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The U.S. electric grid is buckling under growing demand that our aging infrastructure can barely handle. Recent blackouts from Texas to California have exposed dangerous weaknesses that threaten [...]

The U.S. is facing an energy reckoning: electricity demand is projected to surge by 50% by 2035 and double by 2050, driven by the rise of artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and [...]

When a fighter jet breaks the sound barrier at 40,000 feet, every component must perform flawlessly—from its advanced avionics down to the smallest plated polymer part. A single failure could [...]

The story of aircraft materials reads like a timeline of innovation. What started with traditional metals like aluminum has evolved into a sophisticated world of composites and advanced polymers. [...]

Satellites are the unseen and unsung heroes of modern life, allowing us to find the fastest way home in rush hour traffic while we check the weather and listen to Sirius XM. Yet, their operation [...]

All modern aircraft – regardless of whether they’re military, cargo, or passenger – are incorporating an increasing number of composite materials into the design and fabrication processes. [...]

Plating has always been an important part of the aerospace and defense industry. With the recent focus on lightweighting components, different plating techniques such as electroless plating have [...]

The push to modernize the US industrial base has come in recent years with the main impetus being the COVID pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This movement to modernize all aspects of [...]

The aerospace and defense supply chain is as intricate and complex as any aircraft that the supply chain manages to produce. As such, every aircraft is not only a miracle of engineering, but also [...]

Electrical connectors are the unsung heroes of many of the world’s leading high technology products. Connectors facilitate the flow of data and electricity between two or more different [...]