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R&D Budget Cuts Could Leave US Trailing Behind
Remember the sequester? The $85 billion in federal budget cuts that were supposed to jolt Washington into figuring out a solution to the escalating debt? The ones that almost no one has ended up noticing against the backdrop of the usual political dysfunction? They’re about to take a big bite out of innovation. Federal agencies that pay for a third …
Lockheed Martin Helps U.S. Military Go Green, Stay Safe
Lockheed Martin has won a $3 million contract with the Office of Naval Research to develop solid oxide fuel cell generators that will replace reliance on traditional battlefield power generation equipment. It’s hoped the fuel cells will reduce the fuel required to generate electricity by 50 percent. The fuel cell technology will be integrated with solar PV panels. More than …
As Isaac Rages, How Far has Our Storm Tech Come?
As Tropical Storm Isaac batters the Gulf Coast, I’m left wondering if our modern engineering and technological arsenal—used to predict and monitor hurricanes, keep communities safe, rescue victims, and clean up after the fact—has changed or improved since Katrina’s devastating blow seven years ago. After hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE ) got to work building a …
Engineering Without Fear: If You Knew You Couldn’t Fail
Because nobody likes going back to the office on Mondays, here’s a short article and video to inspire and remind you why being an engineer is still the greatest gig out there. What would you attempt to do if you knew you couldn’t fail? That was the question posed by Regina Dugan— the first female director of DARPA, and now …
Building an Air Force Fighter: Why a WWII Mustang Outpaces the Raptor
As a life-long aviation enthusiast, I was thrilled to see the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor “in action” at last week’s Freedom Fair in Tacoma, Washington. I was duly impressed with its maneuverability and power, and an added treat was seeing it fly in formation with a P-51 Mustang. It was an awesome display. However, the more I consider those …
Commercial Space Companies Scramble for ISS Missions
My family is a frequent visitor to The Museum of Flight in Seattle. Our favorite part about the museum is its fantastic collection of spacecraft—from a Viking Lander Flight Capsule to an Apollo Command Module. In May, a new addition arrived, the Charon—a vertical take-off, vertical-landing jet-powered vehicle—from private company Blue Origin. Blue Origin is a highly secretive startup funded …
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Tagged aerospace and defense, aerospace engineering, Blue Origin, NASA
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SpaceX Launches Capsule to Supply International Space Station
SpaceX is well on its way to becoming the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. Earlier this morning SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. While the Dragon orbits Earth a series of tests will be carried out on its GPS system and free drift …
Aspiring Women Engineers Get a Taste of Aviation
A few hundred would-be aviation engineers and scientists met this weekend at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA to celebrate National Women’s History Month. The aspiring group of all-woman middle- and high-school students had the opportunity to listen to an exceptional panel of female speakers—including former astronaut Wendy Lawrence—and take part in various aviation-related workshops. The weekend event was …
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Tagged aerospace and defense, aviation, engineering, STEM
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Obama Talks American Manufacturing and Exports at Boeing
During Friday’s visit to the Boeing plant in Everett, WA, President Barack Obama praised the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as a prime example of what American manufacturing can accomplish. The Dreamliner’s advanced technology and its success in the market symbolize what the United States has to offer in manufacturing, the president said. “American workers have never been more productive. And companies …
Billion-Dollar Upgrade for British Army’s Warrior Vehicles
The British Ministry of Defense (MoD), is awarding Lockheed Martin UK a £642m ($1.02bn) contract as part of the Warrior armored vehicles project. The move was revealed by British Prime Minister David Cameron and Defense Secretary Philip Hammond on a visit to Lockheed Martin UK in Bedfordshire. “As a key step towards meeting our requirements for Future Force 2020, the …
