Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. In the cockpit of Beta Technologies’ Alia CX300, pilot Chris Caputo steers onto Runway 33 at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport in Vermont. Cleared for takeoff, he releases the brakes and nudges the throttle forward. At the back of the aircraft, the five-blade pusher

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. The skies are becoming dangerously crowded-not with planes but with interference and jamming disrupting many of the 30,000 radio frequencies that civil aviation relies upon. In previous decades, designers of aviation weather, navigation, and voice communication systems prioritize

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. In a lab in Luxembourg in 2024, engineers at Flawless Photonics unpacked a spool of glass fiber that had just returned from the International Space Station (ISS). As they threaded it onto their rewinding machine, the machine jammed-as happens sometimes-and they braced for the usu

Article · SERC. The SERC portfolio of funded research tasks furthers its guiding vision of being the networked national resource to further systems research and its impact on issues of national and global […]

Article · NASA Technology. Emissions on both sides of the island are unusually high as human-set fires spread in a landscape parched by drought.

Article · NASA Technology. From orbit, today’s space-based laser instruments measure Earth’s forests and terrain one narrow line at a time. Between those lines are enormous gaps that include millions of acres of land scientists never directly measure. NASA’s CASALS instrument will blend machine learning wi

Article · NASA Technology. The powerful low-pressure system formed over the North Atlantic out of the remnants of Hurricane Isaias.

Article · NASA Technology. Destined for Mars and beyond, NASA’s Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom will be humanity’s first fission-powered spacecraft to travel outside Earth’s orbit. Announced during NASA’s “Ignition” event, this mission will demonstrate nuclear electric propulsion in deep space, and progress

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. In one month, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission will make history. Moving at 12 kilometers per second relative to Earth, the mission is about to rendezvous with the binary Dimorphos-Didymos asteroid pair. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission slammed into

Article · NASA Technology. During El Niño, a cascade of fires across the tropics begins in equatorial Asia and continues in the central and eastern Amazon.

Article · SERC. The annual SERC Research Review will take place on November 10 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This in-person gathering will showcase government-funded projects through panel discussions featuring […]

Article · NASA Technology. If you’ve ever had your car start sluggishly, or not at all, on a particularly frigid winter morning, you know standard batteries do not like extreme cold. That’s why NASA researchers are working to develop a battery that could function in the brutal cold of the Moon’s South Pole

Article · NASA Technology. Though it remained offshore, the storm lashed coastal areas with high winds and flooding-and produced remarkable rippling patterns in the upper atmosphere.

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. At Firefly Aerospace in Texas, engineers have been doing what NASA’s chief, Jared Isaacman, likes to call “the near-impossible.” The Firefly team has been assembling Blue Ghost Mission 2 , a robotic spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon in 2027. No U.S. spacecra

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. The chief aim of NASA’s Artemis Program is to create a “sustained program of lunar exploration and development.” Beyond returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era , NASA and other space agencies hope to build the infrastructure that will enable regul

Article · SERC. The seventh annual AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop, held on September 22-23, gathered SERC researchers and interested attendees to discuss the convergence of systems engineering (SE) and artificial […]

Article · NASA Technology. After days of torrential rain, the river rose to record-breaking levels in parts of Nepal and India.

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. Since the discovery of the first remnants of a jet-powered Shahed drone near Kyiv in June 2025, these upgraded kamikaze UAVs have become a nightmare for Ukrainian civilians. Described by some analysts as the most significant Russian drone innovation since the beginning of the war

Article · NASA Technology. Hurricanes Polo and Nolo sent destructive effects ashore amid an active season in the northeastern and central Pacific.

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. Space was always supposed to be the final frontier of human exploration. It’s shaping up to be the final frontier for artificial intelligence too. Last December, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used Anthropic’s Claude models to help plan two Mars drives for the Perseverance rove

Article · NASA Technology. The idea of humans and robots working side-by-side in space was once the stuff of science fiction, but with NASA launching increasingly complex missions deeper into space, human-robot collaboration could become reality. Advanced robotic systems are critical for human spaceflight

Article · NASA Technology. Several ingredients came together off the Pacific coast of Mexico to generate one of the strongest storms the eastern Pacific basin has ever seen.

Article · NASA Technology. Carbon-capture technology repurposed for breweries spreads and finds new applications

Article · NASA Technology. A low-lying cloud layer brought autumn ambience to western Washington and Oregon, while mountainous areas near the coast remained above the pall.

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. Many youngsters fascinated by exploring outer space dream of becoming an astronaut, but few do. One who had the right stuff is Pedro Duque , who was Spain’s first astronaut. The aeronautics engineer flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station . Aft

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. A group of space tech aficionados wants to send humanity’s first mission to another star. The spacecraft, called the Fermi Explorer , could launch as soon as 2029-but would take 80,000 years to reach its destination. The mission would follow a trajectory designed by an AI model a

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. On 20 July, a satellite from the German company OroraTech detected a hot spot near Aberdeen, Calif., east of Kings Canyon National Park. It was the first detection of the Rock Fire , which prompted evacuations and road closures and grew to more than 12,000 acres in hot, windy con

Article · SERC. Dear Colleagues, We are looking forward to the AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop on September 22-23 in Washington, DC. This seventh annual gathering will offer 60 technical presentations, […]

Article · SERC. The seventh annual AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop will be held on September 22-23. Organized by SERC and the U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center and hosted by The George Washington University Trustworthy AI Initiative in Washington, DC, this year’s hybrid event is

Article · SERC. The SERC community mourns the loss of Dr. William B. Rouse, who passed away on August 4. Dr. Rouse was an emeritus member of the SERC Research Council, an important […]

Article · IEEE Spectrum · Aerospace. A new kind of nuclear-based power production, now being tested in space for the first time, could pave the way for long-term electricity generation on the moon’s surface-and therefore, human habitation. These nuclear “batteries” could survive the long, bitterly cold lunar nights

Article · SERC. Dr. Mark Blackburn and SERC researchers have worked with the U.S. Army DEVCOM-AC through prior tasks to leverage Digital Engineering (DE) research with the aim of developing and applying the Armaments Interoperability and Integration Framework (IoIF) that supports decision making

Article · SERC. In 2020, SERC and the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) created a special issue of the INCOSE INSIGHT journal on systems engineering and AI. They have just followed up […]

Article · SERC. Dear Colleagues, Happy Summer! We are pleased to announce two distinguished keynote speakers for our seventh annual AI4SE & SE4AI Research and Application Workshop in September. Ms. Rocio Bauer will […]

Article · SERC. Experts from across the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) and its Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC) presented at the 23rd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium & Innovation Summit on May 6-7.

Article · SERC. Earlier this month, we had a successful launch of AIRC Insights, a series of engaging discussions on defense acquisition. We hope you will join us for the next session on May 26. AIRC Fellow Moshe Schwartz will lead an expert panel asking, "What is Driving Poor Weapon System Read

Article · SERC. The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) hosted two special events, and its researchers and leadership presented at the 23rd annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), held at George Mason University on April 6-9 in Arlington, VA.

Article · SERC. Five invited doctoral students delivered presentations on their research, and a panel of judges consisting of SERC leadership members selected Suparna Mukherjee (The George Washington University) and Cansu Yalim (Old Dominion University) as the forum co-winners and recipients of

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Through a detailed mapping of the operating principles of current geothermal systems, scientists are pointing to vast, largely hidden potential capable of meeting the growing demands of an energy-hungry world.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. New research into project management in software engineering shows that the most successful systems are not the ones that follow a fixed blueprint from the start, but those that evolve in response to real challenges as projects unfold.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. MIT researchers have identified significant examples of machine-learning model failure when those models are applied to data other than what they were trained on, raising questions about the need to test whenever a model is deployed in a new setting.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Örebro researchers Rajesh Patil and Professor Magnus Löfstrand have developed an AI system that detects welding defects, reduces material waste, and supports sustainable manufacturing.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Northeastern University researchers have discovered that materials used in the development of transient electronics-devices designed to biodegrade at the end of their life-can break down into microplastics, casting doubt on the true dissolvability of these devices over time.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Imagine snapping a photo where every detail, near and far, is perfectly sharp-from the flower petal right in front of you to the distant trees on the horizon. For over a century, camera designers have dreamed of achieving that level of clarity.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon become more energy-efficient and faster, thanks to a new approach developed at the University of Surrey that takes direct inspiration from biological neural networks of the human brain.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. As anyone who uses the internet will know, the way we find information has fundamentally changed. For the last three decades, search engines have delivered ranked lists of links in response to our queries, and it was our job to search through them to find what we wanted. Now, maj

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. For workers whose jobs involve hours of lifting and repetitive motion, even small innovations can make a big difference in preventing future musculoskeletal disorders.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Bus transportation is an essential part of nearly every public transit system. From school students to everyday workers, riders depend on buses to transport them to the essential destinations. Because most passengers start or end their journey by walking, providing safe access to

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Self-driving taxis are sweeping the country and will likely start service in Colorado in the coming months. How many of us will be lining up to take a ride? That depends on our level of trust, says Amir Behzadan, a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architect

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Researchers at the University of Manchester are developing pioneering technology to harness powerful wind in railway tunnels, turning them into renewable energy power stations.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Federated learning was devised to solve the problem of difficulty in aggregating personal data, such as patient medical records or financial data, in one place. However, during the process where each institution optimizes the collaboratively trained AI to suit its own environment

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Installing green infrastructure in residential areas can prevent stormwater from flooding sewer systems and significantly curb heavy metal pollution, suggests a new study.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. To further advance wireless communication systems, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new electronic circuits that operate in the microwave frequency range (1–300 GHz), while also losing little energy while transmitting signals. Ideally, these circuits should also

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. India's leading body of pilots has asked the civil aviation regulator to inspect all Boeing 787 Dreamliners operating in the country for electrical issues after one of the planes abruptly deployed an emergency power system midair over the weekend.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Designing a complex electronic device like a delivery drone involves juggling many choices, such as selecting motors and batteries that minimize cost while maximizing the payload the drone can carry or the distance it can travel.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped stabilize it are closed and replaced by renewable energy systems.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. In the 17th century, German astronomer Johannes Kepler figured out the laws of motion that made it possible to accurately predict where our solar system's planets would appear in the sky as they orbit the sun. But it wasn't until decades later, when Isaac Newton formulated the un

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Relocatable modular buildings (RMBs) represent an innovative and growing solution for flexible and sustainable construction. These buildings can be quickly assembled from prefabricated "modules" and easily transported, minimizing costs and environmental impact while providing saf

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems, making efficient recycling crucial for sustainability. A research team led by Prof. Dan Tsang, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Hong Kong

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have built the world's first automated cyborg insect "factory line." This new prototype robotic system automates the attachment of miniature electronic backpacks on the backs of Madagascar hissing cockroaches,

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. When ChatGPT or Gemini give what seems to be an expert response to your burning questions, you may not realize how much information it relies on to give that reply. Like other popular generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, these chatbots rely on backbone systems called f

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) has reached a milestone in humanoid robotics by demonstrating the first flight of iRonCub3, the world's first jet-powered flying humanoid robot specifically designed to operate in real-world environments.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. When the computer or phone you're using right now blinks its last blink and you drop it off for recycling, do you know what happens?

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, on May 20, 2025. The system is intended to protect the United States from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, and missiles launched from space.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. In software engineering, it is important to ensure that a software system behaves correctly and reliably. This is especially crucial for critical systems, such as online banking, e-commerce, and real-time systems. One promising technique for verifying the properties of such syste

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Flexible devices play a central role in next-generation technologies, from health monitoring to soft robotics. However, conventional manufacturing methods such as casting and lithography often fall short-they are costly, time-consuming, and struggle with design complexity and mul

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. Tracking thousands of products in massive warehouses presents a logistical nightmare for many businesses. To address this, Kennesaw State University assistant professor Jian Zhang has introduced an autonomous robot that can log inventory.

Article · Tech Xplore · Systems Engineering. It's easy to solve a 3x3 Rubik's cube, says Shantanu Chakrabartty, the Clifford W. Murphy Professor and vice dean for research and graduate education in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Just learn and memorize the steps then execute them t