- This document presents RCS results for three aircraft models and three other benchmark geometries obtained using WIPL-D Software. The comparison of the obtained results with the "Austin RCS Benchmark" data indicates excellent agreement...
- Space technology is solving some of our most pressing challenges right here on Earth. Applications like satellite communications and GPS are among many of the significant breakthroughs in history. Discover how the Rad Tolerant SOC, DSP...
- The idea of powering civilization from gigantic solar plants in orbit is older than any space program , but despite seven decades of rocket science, the concept—to gather near-constant sunlight tens of thousands of kilometers above the...
- Rapid and resourceful technological improvisation has long been a mainstay of warfare, but the war in Ukraine is taking it to a new level. This improvisation is most conspicuous in the ceaselessly evolving struggle between weaponized...
- The European Space Agency will launch a mission late this year to demonstrate precision formation flying in orbit to create artificial solar eclipses. In a press conference last week, the agency announced details of the mission and the...
- If you’re an astrophysicist trying to detect signals from the early universe after the big bang , Earth is not a great place to be. Yes, this planet is our home, warm and wet and brimming with life, but significant chunks of...
- A new machine learning system can create height maps of urban environments from a single synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image, potentially accelerating disaster planning and response. Aerospace engineers at the University of the...
- New analysis of the former Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine shows that it may have been deteriorating long before it collapsed in June 2023, amid credible reports of explosions. An international team of researchers has been studying synthetic...
- This sponsored article is brought to you by Avnet and AMD . The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in image processing has brought about significant advancements in the exploration of space and our own Earth. In space applications,...
- When Harrison Schmitt and his crewmate Gene Cernan finished their last moonwalk, they were filthy. Never mind that Apollo 17 wasn’t large enough for basic creature comforts; the bigger issue was that their spacesuits were covered with...
- China launched a spacecraft today that is planned to be the first act in a complex, multistep campaign to achieve an unprecedented feat: Collecting samples from the far side of the moon and delivering the precious cargo to Earth....
- Having an eye in the sky can provide invaluable information for emergency services. That’s why the police and fire departments in Fremont, Calif., have teamed up to operate a drone first responder (DFR) program that can provide real-time...
- This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Drilling down into the icy depths of Jupiter’s or Saturn’s moons could reveal one of the most sought-after prizes in astronomy:...
- Engineers today need to understand the surface of the moon in a way that they haven’t since the Apollo era. This year, amidst a flurry of commercial , American , Indian , Japanese , and other recent missions , the agency plans to expand...
- UPDATE 23 Feb. 2024: Descending on a jet of burning methane, kicking up dust in all directions, Intuitive Machines ’ robotic spacecraft Odysseus came to rest on the moon Thursday. And then, for 15 tense minutes, controllers waited for a...
- Starlink sent and received texts over a 4G/LTE connection between mobile phones via its latest generation of satellites, called v2mini, for the first time this month , following similar projects from Amazon, Apple, AST SpaceMobile,...
- The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made its 72nd and final flight on 18 January. “While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers,” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab said in a press release this afternoon , “imagery...
- Look up. The odds are good that one or more low-Earth-orbit satellites are above you right now. Some 5,000 LEO satellites currently orbit 500 to 1,500 kilometers above the Earth, helping to forecast the weather, transmit data, and...
- Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for...
- Before the end of this year, four people will climb into a spacecraft, fly to the moon, and swing around it before returning to Earth. Yes, been there, done that. But not for 51 years. NASA’s Artemis II mission, a warmup for a lunar...
- A shoot-out featuring thousands of lasers is about to break out in low earth orbit. Luckily, no one will get hurt—the lasers’ targets are the protagonists’ own communications satellites. Amazon has just announced that two of its...
- The first commercial very low-Earth orbit (VLEO) satellite will probably launch before the end of December, depending on how things go at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and EOI Space . Both companies claim they...
- Every minute counts when someone suffers a cardiac arrest. New research suggests that drones equipped with equipment to automatically restart someone’s heart could help get life-saving care to people much faster. If your heart stops...
- Ray guns that can blast drones are among the many potential applications envisioned for so-called fiber lasers . Now scientists have discovered a way to boost the power of these lasers by roughly an order of magnitude while preserving...
- Commercial aviation is the connective tissue of the modern world. Just before the global pandemic, on an average day 12 million people flew on some 100,000 commercial flights, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization...
- In August, Oleksii Kryvobok walked through a green and yellow field of sunflowers south of Kyiv, Ukraine, and measured the harvest’s photosynthetic activity with a device on a tripod. Hundreds of kilometers overhead, the EOS SAT-1...
- Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for...
- The pleasant streets of Grindavik on the southern tip of Iceland are now barren, stark, and cracked, as empty-seeming as the vast landscape around it. On 11 November, this Iclandic fishing town was evacuated on fears of an imminent...
- This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Weather satellites can track every movement of a storm from orbit. However, the algorithms that analyze satellite readings currently don’t...
- A NASA high-altitude balloon flight earlier this year served as reminder of an ever-important lesson: Always back up your data. In April in Wānaka, New Zealand, researchers launched the Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope , or...
- To uncover the mystery behind the differences in motion, a team of researchers studied the aerodynamics of bird perching maneuvers and their implications for aircraft design.
- Neural-Fly technology could one day build the future of package delivery drones and flying cars.
- An experimental plant-based jet fuel could increase engine performance and efficiency, while dispensing with aromatics, the pollution-causing compounds added to conventional fuels, according to new research.
- While it had been assumed that unstable gliding was the key to agility in bird flight, a collaboration between aerospace engineers and biologists has revealed that stability plays a role.
- With the federal government planning to hold the largest sale of offshore wind farm leases in the nation's history, a new study could help inform the development of offshore wind farms by providing detailed models characterizing the...
- The effectiveness of face masks has been a hotly debated topic since the emergence of COVID-19. However, a new study offers more evidence that they work. Researchers found that face masks reduce the distance airborne pathogens could...
- An engineer is changing what we know about when water freezes as he pushes the limit and gets the best look yet at tiny drops of water as they freeze.
- The amount of stress a material can withstand before it cracks is critical information when designing aircraft, spacecraft, and other structures. Aerospace engineers used machine learning for the first time to predict stress in copper at...
- Researchers have developed an artificial material which can respond to its environment, independently make a decision, and perform an action not directed by a human being. For example, a drone making a delivery might evaluate its...
- Flying cars, drones, and other urban aerial mobility vehicles have real potential to provide efficient transportation and delivery solutions, but what happens if a drone delivering cheeseburgers breaks down over a city park or in the...
- Engineers found a way to greatly extend the life of materials used in jet engines.
- A new algorithm helps drones find the fastest route around obstacles without crashing. The system could enable fast, nimble drones for time-critical operations such as search and rescue.
- How do you control ice formation on a plane, even when it's in flight? Engineers are developing an approach using ice itself. They created a de-icing method that exploits how frost grows on pillar structures to suspend ice as it forms...
- Having a home near a busy airport certainly has its perks. It is close to many establishments and alleviates the problem of wading through endless traffic to catch flights. But it does come at a cost -- tolerating the jarring sounds of...
- An incredibly light new material can reduce aircraft engine noise and improve passenger comfort. The graphene oxide-polyvinyl alcohol aerogel weighs just 2.1kg per cubic meter, making it the lightest sound insulation ever manufactured.
- A new study suggests that masks and a good ventilation system are more important than social distancing for reducing the airborne spread of COVID-19 in classrooms. The research comes at a critical time when schools and universities are...
- Researchers have published a study revealing their successful approach to designing much quieter propellers.
- Investigators have published a global review of mammal strikes with aircraft, noting that events have been increasing by up to 68% annually. More mammals were struck during the landing phase of an aircraft's rotation than any other...
- Researchers found flights between London and New York could have used up to 16% less fuel by more accurately following jet stream tailwinds or avoiding headwinds, at a fraction of the cost of other emissions-cutting technologies.
- Design of aerial vehicles and weapon systems relies on the ability to predict aerodynamic behavior, often aided by advanced computer simulations of the flow of air over the body. High-fidelity simulations assist engineers in maximizing...