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Great Editorial in the Journal of CEAS - Council of European Aerospace Societies (https://lnkd.in/dTPAdyZa), sponsored by German Aerospace Center (DLR) and European Space Agency - ESA, to understand why #RAMS (#Dependability plus #Safety) is an essential multidisciplinary engineering domain, to reinforce #MissionAssurance concepts (also supported by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration through #MBMA and related ones in the Model-Based framework) in space, aerospace, railway, naval, automotive (#ADAS #AD #SDC #SelfDrivenCars) sectors and for safety critical infrastructures!! Editorial written by Fabrice Cosson and Silvana Radu, referring to some of the excellent papers in the "1st ESA RAMS Conference" (held on 2022, with colleagues from Elecnor Deimos Thales Alenia Space among other Space Industry contributors) and paving the way for the coming one in June 2024. More details in: https://lnkd.in/d_d92f5h Thanks for sharing it and Congrats!!!

ST Engineering MRAS: Building the Most Complex Aerospace Structures ️   From Lockheed Martin's P-3 Orion to Boeing's 777X, ST Engineering MRAS has a 95-year legacy of mastering the intricacies of aerospace structures. Our team of engineering wizards leverages cutting-edge tech and materials to bring even the most ambitious designs to life.    Here's a glimpse of our complex structures expertise: • Metallic & Composite Mastery: We've tackled intricate structures for the V-22 Osprey, E-7 Wedgetail, C-130 Hercules, and countless others.  • New Product Champions: We leveraged our advanced composites knowhow providing critical structural solutions for the Boeing 777X fan containment case.  • Space Age Innovation: With a proud legacy of building critical components for Space missions, our engineers are actively engaged in today’s Race to Space.  • Unwavering Commitment: We ensure our structures meet the most stringent aerospace safety and quality standards.   Are you ready to conquer your most complex aerospace challenges? Partner with MRAS - your trusted guide through the labyrinth of engineering marvels.   https://lnkd.in/es_Q35i9   #aerospace #structures #engineering #innovation #partnership

ARP has again partnered with the American Society of Naval Engineers to produce a special issue of the Naval Engineers Journal showcasing some of the research presented at last year's symposium. As we gear up for this year's symposium--coming up in less than three months--take some time to review one of many conversations the symposium facilitated with researchers like you. The papers selected and shared here showcase the critical connection between research-informed engineering and the ability to deliver advanced warfighting capability. Central to all the papers is a consideration of how new technologies can be used not just to produce warfighting capabilities, as in the case of additive manufacturing, but to optimize the decision making process involved in developing and deploying those capabilities. Papers are: “Decision Making for Additive Manufacturing in Sustainable Defense Acquisition” - by Waterloo Tsutsui, Qian (Alex) Shi, Ian Walter, Amanda Wei, Christopher Williams, Daniel DeLaurentis, and Jitesh Panchal. “Economic Tradeoff Analysis of a Product Line Architecture Approach Through Model-Based Systems Engineering: A Case Study of Future Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Underwater Vehicles” - thesis research from one of our international students, JFRANKLIN ALVES, MBA, ASEP (INCOSE), LCDR (Brazilian Navy) “Decision Engineering and the Digital Twin of an Acquisition Program” - by Stephen Waugh, Timothy Davis, Matt Tillman, Justin Shoger “Leverage AI to Learn, Optimize, and Wargame (LAILOW) for Strategic Laydown and Dispersal (SLD) of the Operating Forces of the U.S. Navy” - by NPS faculty members Ying Zhao and Douglas MacKinnon. Read the issue here: https://lnkd.in/gQfY9XvN Learn more about this year's symposium here: https://lnkd.in/eRVS3BtT #systemsengineering #defenseinnovation #govcon #procurement #additivemanufacturing

"#RAMS discipline is essential to ensure a highly reliable, robust & safe service of all types of missions, may they be in #naval, #automotive, #aeronautical or #space area. As a result, this field is carefully covered in all #engineering domains with the critical purpose of ensuring achievement of mission objectives, proper quantification of #risk and most importantly, safe design, development, and operation. All global players are using the RAMS tools and methods to better improve the #design of their engineering systems and ensure that the likelihood of failure is kept at a minimum acceptable. Over the years, the whole space field has experienced an exceptional progress mainly due to the advancement in #industrial #technologies, development of #spacequality product lines but perhaps, more importantly, miniaturization and overall #digitalization. The consistent advancement of #technology for #spacecraft components/units instinctively anticipates more complex and ambitious goals or missions. However, one main driving factor continues to be cost. RAMS field of engineering even when focused on space is wide and could be comparable to System Engineering. The RAMS discipline is transversal across the field of engineering..." S Radu F Cosson Read & learn more "Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety: methods and tools for space missions"- https://lnkd.in/eifcwUwz Silvana Radu Fabrice Cosson

Veteran Sonarman Explains Why Pump-jets Are Superior To Props On Modern Submarines The propeller is increasingly giving way to the more complex pump-jet propulsor on larger submarines. Propellers and pump-jets are among the most important and sometimes sensitive components of a submarine class. The highly intricate design art that gives birth to these systems balances efficiency and speed, and even weight, against acoustic signature. It's a fascinating mix of material science, mechanical engineering, and hydrodynamics. Here’s why -> https://lnkd.in/gjVUsd4Z

Eric Hultgren presented PacMar Technologies paper “Advanced Thermal Monitoring of Shipboard Cooling Systems” at the 2024 American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Advanced Machinery Technology Symposium in Philadelphia, PA on May 1. This paper describes the development and test of a Thermal Virtual Agent that was developed to monitor and predict future performance of shipboard heat exchangers. The Thermal Virtual Agent is a simplified Digital Twin model that focuses on cooling system performance by using Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) software to monitor the performance of shipboard cooling systems using real-time operating parameters. Testing of the Thermal Virtual Agent was conducted on the cooling system of PacMar Technologies’ 375 hp Electric Propulsion Testbed at its facility in Portland, Maine. Implementation of this Virtual Agent onto manned and unmanned vessels will reduce unscheduled downtimes and total ownership costs. The paper was coauthored by Eric Hultgren, Dr. Sarah Brent, Mathew Dewar, Justin Quattlebaum and Justin Tozier. #asne #aiml #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #thermalvirtualagent #digitaltwin

Have you ever been stuck on the tarmac while the ground crew battles Mother Nature to clear accumulated ice from the plane? ✈️ 🧊 Researchers at Iowa State led by Hui Hu, the Martin C. Jischke Professor of Aerospace Engineering, by developing more effective and robust de-icing strategies, getting you on your way safer and faster. 🔗 Read more at https://lnkd.in/gRKZWaPa