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Plasma-Excited Microwave Magnetically Accelerated (PEMMA) Drive

Modern aerospace faces a fundamental propulsion paradox: systems optimized for atmospheric flight are poorly suited for vacuum operations, and vice versa. Rockets burn through propellant at enormous cost; electric thrusters offer efficiency but negligible thrust. The result is a fragmented launch-to-orbit pipeline that drives up mission cost, mass, and complexity. The PEMMA Drive,

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Giovanni German
Abilene, United States
Votes: 2
Views: 572
Aerospace & Defense
Apr 30, 2026

Catalytic Ignition Plugs to Replace Spark Plugs

Catalytic Ignition Plugs modernize Mark Cherry’s proven 1990s designs. A prechamber in the plug body admits the fuel/air charge during compression. Trapped shielding gas compresses, then the fresh fuel mixture contacts a high temperature catalytic element. This triggers reliable surface ignition and jets active radicals into the main chamber, replacing the weak, variable spark kernel with fast,

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Sky Huddleston
Bourbon, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 550
Aerospace & Defense
Apr 27, 2026

Lunar Deep Space Listening Station on Longwave 50-1500 kHz

The project involves establishing a listening station on the Moon for frequencies between 50 and 1500 kHz, consisting of an antenna (or antennas) with a remotely adjustable receiver for these frequencies. The second element is a transmitter that transmits signals to Earth within the standard Artemis mission communication range for further processing.

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Wojciech Starzec
Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland
Votes: 0
Views: 547
Aerospace & Defense
Mar 25, 2026

CARE: CAVE-Based Command Center for Carrier Swarm Coordination

As carriers add more uncrewed aircraft, today's control systems still put one operator alone at one console. CARE is a room-scale command center that lets a full crew supervise the swarm together instead.

The Navy has begun installing carrier-based drone control centers: the Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC) aboard USS George H.W. Bush is the first,

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Kevin Kostage
Columbia, United States
Votes: 7
Views: 532
Aerospace & Defense
Jul 9, 2026

Axiom Post-Quantum Signing Engine

Current software-signing architectures depend on centralized Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) services to establish trust. In disconnected, air-gapped, tactical, or highly regulated environments, this dependency creates operational limitations, creates a single point of failure, and limits the ability to independently verify software integrity. While post-quantum cryptographic algorithms protect against future computational threats,

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Jeffrey Heisler
Crestline, United States
Votes: 3
Views: 519
Aerospace & Defense
Jul 8, 2026

AdaptiWing: Real-Time Morphing Aircraft Wing via Shape-Memory Alloy Actuators

Commercial aviation accounts for 2.5% of global CO₂ emissions, with aerodynamic drag representing the single largest efficiency loss factor beyond engine thermodynamics. Conventional wing designs use discrete hinged flaps and slats, mechanically complex, hydraulically driven systems that optimize the wing for only two conditions: takeoff/landing and cruise. For all other flight phases, climb, descent, turbulence response, gust loading,

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Loh Zheng Ying
Singapore, Singapore
Votes: 1
Views: 512
Aerospace & Defense
Jun 10, 2026

Portable Clean Room

For newer commercial aircraft, there is a large volume of material made with composites. Repair of these composites must be under a controlled environment. Temperature, humidity and particle have to be controlled at certain limit. Further, lots of components can't be removed from aircraft for repair.  On wing repair foresee will be the only option.

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Chin Tang Sam
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Votes: 1
Views: 508
Aerospace & Defense
May 20, 2026

True Random Number Generator

I have developed and released a software implementation of a true random number generator based on quantum-inspired wave function simulation running on a geometric algebra supercomputing platform.

The core principle: instead of hardware such as photon path splitting, vacuum fluctuations, or radioactive decay,

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Alexander Soiguine
Aliso Viejo, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 483
Aerospace & Defense
Apr 16, 2026

ARES — Assisted Rapid Emergency Sealant System

ARES — Assisted Rapid Emergency Sealant System is a crew-assisted emergency repair system for rapidly mitigating small hull breaches in spacecraft, orbital habitats, pressurized rovers, aircraft, and other critical enclosures. ARES may receive breach-location and severity data from a structural impact and leak detection system such as DSILS,

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Christopher Spacone
Torrance, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 477
Aerospace & Defense
Jun 3, 2026

Bio-Inspired Human Flight: Parametric Multi-Feather Wing System

This project presents a bio-mimetic wing system designed for human-scale flight, modeled with 1mm precision in Onshape. Unlike rigid traditional wings, this design utilizes a series of "human feathers" that mimic the skeletal structure and plumage of large birds of prey.​

Key Technical Features:

​Parametric Design: Utilizing Onshape’s variable studios,

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Raja Muhammad Ali Asghar
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Votes: 1
Views: 455
Aerospace & Defense
May 7, 2026

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