Air Force Space Command has created a blueprint for fighting and winning wars in space, known by the innocuous title of the Space Enterprise Vision. The existence of the plan is not classified but many of its working elements are. The SEV is “an…
The variety of companies getting into 3D printing materials continues to grow: this bunch consists of big and small materials companies, including some major, established suppliers of materials for subtractive manufacturing, plus service bureaus and 3D printer makers. Renaissance Services…
Military planners are beginning to imagine how additive manufacturing (AM) can enhance operations. The potential gains that AM—also known as 3-D printing—offers are transformative and require new ways of thinking from suppliers and end-users to achieve them. Renaissance Services is…
Designing, building and ground testing the world’s largest turbofan may seem challenging enough, but how do you safely put such a behemoth through the rigors of flight testing on the wing of an aircraft for which it was not designed?…
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…