2006 Applications news
Fibre-embedded sensors for aerospace applications
12 December 2006
XenICs and FOS&S have been contracted to by aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industries to jointly develop novel ways to measure tension, compression and temperature in fibre-reinforced composite materials.
Goodrich awarded defence contract
12 December 2006
Goodrich has been awarded a contract from the US Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab to develop and fabricate a shortwave infrared sensor for the Spectre-Finder initiative.
MEMS-based device to analyse lunar water content
1 December 2006
Polychromix is collaborating with Nasa to provide its Digital Transform near-infrared spectrometers for determining water content on the surface of the Moon's South Pole.
Portable spectrometry for bird research
1 December 2006
Seabird behavioural scientist Dr Petra Quillfeldt has used a portable mass spectrometer from Avantes to determine the maturity of birds on New Island in the Falklands.
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