MAE Technology Close-up - Apr 2nd, 2024
 
 
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April 2, 2024
UNMANNED VEHICLE
The aviation industry is tackling a carbon emissions problem with new planes, new fuels and new concepts, Edward Russell writes for The Washington Post.
Army experts want collision avoidance for the UAV to remain clear of physical obstructions, objects, and weather conditions like wind gusts.
Thermal-management techniques that can keep components from exceeding their temperature-design parameters have been developed and deployed.
DEFENSE EXECUTIVE
Navy aircraft can drop a pattern of sonobuoys to relay information back to the aircraft by radio link to determine the locations of enemy submarines.
The Tomahawk Block IV is for land-attack missions, and has been upgraded to attack moving ships; it launches from surface warships and submarines.
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ELECTRONIC WARFARE
While current Army systems rely on GPS for PNT, electromagnetic interference can disrupt, degrade, or deny access to the satellite-based system.
The Tomahawk Block IV is for land-attack missions, and has been upgraded to attack moving ships; it launches from surface warships and submarines.
JPALS is an all-weather GPS-based landing system that provides landing guidance for fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters aboard aircraft carriers.
EMBEDDED
COOP seeks to develop secure design and development tools to guarantee that software is running correctly -- if and only if the device physics is correct.
A major challenge is the relative magnitude of the small velocity-dependent force compared to the larger external forces on the force sensor.
Trusted refers to securing national security technologies by certifying the design and manufacturing of national security-sensitive microelectronics.
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TRUSTED COMPUTING
Solid-state drive meets TCG Opal compliance for automatic encryption of sensitive data in server applications, and increases drive endurance.
The discrete Secure Element can integrate into any microcontroller-based design to enhance security and handle several product protocols at once.