SpaceX has won a lucrative contract to provide the US military with a means of distributing space-based sensing and targeting data, forming the “backbone” of a rearchitected network after separate ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion contract to build a network of low Earth orbit satellites intended to function as a military internet in space. According to a news ...

1.7 mm sensor that uses light to measure force and torque in all directions.Jianlong Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China Researchers in China have developed a rice-sized optical sensor that ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has delivered its second sensor to Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead ...

This library is to use an FSLP, a potentiometer that can provide both position (like any potmeter) AND the pressure (how hard the user presses). An FSLP is typical a strip with three or four contacts.

Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help shape those signals. Scientists discovered that tissue stiffness can ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Nearly $100 million in sensor ...

(A) Schematic comparison of the puncture process with and without axial vibration, including 3 stages: pre-puncture (contact compression), puncture (membrane rupture), and post-puncture (insertion ...

Advances in linear motors and hybrid actuators are pushing motion systems toward higher precision, speed and efficiency. A key part of achieving this performance is the integration of drives with ...

A US military space-plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a ...