Santa Tracker Is Coming to Town Tis the season for traveling, but no jet setters’ whereabouts are more sought after than old Saint Nick. In fact, aerospace software manufacturer, Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) has worked with the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Operations Center since 1997 to keep tabs on Santa Claus with its…
Amazon Customers Still Waiting for Delivery Drones
Tis the season where packages get left on doorsteps on a daily basis. However, a few years ago, it was predicted that drones would be delivering these packages, but that isn’t quite the case yet. Amazon famously made its first drone deliver back in December 2016. Since then, there hasn’t been a great deal of…
UAVs Soar To New Heights
What was once a device exclusive to military operations, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found their way into a variety of everyday consumer applications. UAVs have been around for more than a century and were initially developed for missions that were deemed too dangerous, dirty, or dull to send a piloted aircraft. Though unmanned missions…
Military Electronics Get The Rough And Tumble Treatment
*This Editor’s Note will appear in the Nov/Dec Edition of ECN. Technology for the military and aerospace industry often faces some of the toughest field conditions on the planet and beyond. Therefore the equipment they use must be rugged enough to handle the harshest of environments—whether that means 115° F in a desert or cryogenic…