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LiteWave Technologies , a spinout of CU Boulder and a subsidiary of Orion Space Solutions , has been acquired by Arcfield , a leading government technology and mission support provider. LiteWave’s core technology emerged from the lab of Jeffrey Thayer , professor emeritus and research professor in the Ann and...

Lakshmi Kantha was interview by the Wall Street Journal for a new video on the Boeing X-37B. The uncrewed military space plane can stay aloft for over a year and recently started a new, classified mission. Kantha is a professor emeritus in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace...

Aviation Week has announced two University of Colorado Boulder aerospace students as members of the "Class of 2024 20 Twenties Winners." The program recognizes leading engineering students at universities across the USA and around the world who are "on course to change the face of the aviation, aerospace and defense...

The University of Colorado this week welcomed six new members to its roster of Distinguished Professors, a title signifying the highest honor awarded to faculty across the CU system’s four campuses. CU Distinguished Professors are tenured faculty members who demonstrate exemplary performance in research or creative work; a record of...

Research in Hanspeter's Schaub's lab on real-life tractor beams is being highlighted in Live Science News. The technology, more officially called an electro-static tractor, is a project of Schaub's Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) laboratory. Schaub, a professor and chair of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences,...

What is the "Iron Dome" that protects Israel from missile attacks and why did it fail on Oct. 7? Iain Boyd discusses missile defense systems in a new interview with Fox's LiveNOW network. Boyd is a professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and director...

How did so many Hamas missiles penetrate Israel’s state-of-the-art air defense system? CU Boulder aerospace engineer Iain Boyd explains in The Conversation.

The Front Range is a recognized hub for startups and technology firms; earlier this year, the CU system was honored as fifth in the nation for startup creation. With the state’s major aerospace presence, it is no surprise that many startups are aerospace-oriented. “From our experiences doing research at...

Scientists shouldn’t be afraid to talk about, or even study, those mysterious objects flying in the sky—maybe just don’t call them UFOs. That was one of the conclusions of a panel discussion this weekend at ScienceWriters2023 , an annual gathering of hundreds of science journalists and communicators from around the...

A team of University of Colorado Boulder researchers is leading a major military-oriented project for 5G wireless security. The National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator program has awarded CU Boulder $5 million for “GHOST: 5G Hidden Operations through Securing Traffic.” The goal of the work is...