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Avionics systems, exemplified by FADEC for engine control and Fly-By-Wire, handle lower-level functions, reducing human error.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1717730812/sites/adt/features-16x9/50057/adt-0224-p12_fig2_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Articles</div> <div>Photonics/Optics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/49663-physicists-develop-a-new-type-of-antenna?m=2530">Physicists Develop a New Type of Antenna </a></h2> <p>This research and demonstration presents a simple technique for a remote Rydberg-atom-based RF sensor, which was verified for distances of up to 30 m between the passive sensing unit and the base station — currently limited by the length of the hallway used in the demonstration.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1715191973/sites/adt/features-16x9/49663/adt-1223-p27_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>INSIDER</div> <div>Manned Systems</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/49466-athena-sensor-brings-generational-leap-to-airborne-manpad-protection?m=2530">ATHENA Sensor Brings Generational Leap to Airborne MANPAD Protection</a></h2> <p> Since their introduction, Man-Portable Air Defense Systems – heat-seeking, shoulder-fired missiles – have been a persistent threat to U.S. Army aviation. Infrared...</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1698875043/sites/adt/features-16x9/49466/20231102_aerospace_story3_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Products</div> <div>RF & Microwave Electronics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48971-new-products-adt-0923?m=2530">New Products</a></h2> <p>See the new products, including the NDT 1000 inspection system, a PU-5200 certifiable display computer, RJ45 connectors, servers, and more.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1711109062/sites/adt/features-16x9/48971/adt-0923-p34_fig2r_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Briefs</div> <div>Photonics/Optics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48965-arfl-20230054?m=2530">Free-Space Quantum Communications in Harsh Environments</a></h2> <p>The project aims to explore the possibility of all-weather secure quantum communication using macroscopic quantum states of light.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1711019120/sites/adt/articles/2023/briefs/ADT-0923-p28_fig1.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Briefs</div> <div>Photonics/Optics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48964-adt-09234?m=2530">Deep Image Prior Amplitude SAR Image Anonymization</a></h2> <p>Synthetic Aperture Radar images are a powerful tool for studying the Earth’s surface. They are radar signals generated by an imaging system mounted on a platform such as an aircraft or satellite. As the platform moves, the system emits sequentially high-power electromagnetic waves through its antenna.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1711339294/sites/adt/features-16x9/48964/adt-0923-p27_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Briefs</div> <div>Photonics/Optics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48963-adt-09233?m=2530">Determining Optical Material Parameters With Motion in Structured Illumination </a></h2> <p>Ellipsometry measures the amplitude ratio and the phase difference between polarized light reflected from the surface of a film and determines the refractive index or thickness by fitting the experimental data to an optical model that represents an approximated sample structure.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1711150899/sites/adt/features-16x9/48963/adt-0923-p26_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Briefs</div> <div>Materials</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48962-cbctn-093?m=2530">Towards Greater Sensitivity: A Brief FTIR and Infrared-Based Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy Comparative Study</a></h2> <p>Cavity Ring-Down spectroscopy (CRDS) is a newer IR absorption-based technique made possible by the use of tunable pulsed lasers. Rather than using a broadband (blackbody) emitter as is done with traditional IR techniques, a pulsed laser is tuned across wavelengths into an optical cavity.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1694626004/sites/adt/features-16x9/48962/adt-0923-p24_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Briefs</div> <div>Photonics/Optics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48961-armet-21034?m=2530">Spatial Calibration for Accurate Long Distance Measurement Using Infrared Cameras </a></h2> <p>All commercially available camera systems have lenses (and internal geometries) that cannot perfectly refract light waves and refocus them onto a two-dimensional (2D) image sensor. This means that all digital images contain elements of distortion and thus are not a true representation of the real world.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1711019076/sites/adt/articles/2023/briefs/ADT-0923-p23_fig1.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Articles</div> <div>RF & Microwave Electronics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48960-how-laser-communications-innovation-is-finally-coming-of-age-and-driving-innovation-in-defense?m=2530">How Laser Communications Innovation is Finally Coming of Age and Driving Innovation in Defense </a></h2> <p>Though laser technology has advantages over radio, and those advantages are growing as innovation accelerates, what is essential to realize is that they need not be in competition.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1711337986/sites/adt/features-16x9/48960/adt-0923-p21_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Articles</div> <div>Imaging</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48958-shaking-outside-the-box-to-advance-flight-research?m=2530">Shaking Outside the Box to Advance Flight Research </a></h2> <p>A technique called Shake the Box predicts the positions of already-tracked particles and then corrects errors using image matching. The algorithms triangulate the positions of new particles in the measurement domain, enabling scientists to look at higher-particle densities with greater positional accuracy.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1711337615/sites/adt/features-16x9/48958/adt-0923-p14_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>INSIDER</div> <div>Imaging</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48812-ai-enabled-detection-system-set-to-replace-aging-airspace-awareness-system?m=2530">AI-Enabled Detection System Set To Replace Aging Airspace Awareness System</a></h2> <p> Execution of new fielding and funding strategies will lead to the delivery of a cutting-edge surveillance, identification, and tracking system that monitors and...</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1692124559/sites/adt/features-16x9/48812/20230816_defense_story4_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Application Briefs</div> <div>Manned Systems</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48729-ultraviolet-spacecraft-camera?m=2530">Ultraviolet Spacecraft Camera</a></h2> <p>Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory is building two key flight camera systems for a NASA spacecraft that will explore the layer of the atmosphere where Earth meets space.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1691251215/sites/adt/features-16x9/48729/adt-0823-p45_fig2_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>INSIDER</div> <div>Manufacturing & Prototyping</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48653-teledyne-flir-to-produce-1-000-pocket-sized-drones-for-use-in-ukraine?m=2530">Teledyne FLIR to Produce 1,000 Pocket-Sized Drones for Use in Ukraine</a></h2> <p> Norway's Ministry of Defense (MOD) has placed an order with Teledyne FLIR Defense to procure Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems for use in Ukraine. The order...</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1690401362/sites/adt/features-16x9/48653/20230727_aerospace_dm_story2_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>INSIDER</div> <div>Photonics/Optics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48548-euclid-space-telescope-begins-mission-to-study-dark-energy-and-matter?m=2530">Euclid Space Telescope Begins Mission to Study Dark Energy and Matter</a></h2> <p> ESA’s Euclid spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on July 1, 2023. The successful launch marks the...</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1688763157/sites/adt/features-16x9/48548/20230710_aerospace_story1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="ad-position g-0 row mb-3 "> <div class="col-12 align-content-center mx-auto"> <script tb-donotmove>window.ntb_google_ad_manager_items=window.ntb_google_ad_manager_items||[];ntb_google_ad_manager_items.push({display_sizes:['xs','sm'],slot_ad_unit:'mobilityengineeringtech.com_450x450',slot_code:'21835072403',slot:'/21835072403/mobilityengineeringtech.com_450x450',slot_ad_sizes:['fluid'],div_id:'GAM_pos_21_modid_498',target_pos:'21',size_mapping:[],slot_ad_empty:'default'});</script> <div id='GAM_pos_21_modid_498' class=""></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>INSIDER</div> <div>Photonics/Optics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48444-filtered-rayleigh-scattering-enables-laser-optical-measurement-of-turbofan-thrust?m=2530">Filtered Rayleigh Scattering Enables Laser-Optical Measurement of Turbofan Thrust</a></h2> <p> Pratt & Whitney and Virginia Tech announced a pioneering new technology for calculating thrust using lasers to enable high-fidelity measurement of key gas...</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1687293125/sites/adt/features-16x9/48444/20230621_aerospace_story2_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Briefs</div> <div>Imaging</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48332-arl-96553?m=2530">Automated Atmospheric Correction of Nanosatellites Using Coincident Ocean Color Radiometer Data </a></h2> <p>Researchers present a machine-learning-based method for utilizing traditional ocean-viewing satellites to perform automated atmospheric correction of nanosatellite data.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1707033883/sites/adt/features-16x9/48332/adt-0623-p38_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Briefs</div> <div>Imaging</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48331-arl-9657?m=2530">Context-Aware Visual Search Using a Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera</a></h2> <p>Introduced here is the formal PTZ Search Problem. In the PTZSP, a fixed PTZ camera starts at a given PTZ position and must move through the continuous 3D space of PTZ coordinates to detect as many objects of interest as possible as quickly as possible.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1707034032/sites/adt/features-16x9/48331/adt-0623-p36_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Articles</div> <div>Electronics & Computers</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/48009-3d-scanning-provides-key-weapon-for-aerospace-and-defense-manufacturing?m=2530">3D Scanning Provides Key Weapon for Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing </a></h2> <p>While AI, AR, and IIoT are increasing production efficiency and time to market, 3D scanning still has not been exploited by aerospace and defense manufacturers for its full potential to do the same.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1705397571/sites/adt/features-16x9/48009/adt-0523-p16_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Briefs</div> <div>Aerospace</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/47900-arl-9477?m=2530">Electro-Optic Materials Research</a></h2> <p>Here, a summary of the main lines of effort for the Electro-Optics Materials Research program including its goals and major accomplishments of the past five years.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img src='https://res.cloudinary.com/tbmg/ar_16:9,c_thumb,g_auto:subject,f_auto,q_auto/c_limit,w_400/v1704616430/sites/adt/features-16x9/47900/adt-0423-p43_fig1_primary-feature-item.jpg' class='img-fluid lazyload blur-up' width='400' alt='Feature Image' /></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="divider"></div></div></div><div class="row article"> <div class="col-md"> <h4> <div>Briefs</div> <div>Photonics/Optics</div></h4> <h2><a class="feed_item_link" href="/component/content/article/47899-nrl-5670?m=2530">Overcoming Performance Limitations of Distributed Brillouin Fiber Laser Sensors </a></h2> <p>Distributed fiber sensors are a powerful tool for structural health monitoring and environmental sensing due to their ability to remotely monitor the strain at 1,000s of locations using low-cost optical fiber.</p></div> <div class="col-md-auto "> <img 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