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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...

9 years 11 months 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 1 month 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 3 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 7 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 8 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...

10 years 10 months ago

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...

10 years 11 months 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 4 months ago