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BAE Systems to Innovate Electronic
Warfare Jamming Technology for
U.S. Army
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BAE Systems will create advanced radar jam-
ming technology that will improve air sur-
vivability and mission effectiveness for U.S.
Army rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial
systems.
NASA-JPL Holds Its Annual
Pumpkin-carving Contest
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Suffice to say that when the scientists and engi-
neers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, California, compete in a pumpkin-
carving contest, the solar system is the limit.
Now in its ninth year, the contest gives teams
only one hour to carve.
Why Military Industries Are Relying
Heavily on Digital Automation and
Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial intelligence in the military sector is
more appropriately called "intelligent auto-
mation." All types of private and governmen-
tal organizations, especially militaries, are
examining ways to use digital automation,
under names including artificial intelligence,
machine learning, or bots.
Lockheed Martin GPS Spatial Temporal
Anti-jam Receiver System to Be Integrated
in F-35 Modernization
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a $25
million initial contract award for engineering
and manufacturing development (EMD) for
the GPS Spatial Temporal Anti-Jam Receiver
(GSTAR) system that will be integrated into
the F-35 as part of its modernization phase,
also known as Block 4.
NASA Sounding Rocket Technology Could
Enable Simultaneous, Multi-point
Measurements—First-ever Capability
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NASA engineers plan to test a new avionics
technology—distributed payload communi-
cations—that would give scientists a never-
before-offered capability in sounding rocket-
based research.
WWII Meteorologist Turned Material
Scientist Shares Nobel Prize in
Chemistry 2019
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The Air Force Office of Scientific Research con-
gratulates John B. Goodenough, professor in
the Cockrell School of Engineering at The Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin, for recently being
awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019.
Goodenough is the eldest recipient of a Nobel
Prize at age 97.
Global Market for Counter Unmanned
Aircraft Systems to Exceed $2B by 2024
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Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Global Coun-
ter UAS Market, Forecast to 2024, reveals that
heightened demand for commercial unmanned
aerial systems (C-UAS) by the military for
expensive, technologically advanced, multi-
ple-sensor systems is driving innovative C-UAS
market growth opportunities.
Emerging Themes: Day Two Coverage
of productronica 2019
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Day two at productronica, and the themes
emerge. 5G. High speed. Low loss. New for-
mulations. These were the catchphrases of the
materials suppliers. It is clear from all the con-
versations that designers and board specifiers
need to be learning all they can about the new
materials emerging on the market.
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