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Camera-only navigation system cuts localization drift by up to 95 percent without GPS or Li DAR
44+ min ago (435+ words) Space War. com Camera-only navigation system cuts localization drift by up to 95 percent without GPS or Li DAR The work, published April 20, 2026 in Satellite Navigation, addresses a persistent weakness in visual odometry (VO) -- the tendency of camera-only positioning systems to…...
Thin Kom Develops Self-Funded Mobile HPM Weapon to Counter Drone Swarms
42+ min ago (229+ words) Alecto couples Thin Kom's patented VICTS steerable mechanical phased array with vacuum electronics to produce peak power densities described as orders of magnitude greater than gallium nitride-based active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs). The combination eliminates the need for prior target…...
Reliable Robotics Pursues FAA Certification for Network-Agnostic UAS Datalink System
42+ min ago (238+ words) The Mountain View, California company's C2 Link System is designed to be network-agnostic, supporting connectivity between aircraft and remote pilots, shared traffic awareness among UAS, and direct communication between aircraft and Air Traffic Control. The system supports cooperative separation automation and…...
Harvard Team Achieves Milliwatt UV Light Generation On a Photonic Chip
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (288+ words) "When people think about [thin-film lithium niobate], they don't think of it as a UV material, but we show that it is," said co-first author Kees Franken, a former research fellow in the Loncar lab. "We also show that there…...
Origami antenna design boosts Cube Sat communications
1+ week, 1+ day ago (342+ words) Space War. com Origami antenna design boosts Cube Sat communications The new antenna weighs about 64 grams and is composed of multiple panels connected by fold lines that allow it to compress and expand in a controlled sequence. When stowed, it…...
Tubular solid oxide fuel cells mapped for cleaner energy systems
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (506+ words) Solid oxide fuel cells convert chemical energy directly into electricity at high efficiency and with low emissions. They can operate on a wide range of fuels, including hydrogen, natural gas, biogas, and alcohol based fuels, and they are not constrained…...
Hawk shape shifting in flight may guide future drone control
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (490+ words) Space War. com Hawk shape shifting in flight may guide future drone control A new study from researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of California, Davis, shows how a Harris's hawk adjusts its wing and tail configuration…...
United Semiconductors secures Starlab payload capacity for in-space semiconductor crystal production
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (573+ words) Space War News United Semiconductors secures Starlab payload capacity for in-space semiconductor crystal production United Semiconductors recently completed a crystal growth mission on the ISS that demonstrated microgravity as a uniquely stable environment for bulk and thin-film crystal growth of…...
EDA taps Airbus to broaden Capa-X drone mission roles
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (399+ words) The contract runs for 48 months with a total budget of about 1. 1 million euros and focuses on evolving the existing Capa-X uncrewed aerial system into a more capable and flexible platform for defence missions. According to Airbus, the goal is to…...
Why have 1, 000 ships at times lost their GPS in the Mideast?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (628+ words) Experts say this deficiency explains why since the start of US-Israeli strikes, the jamming of satellite navigation signals has left about 1, 000 ships in the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman unable to determine their location, either momentarily or continuously. Dimitris…...