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Maple tree seeds (or samara fruit) and the spiraling pattern in which they glide to the ground have
delighted children for ages and perplexed engineers for decades. Now aerospace
engineering graduate students at the University of Maryland's Clark School of
Engineering have learned how to apply the seeds' unique design to devices that
can hover and perform surveillance in defense and emergency situations. |
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Tuesday 20 October, 2009 10:15 AM |
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The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) has awarded a $25.9 million contract to G&B Solutions Inc. to provide efficiency training and other resources, G&B's parent VSE Corp. said Wednesday.
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Thursday 8 October, 2009 09:55 AM |
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General Dynamics Corp . reported a $360 million modification to a Navy submarine contract, and a $140 million contract for information technology services from the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Wednesday 7 October, 2009 04:25 PM |
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General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a $7 million contract to continue to design the new Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tank for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for design logistics was awarded by the U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command for the Royal Saudi Land Forces. General Dynamics Land Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics
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Tuesday 6 October, 2009 11:37 AM |
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He was known for his mottos : "Build a little, test a little, learn a lot."
He used to say that "engineering is 'plod, plod, plod' " and that "we ain't done yet."
Navy Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer, regarded as the father of the Aegis missile-defense system, drove testing of the technology at the former RCA facility in Moorestown and changed the face of naval warfare. |
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Monday 5 October, 2009 07:00 PM |
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A fractionated satellite concept that replaces large satellites with clusters of wirelessly-linked modular spacecraft flying in loose formation has the potential to drive cultural change and reinvigorate a “mature” U.S. space industry, proponents say.
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Thursday 1 October, 2009 10:02 PM |
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As the U.S. Air Force continues to support the responsible draw down of forces in the country of Iraq it is also working to prepare the Iraqi air force to support and maintain its own flying operations on airfields across Iraq. |
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Sunday 27 September, 2009 01:08 PM |
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European aviation company Airbus has, on Tuesday, been able to announce some good news regarding its troubled A400M military transport aircraft programme.
The head of the A400M programme, and Airbus Military senior vice-president, Rafael Tentor, has told journalists in Getafe (near Madrid), Spain, that he is confident that the company will very soon be able to accept flightworthy software for the full authority digital engine control (Fadec) system for the A400M’s engines, reports UK journal Flight International. |
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Thursday 24 September, 2009 03:11 AM |
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China's manned space program is at present in the first phase of the second step of the "three-step"strategic plan, said Wang Yongzhi, academic at the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and chief designer of China's manned space program, on September 21.
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Wednesday 23 September, 2009 06:58 PM |
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SwissCube , a satellite designed entirely by engineering students, has been successfully launched from a site in India. It is Switzerland's first home-grown satellite.
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Wednesday 23 September, 2009 02:54 PM |
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Universal Engineering launched the privately funded Project Ranger in June 2008 – developing a family of protected vehicles for use by military forces worldwide. The vehicle concept is unique, in that it has been designed from the crew outwards and offers the most advanced protection system available with an array of optional mission-enhancing systems, for commanders to choose from. The Ranger offers balanced yet uncompromised protection, mobility and payload carrying capability.
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Tuesday 22 September, 2009 08:11 PM |
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Signaling growing ambitions in commercial human spaceflight, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will test its Dragon spacecraft earlier than expected on the first flight of its Falcon 9 launcher, while fellow NASA commercial partner Orbital Sciences begins studies of a human-rated version of its Cygnus cargo delivery spacecraft.
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Monday 21 September, 2009 02:42 PM |
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Russia has been negotiating the possible purchase of a military ship built in France, a Russian deputy defense minister said Saturday.
Vladimir Popovkin said it's too early to say whether an agreement for buying a Mistral-class helicopter carrier can be reached, but he said it could mark an important step in modernizing the Russian navy. |
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Sunday 20 September, 2009 05:47 PM |
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A new high-tech engineering center at the General Dynamics plant is making it easier and faster for troops in Afghanistan and Iraq to have the equipment for battle.Called the EDGE Innovation Center, the 6,000-square-foot facility is a collaborative of engineers from local technology companies working to outfit Army vehicles, like armored Humvees, with user-friendly communication and surveillance equipment.
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Saturday 19 September, 2009 02:51 PM |
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The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
They've been subjected to intense pressure. They've been exposed to extreme heat and cold and are still expected to perform up to Army standards. They've been bounced around and dropped to the ground, all for the sake of the mission. |
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Wednesday 16 September, 2009 10:36 AM |
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On July 30, the United States Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine accepted a Sikorsky UH-60M from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command's Utility Helicopter Project Office in Huntsville, Ala.
The UH-60M is the first of four that are being acquired via an interagency acquisition agreement with the U.S. Army. According John Stanton, executive director for the Office of Air and Marine's National Air Security Operations, the Black Hawk procurement “reduces program development time and the need for additional resources not available to CBP at this time, and enhances equipment availability and support for the CBP border security mission.” |
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Sunday 13 September, 2009 06:07 PM |
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In the deadly pursuit of a fighter versus fighter superiority even a small advantage can have disproportionate effects on the cardinal air combat effectiveness measure – loss-exchange rates (LER).
In Russia, evolution of the Sukhoi family of fighter aircraft, and in China the revolution of the J-10B Sinocanard, shows that their designers and strategic planners are thinking about the future of air combat with a clear intent to fight and win. |
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Sunday 13 September, 2009 10:02 AM |
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) have created an expansive plan to utilize the Atlas and Delta Launch Vehicle families to provide the United States with an architecture that both reduces the gap and provides greater flexibility – when compared to NASA’s current Ares-based plans. ULA’s plans range from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) access, to the ability to cater for NASA’s most ambitious lunar base plan.
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Saturday 12 September, 2009 12:57 PM |
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GO Science , in its own words, was formed in 2002 by engineers who "left BAE Systems at Filton with many years of successful experience in aerospace, maritime and undersea". In particular, GO CEO Harry Gosling was a 28-year company man, having been sponsored through his engineering degree by the former British Aerospace and rising to become director of BAE Systems' underwater business. But a corporate restructuring in 2002 would have required him to move away from Bristol to keep his job, so he struck out on his own.
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Friday 11 September, 2009 02:48 AM |
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Raytheon Company has received a $19.3 million U.S. Navy contract to provide MK54 lightweight torpedo hardware.
With this award, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is under contract to deliver 241 MK54 kits, of which 100 kits will be delivered to the Turkish Navy via a Foreign Military Sales agreement. |
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Thursday 10 September, 2009 08:44 PM |
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