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2021
Aerospace & Defense

Comet÷TOW: Comet Towed Ion Propelled Spacecraft

The “Comet Towed Ion Propelled Spacecraft” is a concept design for a spacecraft utilizing a combination of modified solar power arrays (for onboard energy production) and ion propulsion thrusters (for thrust and speed), which will utilize the energy provided by the ion tail of a comet passing through the solar system.

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Panagiotis Katsoudas
Athens, Greece
Votes: 2
Views: 1530
Aerospace & Defense
May 17, 2021

Replacing the E-3 Sentry Aircraft

The E-3 radar aircraft is large, slow and full of expensively trained humans. My idea to to take the already prototyped X-47 B drone and modify it into the Battle Raven concept. Two units would be assigned to each Aircraft Battle Group for the Navy and each Air Battle Wing for the Air Force.

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David Carr
Crossville, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 1525
Aerospace & Defense
May 22, 2021

New Era for UAVs

Use atmospheric water generator powering by solar cells;

Then use a small nuclear reactor to convert water to steam to power an electric generator;

Re-condense water vapor into water using heat exchangers;

Use the electricity to power two fan duct motosr to push it onwards.

Because high atmosphere clouds contain water,

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Mohamed Farid
Giza, Egypt
Votes: 1
Views: 1502
Aerospace & Defense
Mar 28, 2021

System for Managing the Route of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

System for managing the route of unmanned aerial vehicles (RMS)

The proposed system aims to help ensure the safe movement of UAVs at infrastructure facilities where it is currently illegal for UAVs to fly, including airports.

Description of the RMS

Based on the system’s operating principle,

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Alexey Shvetsov
Yakutsk, Russia
Votes: 1
Views: 1501
Aerospace & Defense
Jun 5, 2021

Use of Local Magnetic Fields to Protect Space Habitation

Solar and cosmic radiation are a major threat to human activity in space. Life on Earth is protected by Earth's magnetic field which deflects high energy particles from the solar wind and other cosmic sources. It should be possible to incorporate a conductive coil in the construction or lining of a cylindrical space vehicle or habitat,

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Jeffrey Schmidt
Hidden Valley Lake, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 1490
Aerospace & Defense
May 14, 2021

Hidden Gun Defense System

Introduction:

This concept based on the defense system application for a high profile person or group of people held by kidnappers/terrorists at gunpoint for their demands.

This concept is titled “HIDDEN GUN DEFENSE SYSTEM.”

This system can be used for several types of important buildings such as parliament, secrete service offices, top banks.

In defense operation,

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Rahul Kumbhare
Gadchiroli, India
Votes: 3
Views: 1487
Aerospace & Defense
Jul 1, 2021

Pressure Suit Gloves

I've developed a set of gloves for future space suits. I'm showing a demonstration video of the early stages of the glove. It works very well and many upgrade have made it even better. I've been working years on making a better and more mobile and lightweight glove for the space suit.

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Donna Pepper
Felton, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 1464
Aerospace & Defense
Jun 30, 2021

Hyper Drone

The design I have drawn is a drone. It is not just a drone but it will help many companies and services such as NASA, the Marine Corps and the military. This drone can dive into water so that we can discover thing beneath the oceans,

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Isheanesu Mafa
Gweru, Zimbabwe
Votes: 2
Views: 1452
Aerospace & Defense
Jun 30, 2021

Romax

Romax, a single stage suborbital vehicle long distance delivery solution.

Imagine a Reno Air racer flying straight up into the sky with a rocket motor built into it. Now light that candle and you've got an idea as to how and why Romax works.

Romax ascends like a fast rising drone,

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Douglas Shrock
Eureka, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 1422
Aerospace & Defense
Jul 1, 2021

HVDC Airborne Powertrain Protection

Electrification in aviation will be one of the big engineering challenges of the near future. Different types of electric powertrain architectures have been proposed and many of them have been implemented and tested in real conditions. So far,

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Dimosthenis Anagnostou
Ulm, Germany
Votes: 0
Views: 1391
Aerospace & Defense
Jun 30, 2021

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