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The Vicarious Astronaut

The Vicarious Astronaut

The Vicarious Astronaut: When I was ten years old we were given an assignment to write about what we wanted to be when we grow up. I was convinced I would be an astronaut. My...

10 years 1 month ago

TaxiBot Certified for Take-off

TaxiBot Certified for Take-off

Working in the Aerospace & Defence sector, I sometimes meet customers who are taking a radical approach to address a challenging business problem. TaxiBot is an excellent example...

10 years 3 months ago

AUVSI 2015: Why it was Such a Success

AUVSI 2015: Why it was Such a Success

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) 2015 was one of the most interesting trade shows I have visited in many years. My yardstick for great AUVSI shows is...

10 years 5 months ago

The Trinity of Simulation: the Computer, the System, and the World

The Trinity of Simulation: the Computer, the System, and the World

Simics is a great product for simulating computer systems that contain processors and execute code. However, as we all know, just a computer is rarely the entirety of a real system...

10 years 9 months ago

Five Reasons Why the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) is Succeeding as a Global Military Standard

Five Reasons Why the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) is Succeeding as a Global Military Standard

1. The FACE Technical Standard is a standard of standards. The FACE Consortium has integrated the best practices of high performance standards-based solutions. The FACE Technical...

10 years 10 months ago

Congratulations to ESA Rosetta team on successful comet landing!

Congratulations to ESA Rosetta team on successful comet landing!

Congratulations to the ESA Rosetta team on a successful landing of Rosetta’s lander Philae on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko after an incredible 10 year+ journey through space! I...

Simulink Processor-in-the-Loop with Simics-in-the-Loop

Simulink Processor-in-the-Loop with Simics-in-the-Loop

There are many ways to use simulation in model-based design (MBD) of control systems. In a typical MBD workflow, it is common to model a controller (essentially the electronic...

11 years 1 month ago

The Business Side of Open Systems Architecture

The Business Side of Open Systems Architecture

With a number of directives promoting the use of open systems architecture (OSA) in military systems, including Better Buying Power and the US Government Accountability Office (GAO...

11 years 3 months ago

GAO Open Systems Report for DOD

GAO Open Systems Report for DOD

There have been some very healthy discussions recently around the GAO-13-651 report, titled, “DOD Efforts to Adopt Open Systems for Its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Have Progressed...

11 years 3 months ago

U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman & X-47B Team Receive Aviation’s Highest Honor

U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman & X-47B Team Receive Aviation’s Highest Honor

Congratulations to the U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman, and the X-47B Industry Team for winning the prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy. The 2013 Collier Trophy was formally presented...

11 years 5 months ago