Aerospace & Defense Technology: May 2025
25AERP05
05/08/2025
- Content
- 3D Printing Parts for Ships, Submarines and Underwater Vehicles
- Swarm Robotics: A Requiem for the Assembly Line
- The Evolution of Autonomous Systems in UAV Technology: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Next Frontier
- Reverse Engineering the Security Risks of the AeroScope Drone Detection Module
Assessing the security risks of the AeroScope upgrade module, which supports foreign government-specified encryption of the data signal. - AI Automates Drone Defense With High Energy Lasers
- Human-Focused Research Aims to Enhance UAS Effectiveness, Readiness
Researchers at the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory are trying to enhance the effectiveness of drones in combat by improving protocols for human-machine teaming. - Engineers Enable a Drone to Determine Its Position in the Dark and Indoors
A new low-power system using radio frequency waves takes a major step toward autonomous, indoor drone navigation. - Low Cost Air Traffic Control for Drones
As the increase in civilian drones poses the risk of safety issues in congested airspace, researchers at BYU have introduced a new approach to lowering the cost of air traffic surveillance for low-flying drones. - Unmanned Aircraft Systems Help Responders in Urban Environments
The Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) recently brought together emergency responders from across the nation to test unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Blue UAS Cleared List. By providing an aerial vantage point, and creating standoff distance between responders and potential threats, UAS can ignificantly mitigate safety risks to responders by allowing them to assess and monitor incidents remotely. - Lasers Destroy Drones as Additive Manufacturing Builds Them
Rapidly fielding emerging technologies and prioritizing investments in AI, drones, and counter-drone systems, among other technologies, are key to military modernization.