Category Manufacturing

New Machining trends and technologies to improve efficiency, lower operating costs, greener solutions and higher precision for tasks. 

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Machining is a family of processes. Machining common features are the use of cutting tools to form chips that are removed from the work-part. In manufacturing, metal parts frequently require machining. The cutting action itself is a shear deformation on…...

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Advancements in mechatronics demand ECAD-MCAD Collaboration for Co-design of Smart Products

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Mechatronics, which is also called mechatronic engineering, is a multidisciplinary branch of engineering that focuses on the engineering of both electrical and mechanical systems, and also includes a combination of robotics, electronics, computer, telecommunications, systems, control, and product engineering. As…...

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Emerging Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing for the fabrication of magnetometers and other quantum sensors

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Recent advances in the understanding and control of quantum technologies, such as those based on cold atoms, have resulted in devices with extraordinary metrological sensitivities with applications in a vast array of areas ranging from geophysical type applications to satellite…...

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DARPA’s underminer to develop tunneling robots and concepts for underground operations for emerging tunnel Warfare

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Criminals, terrorists and military have been using  tunnels since long time to evade detection as surface based detection methods are ineffective underground .  There has been an explosion of underground warfare in the last five years. From sophisticated cross-border Hezbollah…...

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3D printing promises agile develpment of consumer and Defense electronics

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Additive manufacturing is already revolutionizing various industries from the automotive sector to the medical field, and now it is looks promising  to disrupt the electronic industry. They can save thousands of dollars by printing heat sinks, connectors, components, and even…...

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5G testbeds for developing and testing new 5G technologies and 5G military applications

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Mobile communications systems have evolved through wireless technology innovation into 2G, 3G, and then 4G to keep pace with ever increasing voice and data traffic. 5G, short for 5th generation mobile networking or 5th generation wireless systems is the latest…...

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Copper forms a vital link in the defense industry’s metal and alloy supply chain, Cu2O, or cuprous oxide, is a promising material for quantum photonics, optoelectronics and renewable energy technologies.

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Rare, precious and specialized metals and alloys are widely used in the defense industry, not only in weaponry and defense equipment, but also for communications equipment and infrastructure. Military contractors require metal products like nickel-aluminum bronze, Beryllium copper and copper-nickel…...

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The importance, and challenges of Defense systems Reliability, maintainability, and availability (RAM) and it’s improvement

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Reliability, maintainability, and availability (RAM) are three system attributes that are of great interest to systems engineers, logisticians, and users. Collectively, they affect both the utility and the life-cycle costs of a product or system.   Although significant improvements have…...

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DOD Identifies and Manages Manufacturing Risk and Readiness using MRLs

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The Department of Defense (DOD) has a well-documented history of taking much longer and spending much more than originally planned to develop and acquire its weapons systems. In particular, as systems transition from development to production, programs experience significant manufacturing…...

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Growing threats to ICT supply chains, DOD implements Supply Chain Risk management (SCRM) in acquisition

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The rapid evolution of technology and outsourced manufacturing has created new opportunities, as well as new challenges and risks. Organizations today are under increased pressure to improve product designs as well as manufacturability and sustainability while reducing costs and development schedules.…...

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