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The iMUGS Consortium demonstrates swarming missions with multiple robotic systems
The integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System (iMUGS) project Consortium showcased the usage of swarming unmanned ground systems for defence missions like reconnaissance, mapping and resupply during the fourth project demonstration in Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium.RMA played an important role in the investigation into the crash of flight MH17
On 17 November, the Hague District Court handed down its verdict in the case of MH17, the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed over Ukraine on 17 July 2014, killing 298 people.EOXPOSURE successfully concluded
A few weeks ago, the prestigious EOXPOSURE project was successfully concluded at the Mathematics Department of RMA. EOXPOSURE started in 2017 and was one of the few “Marie Curie” projects in Belgium and the first at RMA.Virtual Reality Firetrainer to Germany
After having developed a Virtual Reality Firetrainer for the Belgian Navy in the framework of Triple Helix project DAP18/04, the RMA and OneBonsai are proud to announce that the Cyber Innovation Hub from the German Bundeswehr has picked up on our research and is further developing our application to...Surprising insights from experimental tests of fast ions in fusion plasmas
The new technique for efficient heating fusion plasmas using radiofrequency waves developed by the Laboratory for Plasma Physics (LPP-ERM/KMS) and published in Nature Physics is continuously bearing new fruits.Jack Riegel Award for two doctoral students
During the 32nd International Symposium on Ballistics in Reno, USA, the Jack Riegel Awards were presented. This prize is awarded by a jury to the best scientific contribution by a PhD student in one of the fields of ballistics.Second-Lieutenant Aury wins EuroISME award in Budapest
Second-Lieutenant Adrien Aury, a former student of the RMA, was awarded second place in the competition 'best thesis on military ethics in Europe 2022' organised by EuroISME (International Society for Military Ethics in Europe).Innovative heating antenna, designed in the Royal Military Academy, opens new perspectives for international nuclear fusion research
Ion cyclotron resonant heating (ICRH) for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator is ready for use.A400M Unpaved Runway Assessment (Part IV)
We finally got permission to perform measurements on both landing zones.A400M Unpaved Runway Assessment (Part III)
Arrived in sunny Yuma, Arizona, the robot and its receivers had to be reassembled. Pascal De Kimpe reconnected the wheels, charged and mounted the battery packs, secured and powered the AsteRx SB and Mosaic GO receivers to the frame and finalised the set-up by installing the GNSS antenna.A400M Unpaved Runway Assessment (Part II)
Having demonstrated the feasability to obtain the requested precise coordinates during a test run at the unpaved airstrip of Balen (Limburg), the Research Unit Geodesy & Navigation (RU GENA) was tasked beginning of December 2021 to perform the EBH measurements at two unpaved tactical landzones: TLZ...A400M Unpaved Runway Assessment (Part I)
Since 2015 Belgian Defense organises the Tactical Air Insertion (TAI) Training Period at the Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona.Comprehensive National Defence Systems: Case study and literature review
We are happy to announce that the first part of the NATO SAS-152 Research Task Group report on Comprehensive National Defence Systems bearing ISBN 978-92-837-2330-1 has been pre-released and is therefore available online.Publication laboratory for plasma physics, most read paper in "Physics of Plasmas"
The laboratory for plasma physics of the Royal Military Academy (LPP-ERM/KMS) is specialized in heating of fusion devices with Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ICRH).Robotics & Autonomous Systems unit receives the 2021 NATO IST Panel team excellence award
The Robotics & Autonomous Systems unit of the department of Mechanics has received the 2021 NATO IST Panel team excellence award for its work on leading research and efforts towards providing a more accessible and easier way of implementing standards for unmanned ground vehicles by other internation...Team RMA wins the NATO Innovation Challenge
A multi-disciplinary and multi-departmental team of RMA researchers and the Belgian Navy has won the NATO Innovation Challenge.Start of the project “CBRN dispersion and response modeling in the cloud”
On 21 September, the Mechanics department welcomed Tristan Carion as a new team member. He will be working on the project “CBRN dispersion and response modeling in the cloud”.New project: “Near-field pollutant dispersion due to explosions”
The Mechanics department is proud to announce that on 21 September Pierrette Atikpo joined our team. She will be working on the project “Near-field pollutant dispersion due to explosions”.New computing power against COVID-19
On Wednesday 11 March, just before the COVID-19 lockdown in Belgium, the nVidia DGX Station for the SSAVE project arrived at the Royal Military Academy.Michal Shimoni recently became Senior-Member IEEE
Michal Shimoni is a researcher and project officer since 1999 in the Hyperspectral Unit of the Department of Communications, Information, Systems, and Sensors (CISS).Brand new graduate wins prizes at ie-net
Elk jaar deelt de ingenieursvereniging ie-net prijzen uit aan afgestudeerde Vlaamse studenten voor hun eindwerk.Science at the service of the Special Forces
The VIPER research unit celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, as it was founded in 2010 by professor Xavier Neyt and medical major Nathalie Pattyn. As from the start, this research unit aimed at a multidisciplinary investigation of human performance in operational conditions. VIPER research projects were implemented in the International Space Station, in Antarctic stations, in submarines from partner nations, and within the Air Component, in basic flight instruction as well as in expert fighter pilots.