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Americas Technology 

U.S. Army ManTech Program Advances Materials for New Low-Profile Antenna

May 20, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments U.S. Army, US Army ManTech program, USA

U.S. Army scientists developed a first-of-its-kind antenna that could change how ground vehicles and airborne systems communicate, transmit and receive

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GE Aviation Ships First Engine for NASA’s X-59 QueSST Experimental Aircraft

May 20, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Experimental aircraft, GE Aviation, General Electric F414, Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST, NASA, USA, X-planes

GE Aviation has now officially shipped its first engine for NASA’s X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) experimental piloted aircraft. The

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Americas Space Technology 

NRL’s Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module (PRAM) Launched Into Space Aboard X-37B Spaceplane

May 18, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module (PRAM), Power beaming, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), USA, X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test

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Europe Technology 

Reaction Engines Announces Study to Develop Hypersonic Test Bed for SABRE Technology

May 18, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BAE Systems, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS), European Space Agency (ESA), Frost & Sullivan, Reaction Engines, Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE), UK, UK Space Agency (UKSA)

Reaction Engines is delighted to announce the launch of a conceptual study to develop a flying Hypersonic Test Bed (HTB)

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Americas Technology 

Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Advanced Large Solid Rocket Motor Under AFRL Contract

May 12, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Aerojet Rocketdyne, MCAT Demo, Rocket engine, Solid rocket, Solid-fuel rocket motor (SRM), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), USA

Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed a successful static-fire test of an advanced large solid rocket motor, called the Missile Components Advanced

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Americas Technology 

DARPA Kicks Off Program to Advance Quantum Computing

May 11, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments DARPA, DARPA ONISQ program, Quantum computing, USA

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected seven university and industry teams for the first phase of

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U.S. Army Scientists Create Innovative Quantum Sensor

May 11, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Quantum sensor, U.S. Army, USA

A quantum sensor could give Soldiers a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency spectrum, from 0

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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Demonstrates Autonomous ISR System

May 7, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Artificial intelligence (AI), Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, US Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS), USA

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS), successfully demonstrated an autonomous

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Americas Technology 

UCF Researchers Develop Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine With U.S. Air Force Funding

May 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Rocket engine, Rotating detonation engine (RDE), U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), University of Central Florida (UCF), US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), USA

A team of University of Central Florida (UCF) researchers developed an advanced new rocket-propulsion system, known as a rotating detonation

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AFRL Granted Patent for Precision Ballistic Airdrop Apparatus

May 4, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate (RQ), Military airdrop, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), USA

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has received a patent for

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