MAE Weekly - Jun 14th, 2023
 
 
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June 14, 2023
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IN TECHNOLOGY
NASA selected 300 proposals from 249 small businesses and 39 research institutions.
FAST is to provide intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike by completing design modifications to the Coyote block 3.
Technology demonstrations show the machine’s major components achieve the required performance, Jennifer Chu reports for MIT News.
PUMP will develop magnetohydrodynamic pumps with the efficiency, reduced noise, and reliability of conventional impeller-based pumps.
IN CONTRACTS
The AN/APY-10 is integrated into the Boeing mission control and display system aboard the Poseidon for control, display, and data distribution.
The AN/UPX-50(C) digital IFF interrogator is a technology refresh upgrade to the Navy's AN/UPX-41(C) and AN/UPX-45(C) IFF interrogators.
The Northrop Grumman kit transforms existing 155-millimeter high-explosive artillery projectiles into affordable satellite-guided precision weapons.
The ISM provides maritime positioning data with or without GPS, and is a key component of the U.S. Navy’s AN/WSN-12 Inertial Navigator System (INS).
NEWS FROM OUR ALL-ACCESS MEMBERS
Dawn provides extensive backplane customization tools with full prototype to production capability. Our designer friendly and flexible technology can solve many of your application problems in the design phase.
An IR lens is an optical lens designed to collimate, focus, or collect infrared light.
The low-cost MORA Development Box simplifies the process of creating RF signal processing capabilities and accelerates the integration of existing applications within the MORA space.
Aspheric lenses play a crucial role in various applications by reducing visual imperfections and delivering clearer images. They are highly valued in different fields. Larger aspheric lenses are employed in telescopes and cameras, while smaller ones serve essential functions in fiber optic networks, laser devices, and surgical equipment. Regardless of the application, aspheric lenses offer numerous advantages to users, including:Enhanced Precision: Through the reduction of spherical aberration and the concentration of light into a singular focal point, aspheric lenses exhibit the ability to generate...
IN BUSINESS
Indium8.9HFRV is a for high-reliability alloys, and provides voiding performance and reliability in standard tin-silver-copper alloy systems.
The focus of the collaboration is adding the integration of non-terrestrial network (NTN) capabilities into the 6G-SANDBOX testbed by incorporating satellite connectivity across a range of different orbits.
New surface-search radar has a software-based architecture and a suite of algorithms that extend, enhance, and optimize NGSSR's performance.
The 164-seater still relies heavily on Western components, including engines and avionics, BBC reports.
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The phenomenon, piezoelectricity, describes the interrelationship between mechanical strain upon a solid and its electrical behavior. This paper explores the electronics that are essential to drive them.
At Avantier, we are our proud of our track history in assisting customers to solve problems using reverse optical engineering. Here are three case studies.
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IN PRODUCTS
The Plus architecture is modular, allowing for a mix-and-match of Ku- and Ka-band antennas installed with a common adapter plate, fairing, and radome.
This non-commutated brushless servo motor features: high reliability, high speed, high acceleration/deceleration, and repeatability.
The battery charges in the time it takes to fill a car with gasoline, Ameya Paleja reports for Interesting Engineering.
The gallium nitride solid-state power amplifier operates from 7 to 11 GHz, and is for traveling wave tube and microwave power module replacement.