Designing Primary Structures With Fiber-Reinforced PEEK Thermoplastic Composite
Introduction Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a semicrystalline thermoplastic that was invented in November 1978 and brought to market in 1981 by…
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Uncertainty Quantification to Detect Resident Space Object Anomalies
Summary Anomaly detection, whereby signals are scanned for behavior changes, is a common problem in many applications. As data streams…
Detecting and Defending Against Malicious Attacks to Ship Sensors
Summary This article describes research to detect phenomena that may degrade or disrupt the performance of an otherwise fully functional…
A Bioinspired System to Autonomously Detect Tiny, Fast-Moving Objects in Infrared Imagery
Summary Autonomously detecting tiny, fast-moving objects emitting thermal radiation in the infrared is a challenging technical problem. In addition to…
Emerging Risks in Space From China and Russia
Summary Emerging technologies include not only novel technical inventions but also repurposing existing technologies into new tactics, techniques, and procedures….
PVI Trainer Enhances EW System Training for Mobility Aircrews
A new training system that can run on ordinary tablet computers is enhancing existing electronic warfare (EW) instruction for the…
Navy Warfare Center Drives First Over-the-Horizon Install, Naval Strike Missile Launch Demonstration From Destroyer
PORT HUENEME, California – Among the flurry of fleet activities in the recent Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in…
When Iron Meets Titanium: Discovery of Quasicrystalline-Like Grain Boundary Phases In Alloys
The interfaces between individual crystals in a material, known as grain boundaries (GBs), play a critical role in dictating the…
NRL Introduces a New Paradigm for Control of Quantum Emitters
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) multi-disciplinary team developed a new paradigm for the control of quantum emitters,…
Study Asks: Can Cellphone Signals Help Land a Plane?
Dangling from a weather balloon 80,000 feet above New Mexico, a pair of antennas sticks out from a Styrofoam cooler….
Maintenance Alert: Portable Kit Analyzes Fluids to Gauge Health of Military Vehicles
ARLINGTON, Va.—Similar to how blood can be used to assess the overall health of a person, analyzing liquids such as…
Navy Demonstrates First At-Sea Reloading of Vertical Launching System
SAN DIEGO—The U.S. Navy achieved a breakthrough in combat readiness as it successfully demonstrated the Transferrable Reload At-sea Method (TRAM)…