Army experts are “extremely excited” by the idea of hybrid electric aircraft, one of the service’s top Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) experts revealed Tuesday. “My team has believed that was the case for some time,” Lars Ericsson, chief of the…
Army experts are “extremely excited” by the idea of hybrid electric aircraft, one of the service’s top Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) experts revealed Tuesday. “My team has believed that was the case for some time,” Lars Ericsson, chief of the…
Aerospace applications often have unique demands for batteries that power devices and vehicles, with special requirements to operate at very high or very low temperatures, as well as other features. Renaissance Services helps researches develop their products and get them…
U.S. Special Operations experts needed special terrain-following radar to enable military aircraft to infiltrate enemy territory by hiding in mountain passes, valleys, and in bad weather. They found their solution from Raytheon Co. Renaissance Services helps companies improve their product…
Why wait for the bus when you can hail a cab? That’s the idea behind a new commercial spaceflight startup founded by SpaceX founding team members Jim Cantrell and John Garvey.Vector Space Systems wants to shake up to the commercial…
Chronic maintenance problems with the aging F-18 Hornet are hobbling the Marines, leaving them with less than 60 percent of the strike fighters they need to conduct training and operations, the deputy commandant for aviation told the Senate… Renaissance Services helps DoD and…
As the technology evolves, wind turbines are beginning to come in all shapes and sizes. We’ve told you recently about the design of turbines as large as a football field for offshore wind farms, but there also is new research…
There is an interesting white paper about smart manufacturing and digital work instructions at the DISCUS Software Company web site. This paper provides 7 insights into what’s necessary to bring electronic work instructions to the marketplace. It provides a nice…
An international team of engineers and biologists will gain unprecedented insights into how birds fly so efficiently and then turn that knowledge to building unmanned aircraft with shapeshifting wings. Renaissance Services helps integrate scientific data into the manufacturing process. Read…
Since the cancellation of the original UCLASS drone– Unmanned Carrier-Launched Aerial Surveillance & Strike — Navy leaders have insisted they would get the simplified successor in service swiftly. That successor is the flying fuel truck now being called the MQ-25…
The U.S. Air Force will invest up to $536 million in Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 rocket engine and as much as $202 million in United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket as a way to end dependence on the Russian rocket engine used to…