2020-03-05 - M. Di Paolo Emilio

Next-Gen Space-Borne Systems Call for WBG Semiconductors

WBG semiconductors are critical to the development of next-generation space-borne systems thanks to advantages like insensitivity to radiation and high-temperature…

2020-02-03 - M. Di Paolo Emilio

Ethernet Gives Space Applications Higher Data Rates

Microchip has developed a space-qualified Ethernet communication solution based on a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) for space applications.

2020-01-23 - Lou Covey

Blog: Modern Satellites and Fire From the Sky

Satellite systems are among the most crucial technologies for people on earth. They are also vulnerable to terrorist manipulation.

2020-01-10 - Sally Ward-Foxton

AI Mapping Used for Disaster Preparedness

Intel has partnered with the Red Cross on its Missing Maps project to map vulnerable areas and identify roads, bridges,…

2020-01-09 - George Leopold

Airline Safety Omitted at CES

Conspicuously absent from a CES presentation on the future of aviation technology was the burning question of airline safety in…

2019-12-30 - George Leopold

Boeing Fails to Impress

On its maiden flight, Starliner spacecraft fails to reach the International Space Station.

2019-12-11 - Nitin Dahad

GPS Inventors Receive Royal Engineering Prize

The four engineers who created GPS have been awarded a top engineering prize of £1 million in honor of their…

2019-11-27 - John Walko

Positive Outcomes from WRC-19 Congress

The World Radiocommunications Conference addressed the disjointed nature of 5G spectrum allocations around the world, among other thorny problems.

2019-10-03 - George Leopold

Could a 3D-Printed Rocket Bring You Back from Mars?

Relativity wants to send its manufacturing ecosystem to the Martian surface, so astronauts can gather raw materials on Mars and…

2019-09-25 - George Leopold

Do the Boeing Crashes Highlight a Reliability Crisis?

Is it so much to ask that technologies work as advertised and - oh, by the way - not kill…