Apeel Sciences has a mission to utilize a chemical layer made of edible plant materials to coat the world’s fruits and vegetables to improve produce life and reduce food waste. One way the effectiveness of their chemical coating is evaluated is by manually cutting and testing individual fruit like avocados. However, this evaluation is very time consuming and poses a safety risk on employees at Apeel Sciences.

Space electronic validation testing is a crucial part in any space mission. Before being launched into orbit, there needs to be no question that all the components on the ship can survive the duration of the mission. At Northrop Grumman engineers are frequently left waiting for weeks to get their electronics validated at specialized facilities.

With increasing interest in time-space positioning applications such as autonomous vehicle and airspace safety, the issues of size and scalability are currently blocking the widespread implementation of new technologies. Millimeter wave (mm-wave) radar is poised to control this field for its small antenna size and relatively low cost-per-unit. However, the main weakness is its inability to record data beyond line-of-sight and velocities parallel to the antenna array.

Unlimited Vision is an enhanced instrument and imaging system for arthroscopic surgery, which consists of a unique encoding sequence on surgical instruments to ensure supplemental surgical awareness. Our product preserves traditional arthroscopy practices while providing additional visual information on the viewfinder. Using computer vision techniques, the software system is capable of identifying the location of the instrument behind obstructions and provides a visual indicator of the operating medical instrument.

Northrop Grumman designs, develops, builds, and supports some of the world’s most advanced products. Onboard their cutting-edge aircraft and next-generation spacecraft, electromechanical switches, called relays, control mission-critical, high-powered circuits.