If you thought the future would resemble the TV show “The Jetsons,” you’re probably wondering where everyone’s flying cars are. But one element of “The Jetsons” is becoming an increasingly prominent piece of our lives: Rosie the Robot. Humanoid robots, like Rosie, have been around for decades but are seeing accelerated development from tech firms […]
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky unit will build new hybrid, tilt-wing aircraft, the company announced this week. The hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft will feature wings that tilt at different stages of a flight. The Stratford-based helicopter manufacturer said the aircraft is the first in a series of next-generation vehicles that will utilize more electrical motors […]
Is Intuitive Surgical gearing up to launch a new da Vinci robot in 2024? CEO Gary Guthart gave a “no comment” response to the question at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, which I took to mean, “don’t count on it.” But the investor community seems to have heard something different because the company’s shares have […]
Last month, right around the time that most Americans were gearing up for the holiday season, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) revealed its new plans for both bolstering the national semiconductor supply chain and protecting U.S. national security. Source: Boosting the U.S Semiconductor Supply Chain | Supply Chain Connect
The SENIS® SENCS1D02 is a programmable current sensor that uses a combination of linear Hall sensor and Coil to increase the measurement bandwidth and to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, i.e. to increase resolution. This combination allows the highest frequency bandwidth of this kind of sensor on the market. The sensor provides and analog output voltage […]
As economic challenges begin to level out—and despite a fractious global landscape—the business of global distribution has shown signs of rebounding smartly to pre-pandemic levels. Fueled by a surge in the use of technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Industrial Internet of Things, distributors are optimistic that the industry is ready for a […]
U.S. reshoring has turned the tide into positive territory, according to business consultancy Kearney, while the Reshoring Initiative reports record onshore job creation in the first half of 2023.The two organizations are rarely on the same page when it comes to U.S. reshoring trends as they measure the activity differently. But between 2022 and 2023, […]
Electro-optical sensors — those that sense light at a variety of different spectra — enable warfighters to see at night, detect disturbed soil that might suggest the presence of roadside bombs, detect missile launches, and find tiny boats at sea. While these sensors bolster the U.S. military claims to “own the night,” the battlefield capabilities […]
Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to reach US$100 billion in 2023, a contraction of 6.1% from the industry record of US$107.4 billion posted in 2022, according to SEMI. Semiconductor manufacturing equipment growth is expected to resume in 2024, with sales forecast to reach a new high of […]
ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military electronics experts are reaching out to industry for information to help them establish a domestic research center for fabrication of three-dimensional heterogeneously integrated (3DHI) microsystems. Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in Arlington, Va., issued a request for information on Friday (DARPA-SN-23-84) for the Establishing a Domestic […]
WASHINGTON – Shipboard electronics experts at Raytheon Technologies Corp. (RTX) are building MK 99 fire-control systems for the Aegis weapon system aboard U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyers under terms of a $76.4 million contract announced in September. Officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington are asking the RTX Raytheon segment in Marlborough, Mass., […]
SEOUL — Last year, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stated publicly a goal of one day being among the world’s top four weapons suppliers, behind the US, Russia and France. It was an ambitious goal, to be sure, but one that doesn’t seem nearly as impossible as it would have even a few years […]
