Aerospace & Defense Technology

May 2023

    • How Electrification and Autonomy Can Unlock the Potential of Unmanned Ground Vehicles
    • VITA 90: Small Form Factors for UAVs and Other Space Constrained Platforms
    • 3D Scanning Provides Key Weapon for Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing
    • New Approach to Viscosity Enables Complex Motions in Soft Robots
    • Ghoul Tool: The Weapon-Mountable Counter UAS Transmitter
    • Autonomous Surveillance Technologies Relating to Dismounted Soldiers
      The development of the autonomous applications for dismounted Soldier systems is paramount to defeating our adversaries, such as China and Russia, in future combat. A comprehensive literature re-view is necessary to assist in defining the best path forward.
    • Robust MADER: Decentralized Multiagent Drone Trajectory Planner
      Communication delays can be catastrophic for multiagent systems. However, most existing state-of-the-art multiagent trajectory planners assume perfect communication and therefore lack a strategy to rectify this issue in real-world environments.
    • Leveraging COTS Products for Maneuverable Aerial Identification
      Although ground troops are equipped with identification, friend or foe (IFF) devices, many fratricide cases still occur during air-to-ground operations. This research project explored how relatively inex-pensive commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies can be leveraged to construct a maneuverable aerial identification friend-or-foe (MAIFF) device.
    • Analysis of Pathways to Reach Net Zero Naval Operations by 2050
      With the backdrop of net-zero emissions as an essential element of na-tional security, this study undertook an analytical approach to evaluate current Department of the Navy (DON) emissions and understand energy needs to support mission readiness while reducing emissions over time.
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