Aerospace & Defense Technology: April 2026
26AERP04
4/2/2026
- Content
- Leonardo DRS Expands Production Capacity to Advance Naval Power, Sensors, and AI-Driven Mission Systems
- Success at Sea: NIWC Atlantic Uncrewed Surface Vessel Completes Fastest Transatlantic Crossing
- High‑Speed Spindles Unlock Five‑Axis Machining Innovation with Smaller Tools
- Why CFD is Stuck in the File Era
- Accurate and Resilient GNSS Timing Modules for Critical Infrastructure
- Undetectable Ship-to-Ship Laser Communications
- EP40: Structural Epoxy Used for Steel Bonding in Marine Applications
Master Bond EP40 is a two-part, room temperature curing epoxy for bonding, sealing, coating, and encapsulating. EP40 bonds well to a variety of substrates, including naval steel, the primary structural metal used in the shipbuilding industry - Vortex Research to Solve Aviation's Efficiency Tradeoff with Active Strakes
A research team developed a smart strake system that dynamically adapts to flight conditions, showing a promising drag reduction in the wind tunnel with respect to passive strakes. This approach has the potential to save airlines hundreds of kilograms of fuel per flight. - New 3D-Printing and Manufacturing Techniques Grant More Control Over Energetic Material Behavior
A newly developed tool could enable more control over how energetic materials function throughout manufacturing processes.