Aerospace & Aeronautical

18 Apr 24

Austin RCS Benchmark Examples Simulated with WIPL-D Software

Aerospace & Aeronautical

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 and demonstrates the exceptional accuracy of RCS calculation when using WIPL-D Software. Furthermore, WIPL-D calculations are very…

18 Apr 24

A Complete Ecosystem to Meet Your Space Needs

Aerospace & Aeronautical

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 and FPGA devices from AMD deliver increased bandwidth and the throughput required for your…

10 Apr 24

ESA Satellites to Test Razor-Sharp Formation Flying

Aerospace & Aeronautical

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 technology the orbiters will use to pull off its exquisitely-choreographed maneuvers.ESA’s Proba-3…

04 Apr 24

AI Generates 3D City Maps From Single Radar Images

Aerospace & Aeronautical

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 Bundeswehr in Munich claim their SAR2Height framework is the first to provide complete—if not perfect—three-dimensional city maps…

25 Mar 24

Interlune Aims to Mine the Moon for Helium-3

Aerospace & Aeronautical

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 caustic, corrosive lunar dust. It was like nothing on Earth. It got into…

07 Mar 24

Drones Are Now the Real First Responders

Aerospace & Aeronautical

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 video of an incident well before a squad car or fire truck…

04 Mar 24

Prototype Probe Could Someday Search Icy Moons for Life

Aerospace & Aeronautical

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: extraterrestrial life. Researchers in Germany are bringing us one step closer to the possibility…

21 Feb 24

NASA’s Lunar Toolkit Plans

Aerospace & Aeronautical

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 a tool originally designed as a one-stop-shop for satellite missions observing…

15 Feb 24

IM-1 Launches, Commercial Lunar Voyage Underway

Aerospace & Aeronautical

It was just past 1 a.m. Eastern Time this morning when a SpaceX rocket lit up the Florida sky, carrying Intuitive Machines IM-1 toward the moon. The launch, according to the two companies, was flawless. “Go, SpaceX, go IM-1 and the Odysseus lunar lander,” said a voice on the communications…

24 Nov 23

For NASA, Iceland’s Lava Fields Mimic Venus’s Hellscape

Aerospace & Aeronautical

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 volcanic eruption. Just eleven days earlier, at the beginning of the…