MAE Wrap-Up - Jun 23rd, 2023
 
 
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June 23, 2023
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By Jim Romeo3D printing and additive manufacturing are disrupting many industries, including military aviation, electronics, and the broader defense industry as its use continues in many ways. 3D printing eases prototyping by enabling engineers to prototype parts, components, and other forms rapidly to expedite development. It also may help produce...
WEEK IN REVIEW
Any gyro naturally will drift over time, which decreases its reliability if not updated periodically with positioning data from GPS signals.
The procurement, conversion and use as a flying testbed is part of the UpLift project for research into technologies for the use of hydrogen in aviation.
AN/USQ-82(V) consists of Data Multiplex System (DMS), Fiber Optic Data Multiplex System (FODMS), and Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS).
The flight test campaign will utilize a modified Airbus A330 and a ground test bed of the system.
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Component obsolescence has rendered Mini-MUTES legacy electronic counter measures (ECM) receivers no longer useable for the Mini-MUTES modernization.
The Barracuda UUV is a semi-autonomous, expendable mine neutralizer system that measures about three feet long and five inches in diameter.
The system carries 640 armor-piercing-incendiary rounds for use against air targets and 40 armor-piercing rounds for use against ground targets.
Ansys in Canonsburg, Pa. announced that Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) selected Ansys' materials data management software Granta MI, to develop a database of sustainable materials for Japanese aircraft manufacturers.
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Both companies will be working with local and state officials, infrastructure, energy and technology providers to ensure the appropriate infrastructure is in place to introduce eVTOL aircraft flights.
LCAP is a roll-on/roll-off ASW acoustic test and measurement system that operates aboard the Navy P-8A Poseidon ASW and maritime patrol aircraft.
NGMM will work to establish a domestic center for producing silicon and non-silicon 3D heterogeneously integrated (3DHI) circuit prototypes.
The Android-loaded MPU5 runs the Wave Relay mobile ad-hoc networking (MANET) algorithm for sharing voice, video, text, GPS location, and sensor data.