Army Tests Lightweight Machine Gun
News 5/30/2012 12 comments The Army has contracted with Textron Systems to design a lighter-weight machine gun than the one currently used in Afghanistan.
All Systems Go for Composites' Trip to Jupiter
Engineering Materials 5/23/2012 20 comments A carbon fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material forms an optical bench on the Juno spacecraft, scheduled to arrive at Jupiter in 2016.
Army's Rocket-Intercept System Hits the Mark
News 5/22/2012 17 comments A next-generation guided ammunition system for intercepting enemy fire that Lockheed Martin is developing for the Army has hit its targets in an initial series of tests by the company.
Web Apps Help Police Coastal Waters
News 5/21/2012 10 comments The Department of Defense and the Office of Naval Research are funding the design of Web applications that will help protect and police coastal waters.
DARPA Device Cleans Wounded Soldiers' Blood
News 5/18/2012 11 comments The Department of Defense is designing a device that can virtually cure sepsis, an often fatal blood infection to which soldiers injured on the battlefield are prone.
Disposable Satellite System Sees Soldiers
News 5/16/2012 19 comments DARPA's SeeMe program will allow soldiers to communicate directly with satellites using handheld devices that will give them location information and images.
Wearable Batteries Unburden Soldiers
News 5/11/2012 18 comments Batteries are the latest item the US military is seeking to create out of lighter materials to reduce the burden soldiers carry in the field.
NASA Explores Humanoid Robot Design
News 5/8/2012 14 comments NASA is exploring the potential for human robot design with Robonaut 2, a humanoid machine currently assisting astronauts on the International Space Station.
Tiny Military Camera Sees Through Fog
Product News 5/3/2012 20 comments A one-inch cube camera that sees through fog and smoke at short-wave infrared spectra is small and light enough to be handheld or mounted onto helmets and weapon systems.
Navy Provides Sneak Peek of Next-Gen Warship
News 5/2/2012 22 comments The next-generation Navy warship, the DDG 1002 Zumwalk Class Warship, is being designed and built by General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works. It is expected to go on line in fiscal 2018.
Uniform Would Detect Wounds on the Battlefield
News 5/1/2012 15 comments The DoD is looking for a small business to design an intelligent soldier uniform that can monitor overall health and identify if and where a soldier has been wounded.
For 3D printing to make the jump from rapid prototyping to manufacturing, engineers will need to find easier ways to move products from their CAD screens to their printers.
Gigabit and PoE are two networking technologies moving ahead in tandem as industrial users power remote Ethernet devices such as IP security cameras at 1,000 Mbps over existing CAT5 cable.
New versions of BASF's Ecovio line are both compostable and designed for either injection molding or thermoforming. These combinations are becoming more common for the single-use bioplastics used in food service and food packaging applications, but are still not widely available.
From Dell / Intel® New Paradigms in Design Work Scott Hamilton, vertical market strategist for Dell Precision workstations, 5/2/2013 5
Early in my career, I worked as a draftsman and remember the days of drawing on vellum with numbered pencils and Mylar with plastic lead. This was a fun experience in the sense that I ...
I've been using workstations for more than 10 years and love finding ways to get more performance from my system. With demanding professional applications that require more power each ...
A lasting memory from my first job as an engineer in an auto assembly plant is standing on hard concrete at six in the morning, vending-machine coffee clutched in hand, listening to ...
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