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Army Looks to Improve Quadrotor Drone Performance When an aircraft veers upwards too much, the decrease in lift and increase in drag may cause the vehicle to suddenly plummet. Known as a stall, this phenomenon has prompted many drone manufacturers to err on the side of extreme caution when they plan their vehicles’ autonomous flight movements. For vertical takeoff and landing tail-sitter drones, most manufacturers program the...

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA lab is Nadcap accredited Allows testing for microhardness, surface contamination, intergranular oxidation, and grain size. Nadcap AC7101/4 accreditation for their captive metallography laboratory and becomes an approved Boeing Process Source (D1-4426). The accreditation will allow SAWPA to test for microhardness, surface contamination, intergranular oxidation, and grain size in accordance with various aerospace specifications including many Boeing process specifi...

6 ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Robotic systems packed with muscle tissue can produce never-seen-before agility and versatility, Army researchers said. Researchers with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, now known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory are teaming with collaborators at Duke University and the University of North Carolina on high-risk studies in biohybrid robotics. “Though impressive in their own right, today’s robots are deployed to serve ...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Researchers at the Armys Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology develop an acoustic fabric being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop... view more  Credit: Space BD / JAXA - image composite by Juliana Cherston, MIT RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --- An Army-funded smart fiber being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop space dust telescopes and allow astronauts to feel th...

 E-Mail ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Robotic systems packed with muscle tissue can produce never-seen-before agility and versatility, Army researchers said. Researchers with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, now known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory are teaming with collaborators at Duke University and the University of North Carolina on high-risk studies in biohybrid robotics. "Though impressive in their own right, todays robots are deployed to serve a limited purp...

Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review Demo products created by a 3D printer are on display as guests listen to Tronix3D president Buck Helfferich, background, speak about his company at the Westmoreland County Community College’s Advanced Technology Center last year.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A small 3D printing company in East Huntingdon got some high-tech upgrades this year thanks to the U.S. Army. Troni...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Army Researcher Dr. Jean-Paul Reddinger invents a new hinge that enables load-bearing, large, Army quadrotors to climb a few dozen feet in seconds. view more  Credit: U.S. Army graphic ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Researchers believe a new hinge is the key to get load-bearing, large, Army quadrotors to climb a few dozen feet in seconds. Dr. Jean-Paul Reddinger, a research aerospace engineer with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, now known as DEVC...

Forest City Gear offers new white paper Systems engineer-authored paper covers the design of the gap between helices on a double-helical gear. Forest City Gear is proud to share a white paper, A Note on the Design of the Gap Between Helices on a Double-helical Gear, authored by Forest City Gear Systems Engineer Andrew F. Vincent, Ph.D.   The white paper’s abstract states, “It is readily observed that the design of the gap between helices on a double-helical gear and the design of the manu...

Tues day and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Ellen Mitchell, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: An active-duty U.S. soldier died last week from COVID-19, the Army confirmed Tuesday, marking the military’s second active-duty death and 14th death overall during the pandemic. Sgt. Setariki Korovakaturaga, a 43-year-old soldier assigned to the 44th Expeditionary Signal B...

Description The U.S. Army has made modernizing its capabilities a top priority, establishing 8 cross functional teams, six new modernization priorities, and a new 4-star command—Army Futures Command. Under this new command, the organization charged with delivering technology solutions is the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, also known as DEVCOM. More than 14,000 soldiers, civilians and contractor fall under this command. The landscape for technological development is rapidly...