UBIQ Aerospace Brings the First Drone De-Icing System to Market The startup’s autonomous system senses and melts frozen buildup Kathy Pretz 06 Feb 2020 These tools are beginning to replace—or at least, amend—the role of full-fledged physics simulation in the automotive and aerospace industries, semiconductor engineering, and more. A MEMS-based digital thruster for attitude control is under development by Aerospace, TRW Inc. (headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio), and the California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena.

Understanding the Context

In traditional aerospace manufacturing, a design change can require almost a year of retooling and adjustments. Because hardware changes take so long, the avionics department is usually the most ...