21 06 2021 | Actualité Défense et Sécurité
DJI drones cleared for government use There’s good news for operators who might have been scared away from using drones manufactured by Chinese company DJI. Two “government” models have now been cleared by the Pentagon for use by agencies who had previously been...
21 06 2021 | Actualité Défense et Sécurité
Yes, it’s large for a gun — 56 inches long, 18 inches tall and 8 inches wide. And it looks like something out of a Star Wars movie. But it weighs just 16 pounds loaded with two rechargeable 14.4V lithium battery packs, and, there’s no heavy accompanying backpack, like...
21 06 2021 | Actualité Défense et Sécurité
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is set to begin development and integration of a high-power microwave capability to destroy small drone threats beginning in fiscal 2022, according to budget justification documents released with the financial request. The service plans to...
21 06 2021 | Actualité Aéronautique, Actualité Défense et Sécurité
This paper presents a hybrid additive manufacturing (AM) process combining multilayer friction surfacing (FS) and metal machining operations. While friction surfacing has been known as a part repair or coating process, we here present an attempt to use it to build...
21 06 2021 | Actualité Aéronautique, Actualité Défense et Sécurité
The development of new materials for Additive Manufacturing (AM), especially for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), is essential to reveal the full potential of AM-processed metallic components. The application of powder blends represents a promising pathway for flexible...
21 06 2021 | Actualité Défense et Sécurité
La fabrication additive prend décidément une place de plus en plus importante à bord des avions. Quelques semaines après qu’Airbus ait qualifié Materialise pour l’impression 3D de pièces en polyamide ignifugé, GE Aviation a reçu l’approbation de proposition de...
