Aerospace & Defense Technology
Episodes
A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center’s Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (WR-ALC) has taken a major step toward modernizing depot operations: sec...
How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Packet Digital CEO Terri Zimmerman breaks down the company’s push to expand U.S.-based production of advanced lithium-ion batteries...
How Virtual Twins are Reshaping Aerospace Design and Manufacturing
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As aerospace companies race to deliver cutting-edgetechnologies faster and more efficiently, digital innovation is taking center stage. For decades, m...
A New Additive Manufacturing Accelerator for the US Navy in Guam
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode examines the technical and strategic foundations behind Guam’s new advanced manufacturing hub, developed through ASTRO America in coord...
The Hidden Heroes of Hydrogen Flight: Sealing and Materials
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While hydrogen-powered flight promises zero emissions and high efficiency, it also brings some of the toughest engineering challenges: cryogenic stora...
How Forterra is Enabling Modular Military Vehicle Autonomy
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the 2025 Association of the United States Army(AUSA) annual meeting and exhibition, Forterra announced several major defense industry vehicle p...
Autonomous Drones Harness Wind for ISR and Counter UAS
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Windlift, a North Carolina-based startup, recentlyannounced successful results from initial testing of a new autonomous tethered drone system that lev...
Autonomous Targeting Systems for a New Autonomous Ground Vehicle
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the Association for the United States Army (AUSA)2025 annualmeeting and exhibition, AimLock announced a partnership with Overland AI that will...
The Army's New Approach to Buying AI, Drones and Robotics
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the Association for the United States Army (AUSA)2025 annual meeting and exhibition, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll's opening keynote p...
Designing Low Cost Long-Range Autonomous Strike Drones
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MGI Engineering recently unveiled their new long-rangeautonomous precision strike drone, TigerShark, at the 2025 Defense and Security Equipment Intern...
AI-Powered Military Communications at the Tactical Edge
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Fuse Integration CEO Sumner Lee is the guest to discuss how artificial intelligence...
Piasecki's KARGO UAV Program: Enabling Uncrewed Logistics
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation acquired the KARGO UAV program from Kaman Air Vehicles in April, and recently launched a new upgraded variant of the med...
Microchip’s New Processor Enables Scalable Computing Performance for Aerospace and Defense Applications
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024, Microchip launched PIC64, a new portfolio of microprocessors that the Chandler, Arizona-based company claims could enable a generational leap...
A Quantum Accelerated Digital Twin for Aerospace and Defense Simulation
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A dual-use quantum accelerated simulation startup recentlyestablished a strategic collaboration with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to advance...
In-Memory Computing Chip is a Processing Breakthrough for On-Device AI Applications
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EnCharge AI, a California-based startup, recently launchedthe EnCharge EN100 artificial intelligence (AI) chip, developed with a scalable analog in-me...
Kymeta's Breakthrough in Multi-Band Antenna Satellite Connectivity
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kymeta achieved a major breakthrough for the satellite communications industry recently by connecting four concurrent beams in Ku- and Ka-band frequen...
Extreme Environments, Precise Solutions: Technologies Enabling Space Vehicles Advancement
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sealing components and materials that are used in spacelaunch and exploration vehicles can face extreme environmental challenges due to the harsh ...
Simulating Space: Designing Satellites for Mission Success
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During his appearance at a Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) event held in March, Major General Gregory Gagnon, a top U.S. Space...
How IQSat Enables Space-Based AI and Machine Learning
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aitech — the California-based embedded systems provider — launched their new artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled picosatellite constellation pl...
How Amprius is Advancing Energy Density for Electric Aircraft Batteries
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amprius recently launched its 450 Wh/kg SiCore™ lithium-ionbattery, the most energy dense battery it has ever developed for electric aircraft and ot...
Engineering the EL9: Electra's Ultra Short Hybrid Electric Aircraft
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Electra announced a new $115 million Series B investment that will provide funding for the pre-production and certification phase of its EL...
Defining the Use Case for Future Military Electric Vehicles
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last year, research and evaluation projects led bydefense agencies in the U.S., U.K. and around the world have demonstrated the potential adv...
A Donut-Shaped In-Wheel Motor for Military Electric Vehicles
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finland-based startup Donut Defence is developing a donut-shaped in-wheel electric motor for air, land and sea military vehicles. In December 2024, Do...
How Will TSN Ethernet Impact the Future of Embedded Computing?
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Ethernet is a real-time networking capability that is being developed by a growing number of embedded computing compan...
What Changes are Needed for Counter UAS Regulations in Civilian Airspace?
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A House committee hearing held earlier this month outlined the current federal regulations that limit the use of counter unmanned aircraft system tech...
How a Cloud-Based Remote ID System Helps Monitor Random Drone Sightings
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AeroDefense has been developing drone detection technology to address drones flying in civilian airspace for several years has just released a new sys...
Dronetag's New Pocket-Sized Drone Detection System
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Czech Republic-based startup Dronetag has launched a new pocket-sized drone-agnostic Remote ID receiver, RIDER, amid the rise in unidentified drone si...
UxV/35: A New Approach to Lowering the Cost of Designing Drones
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
UxV/35 is a new standard recently adopted by the PC104 Computing Consortium to enable rapid development and manufacturing of drones, automatic vehicle...
How Pratt & Whitney is Using a Robot to Help Build Jet Engines
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pratt & Whitney is using a new robot named Alfred to assemble high-pressure compressor rotors for its GTF PW1100G-JM engine that powers the Airbus...
Scaling Manufacturing and Production of 'Data as a Service' Electric Drone
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced a new $20 million award to Kraus Hamdani Aerospace for its Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding ...
The Unusual Machines Approach to Low Cost Drones and Drone Components
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Unusual Machines CEO Allan Evans is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast. Headquartered in San Juan, Puerto ...
Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination: The Army's Future Vision for Fused AI
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Army has been establishing a new cross-functional team focused on exploiting the fusion of deep sensing data for decision-making in long-rang...
Why the Air Force is Using the Virtualitics AI Approach to Weapon Sustainment
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode of Season 6 of the podcast, Michael Amori, CEO and co-founder of Virtualitics, is the guest to explain how the U.S. Air Force is ...
The Army's Vision for Space and Satellite Communications
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the Association of the U.S. Army's annual AUSA conference and exhibition, the conference featured a panel titled "Army Space Vision: Delivering...
The Future of Space Mobility
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Oct. 7, Hera, the European Space Agency's first "planetary defense spacecraft," was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station i...
Developing a Data-Driven Digital Strategy for Space Force Operations
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Laubach, Raft LLC's Senior Director of Programs, is the guest on episode 2 of season 5 of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast. Season 5...
Streaming Video Over Legacy Military Tactical Networks
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode of Season 5 of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, the guest is Joshua Cryer, President and CEO of Reticulate Micro. ...
The Future of Digital Twins and Virtual Prototyping in Aerospace
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The aerospace and defense industry has adopted the use of the digital twin as a revolutionary design tool for several decades. Digital twins effective...
How the Air Force is Using AI to Fix Supply Chain Challenges
24 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Art Sellers, SparkCognition Government Systems President and General Manager joins the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain their new...
A Supercomputer for Aerospace and Defense Systems Modeling and Simulation
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In February, Cadence launched a new generation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with the introduction of the Millennium M1 CFDSupercomputer. Mil...
Digital Transformation Updates at Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Army recently provided the following definition for "digital engineering," in the article "A Matter of Course," that expl...
What is Generative AI at the Edge?
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode of the fourth season of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, where the topical focus is the impact of digital eng...
Why the Hybrid Approach Extends the Range of Electric Aircraft
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Established in 2018 by four ex-Airbus engineers who led the development of an all-electric plane but believed that batteries alone would not be enough...
How Helios Horizon is Taking Electric Aircraft to New Altitudes
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Helios Horizon, an initiative to develop a stratospheric electric airplane, recently concluded its latest flight test campaign having surpassed the al...
3 eVTOL Companies to Watch in 2024: Archer Aviation, Joby Aviation and Lilium
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Archer Aviation, Lilium and Joby are three of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturers that have been making major progres...
The Future of eVTOL Battery Technology
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As several major electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) development programs — Archer, Joby and Lilium to name a few — are approaching the ...
The Future of Hybrid and Electric Military Vehicles
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Army has shown increased interest in the use of different technologies for hybrid and electric-powered non-tactical and tactical vehicles in ...
Autonomous Navigation Kits for the Army’s Palletized Load System
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In December, Neya Systems was one of three companies selected to participate in the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Ground Expeditionary Autonomous ...
What Can AI Provide for Unmanned Ground Vehicles?
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are there opportunities for UGVs to leverage AI for autonomous navigation in environments where manned military ground vehicles operate today? In a re...
Digitally Engineering the Future of Army Off-Road Autonomous Vehicles
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bogdan Epureanu, Director of the Automotive Research Center and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is the guest on this episode...
Countering Illegally-Operated Drones at Airports, Stadiums and Prisons
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The wide availability and proliferation of advanced inexpensive small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has enabled a wide variety of beneficial new com...
Metamaterials: Changing the Arrays of Counter UAS Radar
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is metamaterials electronically scanned array (MESA) technology and how is it providing a new approach to surveillance within counter unmanned a...
Why There is No Silver Bullet for Countering Small UAS Technology Part 2
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of our interview with Michael O'Hara, CUAS Mission Solutions and Strategy Manager for Northrop Grumman. In the second par...
Why There is No Silver Bullet for Countering Small UAS Part 1
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, the guest is Michael O'Hara, CUAS Mission Solutions and Strategy Manager for No...
The Cost of Countering the Evolution of Small UAS
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first season of the new Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast. The guest on this episode is Shaan Shaikh, a fellow with the Missi...