Keller
Sept. 18, 2025
The MICA program focuses on using microsystems to control biological functions, and will seek hardware demonstrations of molecular catalysts.
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Jamie Whitney
Sept. 18, 2025
Summary points FAA issues RFI for new cost-effective runway safety lighting systems. The agency says current Runway Status Lights are effective but costly and disruptive to install...
The General Dynamics Common Weapons Launcher (CWL) enables submarines to manage, monitor, and launch different tube-loaded weapons like torpedoes, missiles, and anti-submarine countermeasures using one streamlined interface.
John Keller
Sept. 18, 2025
System enables submarines to manage and launch tube-loaded weapons like torpedoes, missiles, and anti-submarine countermeasures using one interface.
Airbus
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Jamie Whitney
Sept. 18, 2025
FAA approval clears the way for Teledyne’s next-generation Airborne Data Loader to support Airbus A320 fleets, offering secure wireless dataloading, faster updates, and simplified...
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Sept. 18, 2025
After a fiery setback last year, Tianlong-3 achieves a powerful full-scale test and nears launch, Kaif Shaikh writes for Interesting Engineering.
The Panasonic Industry PAN B611-1 Bluetooth module for wireless communications is based on the Nordic nRF54L15 single chip controller.
The module comes with an open-systems embedded processor based on the ARM Cortex-M33, which clocks as fast as 128 MHz, and has 256 kilobits of RAM.
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Sept. 17, 2025
Founded in 1985, Dawn is the industry leader in the design and manufacture of mission critical products based on the VITA™ and PICMG® architectures. Military Rugged. Field Reliable...
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Dawn VME Products
Sept. 17, 2025
Micro RuSH I2C enclosure Temperature sensor with optional Voltage monitor and PWM fan control.
NASA
Concept art of Maxar Space Systems’ Power and Propulsion Element will utilize Busek BHT-6000 Hall effect thrusters. NASA image.
Jamie Whitney
Sept. 17, 2025
Busek and Maxar Space Systems have completed delivery of BHT-6000 Hall effect thrusters, boosting NASA’s Lunar Gateway with the most powerful solar electric propulsion system ...
A U.S. Marine aviation ordnance system technician loads a 2.75-inch rocket configured with Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II into an LAU-68 F/A rocket launcher at Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, Ariz., last March.
John Keller
Sept. 17, 2025
The APKWS add-on kit turns a standard unguided 2.75-inch 70 millimeter rocket into a precision laser-guided munition for low-cost surgical strike.
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A digital network superimposed over Earth from space
Jamie Whitney
Sept. 17, 2025
Redwire will serve as prime contractor for ESA’s Skimsat demonstration mission, using its Phantom platform to test sustainable satellite operations in Very Low Earth Orbit.
A Navy bridge officer monitors an AN/SPS-73(V) surface-search radar aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in March 2022.
John Keller
Sept. 17, 2025
The AN/SPS-73(V)18 NGSSR uses the latest digital signal processing technology and incorporates a software-based architecture at its core.
Lockheed Martin
Maintainers perform a hydrazine safety check on the agency’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on 18 Aug. 2025. Hydrazine is a highly toxic chemical, but it serves as a critical backup to restart the engine in flight, if necessary, and is one of several safety features being validated ahead of the aircraft’s first flight. Lockheed Martin photo.
Sept. 17, 2025
The X-59’s Flight Test Instrumentation System (FTIS) serves as one of its primary record keepers, collecting and transmitting audio, video, data from onboard sensors, and avionics...
The X-ES XChange6300 Embedded Services Router is for stationary and mobile network nodes across wired and wireless links.
Embedded router applications include oil and gas, mining, smart grid, heavy construction, transportation, homeland security, and public safety.
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Modelithics Inc
Sept. 16, 2025
Tampa, Florida (September 16, 2025) – Modelithics®, is pleased to announce the release of the Modelithics COMPLETE Library v25.6 for Keysight Technologies&rsquo...
Sept. 16, 2025
At ABTech, we specialize in air bearings for aerospace engine components, delivering precision solutions tailored to the industry's demanding requirements. 
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ABTech Inc
Sept. 16, 2025
ABTech is excited to announce that we’ll be exhibiting at SPIE Optifab 2025 in Rochester, NY.  Optifab is an ideal venue to demonstrate how our ultra-precision...
SES/Cailabs
A rendering of a laser ground station outside a Cailabs building.
Sept. 16, 2025
SES aims to boost data speeds and security by shifting from radio waves to light beams in satellite communications.
An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) off the coast of California.
John Keller
Sept. 16, 2025
Nuclear missiles must have ultra-reliable self-contained guidance systems that do not rely on outside signals such as satellite navigation systems.
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Sept. 16, 2025
Transport Canada authorizes use of MatrixSpace radar with Kongsberg’s IRIS platform for scalable drone-in-a-box services.
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) fires a MK 15 Phalanx close-in weapon system during a live-fire exercise in 2023
John Keller
Sept. 16, 2025
At sea, the CIWS is designed to defeat anti-ship missiles and other close-in threats that have pierced other lines of defense.
Joby Aviation
Joby's eVTOl taking part in flight tests in California. Joby Aviation image.
Sept. 16, 2025
The eIPP’s overarching goal is to generate data and experience to shape national policy, FAA guidance, rules, best practices, and regulations for commercial AAM operations, Jack...
The Littelfuse LF53466 and LF53464 TMR-based magnetic angle sensors are for industrial and automotive applications
Sept. 16, 2025
Both sensors use tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) technology in a dual push-pull Wheatstone bridge configuration with four sensing elements.
Sept. 15, 2025
Silicon Sensing is a world leader in inertial sensing technology. The company has supplied many millions of sensors globally, with products operating in many market sectors including...
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Sept. 15, 2025
Avantier is a vertically integrated leader in high-precision custom optics, delivering end-to-end solutions for complex optical challenges. From prototyping to full-scale production...
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Case Study Precision MgF₂ Hyper Spherical Dome for Airborne Optical Systems
Avantier Inc
Sept. 15, 2025
Project Background: Large-Aperture Infrared Dome for Airborne Systems A defense industry customer approached us to evaluate the feasibility of producing a large-format infrared...
Archer Aviation
Archer Aviation's Midnight eVTOL aircraft at San Francisco International Airport. Archer Aviation photo.
Jamie Whitney
Sept. 15, 2025
The Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program aims to accelerate deployment, develop safety data, and shape regulatory frameworks...
Army soldiers exit a 30-millimeter Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle during a team fire lane at in Armavir, Armenia, in July 2024.
John Keller
Sept. 15, 2025
Stryker RV offers the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3) sensor system that provides enhanced observation and target acquisition.
Conflux
A rendering of the TheMa4HERA logo above the Conflux and Honeywell logos.
Sept. 15, 2025
Australian firm to develop additive-manufactured heat exchangers for Clean Aviation’s TheMa4HERA project targeting climate-neutral aviation by 2035.
The USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) is the first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built in the Flight III configuration.
John Keller
Sept. 15, 2025
The Raytheon AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR will improve the Burke-class destroyer's ability to detect hostile aircraft, surface ships, and ballistic missiles.
Orlando International Airport
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Sept. 15, 2025
The three-day simulation examined the potential impacts of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operating in and around MCO, AviationPros reports.
The GAMEMAX Glacier series liquid cooling systems are for PC processors and graphics processors.
Sept. 15, 2025
Available in 360- and 240-millimeter configurations, Glacier delivers cooling performance by combining a hidden tube design, a 3.95-inch LCD display.
A Marine Corps weapons expert loads an Advanced, Medium-Range, Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), onto a combat jet aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in February 2022.
John Keller
Sept. 12, 2025
AMRAAM systems that are prone to electronic parts obsolescence typically involve 15 critical circuit cards in the missile's guidance section.
SFL Missions
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Sept. 12, 2025
SFL Missions is supplying upgraded bus-level components that support HawkEye 360’s payload and enable new capabilities, including concurrent in-theater data collection and downlinking...
NASA/DARPA
An artist's concept of a collaborative effort between NASA and DARPA to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space. NASA/DARPA image.
Sept. 12, 2025
Perhaps the greatest bottleneck for humanity exploring the Solar System in person or even with swarms of highly sophisticated robots is the lack of the means to get from one celestial...
The Smiths Interconnect EZiCoax single-piece compression mount is for military SATCOM and radar applications.
Smiths Interconnect
Sept. 12, 2025
EziCoax interposers can be installed and uninstalled with minimum effort, and can withstand a high number of mating and de-mating cycles.
A Navy aviation ordnanceman secures an AIM-9X air-to-air missile to an F/A-18F Super Hornet during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in 2024.
John Keller
Sept. 11, 2025
The Navy intends to negotiate an order to the RTX Raytheon segment in Tucson, Ariz., to design and test a digital proximity fuze for the AIM-9X.
Boeing
On-orbit render of a Millennium-built small satellite flying Spectrolab solar cells.
Jamie Whitney
Sept. 11, 2025
Boeing says its new additive-manufactured solar array panels can cut build times by up to six months, enabling faster deployment of small and large satellite constellations.
A Navy F-35 attack jet conducts tests to certify the carrier variant of the fighter aircraft for carrying the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
John Keller
Sept. 11, 2025
LRASM C-3 can exchange information with military satellites, use imaging infrared and RF seekers for survivability and target identification.
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Sept. 11, 2025
Keysight Technologies experts will show how automated test generation from requirements can improve traceability, coverage, and certification readiness.
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An artist’s rendering of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) payload operating in low Earth orbit. PExT is NASA’s first flight demonstration of a wideband polylingual terminal designed to operate across both government and commercial satellite networks. NASA/Dave Ryan image.
Sept. 11, 2025
With this new technology, missions could "roam" seamlessly between government and commercial networks for the first time, just as cell phones jump between networks on Earth without...
The AAEON software security system is for the company's embedded artificial intelligence (AI) systems powered by NVIDIA Jetson system-on-modules.
AAEON Electronics Inc
Sept. 11, 2025
The AAEON cyber security system is built on a three-tiered architecture with components that protect data at the edge and in the cloud.
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Sept. 10, 2025
Fairview Microwave's TEM (Transverse Electromagnetic Mode) Wavelength Calculator allows you to determine the wavelength (in millimeters) inside a rectangular wave guide given ...