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Quiet Your Inner Cab
Off-highway cabs are never going to be sanctuaries of silence, but they’re getting closer. Elements as diverse as glass, electronics and push buttons are being selected in part for their benefits in reducing sound levels.
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Custom-Designed and Special Tooling
In addition to Heimatec's (Prospect Heights, IL) standard tooling line, the company offers custom-designed and special tooling service. These tools are designed to suit specific requirements for all CNC...
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Full Electric Drivetrain for HD Vehicles the Result of Supplier Alliance
Engineers at Colorado-based UQM Technologies have collaborated the past several months with their counterparts at Eaton’s Vehicle Group and Pi Innovo, both located...
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Steering Mazda’s Unique Course
In 1999 Mazda Motor Corp.’s current Chairman, Seita Kanai, had just taken over as program manager for the first-generation Atenza/ Mazda6. The new car was a top priority and its success was deemed vital...
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Delphi’s Multi-domain Mindset
Mary Gustanski lives in a James Bond movie. It hasn’t yet been released but she’s certain it will be at some future date. In her film-nightmare, the evil-genius villain on the remote island has hacked...
Articles Electronics & Computers
MEMS the Word for Next-gen HUDs
Nearly 30 years after the first automotive head-up display (HUD) for production cars was offered by GM on the 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and Pontiac Grand Prix — and 55 years after the first airborne...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Touch Takes Hold, Switches Lend a Hand
System developers are leaving no technology unturned in their effort to boost performance by improving comfort. Touch screens dominate human-machine interface (HMI) development, but rotary knobs and push...
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U.S. Army Marches Toward Driverless Future
Four tractor-trailer rigs barreled eastbound on Interstate 69 in rural Michigan, their non-reflective olive drab and desert-tan paint and blast-resistant glass the giveaways that this was a U.S....
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Radiation Tolerant 3-Phase Motor Drive
Data Device Corporation (DDC) (Bohemia, NY) introduced a new high-reliability, 3-phase radiation tolerant motor drive, providing 100k Rad Total Dose protection, and advanced circuit and logic protection...
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Lightning Protection Products
CDM Electronics (Turnersville, NJ) now stocks the full Times Microwave Systems' Times-Protect™ Series of surge and lightning protection products and accessories. These connectors meet or surpass all industrial,...
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700 MHz - 6 GHz Benchtop Power Amplifiers
AR (Bothell, WA) now provides up to 350 watts of linear output power over the 0.7 to 6 GHz instantaneous frequency band in one benchtop amplifier housing when driven with a signal generator output of 0...
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Portable 3D Scanner
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (North Kingstown, RI) has released the new Leica Absolute Scanner LAS-20-8, a portable laser scanner for large volume inspection applications such as automotive sheet metal, aerospace mold...
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Inertial Navigation System
Based on iXblue’s (Natick, MA) unique Fiber Optic Gyroscope Technology, Phins C3, C5 & C7 are fully scalable inertial navigation systems with a similar architecture and interface. Available as an OEM version,...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Radio Test Set
Astronics Corporation (East Aurora, NY), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Astronics Test Systems, has introduced a radio test solution for use in commercial aerospace, military, and civil security applications. The new CTS...
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Ptototyping FPGAs
Microsemi Corporation (Aliso Viejo, CA) has introduced the RTG4™ PROTO field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) developed specifically to enable prototyping of space systems, enable lower cost prototyping and design...
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Fanless Embedded Computer
DFI Tech (Sacramento, CA) now offers a higher performance quad core processor in its rugged EC series fanless computing systems. The EC700-BT Fanless Embedded System from DFI Tech features an Intel® Atom™ E3845...
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Disk Encryption Technology
Enova Technology Corp. (San Jose, CA) recently announced its 10th generation X-Wall MX+ hardware security solutions for Microsoft EHDD. The X-Wall MX+ has built-in TCG Opal 2.0 capability to effectively transform any...
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ARINC 600 Network Server
MEN Micro Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) now offers a robust ARINC 600- compliant high speed network server for inflight communications. Pre-integrated and prequalified to DO160-G up to the operating system, the versatile MP70S...
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ADS-B Compliant Transponder
ACSS (Phoenix, AZ), an L-3 and Thales Company, has developed an ADS-B transponder solution for legacy corporate aircraft, the NXT- 700. This next-generation Mode S transponder will satisfy the DO-260B mandate for...
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Rate Indicator/Totalizer
The Hoffer (Elizabeth City, NC) HIT-4U Rate Indicator/Totalizer is being offered with additional options providing the user with enhanced functionality and flexibility in a compact enclosure. The choice of a NEMA 4X...
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Rugged Embedded System
Connect Tech (Guelph, Ontario) announces Rosie, its latest rugged embedded system, based on the NVIDIA® Jetson™ TX1. Housed in a compact enclosure with optional mounting brackets, Rosie features the NVIDIA Maxwell™...
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Secret Sharing Schemes and Advanced Encryption Standard
There are many secret sharing schemes and variations available to hide and reconstruct the given secret. Shamir’s Secret Sharing Scheme, making use of linear Lagrange interpolation on the dealer-generated polynomial, was used to reconstruct the secret from the stipulated threshold number of...
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SIPHER: Scalable Implementation of Primitives for Homomorphic Encryption
Prior to the Proceed program, the main challenges preventing practical demonstrations and use of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) were efficiency and scalability....
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Using Mathematics to Make Computing on Encrypted Data Secure and Practical
In order to make computing on encrypted data more practical to use and more secure from attack, it is necessary to discover, develop, and understand the mathematics on which it is based and the mathematics that can be used to attack it.
Articles Aerospace
Achieving Performance Advantages in Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) are reaching new levels of functionality and performance, and it’s not just for air vehicles either. Ground and underwater UVS programs are all taking...
Articles Defense
COTS Embedded Systems and Link Budgets
The days of proprietary embedded computing systems in military systems are numbered. Proprietary systems, with the attendant vendor lock-in, tend to be platform specific, increasing the development and...
Articles Aerospace
Fiber Optic Multi-Sensing Platforms
Eventually, technology advances to the point where solutions that have been “good enough” for decades are no longer “good enough” for the innovations of today. The philosophy of “good enough” is...
Articles Aerospace
RECAT Wake Turbulence Recategorization
Aviation safety is a fundamental concern for all stakeholders. The traveling public demands the highest safety standards, but also wants convenience and reliability at a low price with minimal...
Articles Aerospace
A New Concept for Improving the Performance of Electrically Small Antennas
Using advances in the areas of multi-mode, closely coupled miniaturized radiators and artificially engineered materials, ultra-broadband, highly efficient, electrically...
Articles Aerospace
Microwave Radiometer for Advanced Nanosatellite Control Systems
Microwave radiometers measure temperature, water vapor, and cloud ice in the atmosphere, since oxygen and water vapor naturally emit signals in the microwave portion of the...
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Nissan Unveils 2018 Production Variable-Compression-Ratio ICE
Nissan broke new ground for gasoline engines at the 2016 Paris Motor Show when it unveiled the first production-intent variable-compression-ratio gasoline engine. The VC-Turbo, a...
News Electronics & Computers
TULIPP Project Aims to Improve ADAS Image Processing
A new European research initiative to develop high-performance, energy-efficient embedded systems for image-processing applications has implications for next-generation automotive ADAS...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
SIDACtor Protection Thyristors
Littelfuse, Inc.’s (Chicago, IL) new series of SIDACtor protection thyristors in DO-214AB (surface-mount) packages are designed to protect low-data-rate interfaces and outdoor data interfaces in general...
Product Briefs Electronics & Computers
Heavy-Duty LVIT Inductive Linear Position Sensors
Alliance Sensors Group (Moorestown, NJ) has expanded its sensor product offering with the addition of the LR-27 LVIT (linear variable-inductance transducer) Series Inductive Linear Position...
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Optimizing Engine Oil Warm-Up Strategies for 'Real-World' Driving
Optimizing engines for the new era of 'real-world' driving cycles will require new lubrication strategies—fast warm-up being a particular area of focus. A recent U.K....
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
High-Flow Transmission Valve
Nachi America, Inc.’s (Greenwood, IN) automotive hydraulics division has developed a 2-way automatic transmission valve that supports the increased OE demands for large volumes of transmission fluid. New...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
PLM Platform for Manufacturing Process Planning
Aras Manufacturing Process Planning (MPP) is a new product lifecycle management (PLM) platform-based application from Aras (Andover, MA) for managing the complex business processes that extend...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Design Simplicity Is Key to New 48-V Systems
The ubiquitous 12-volt battery may soon have a partner. Engineers are ironing out the kinks in 48-volt architectures being employed to power demanding systems, sparking expectations that deployment will skyrocket over the next few years.
Product Briefs Electronics & Computers
Gas-Damped Auto Crash Sensor
The new Endevco model 7264H from Meggitt Sensing Systems (Irvine, CA) is an optimally gas-damped accelerometer for automotive safety testing with target applications that include pedestrian safety, military-vehicle...
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High-Tech UAV Performs Recon, Defends Brigade
Soldiers assigned to the Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) Platoon, Company D, 29th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, perform daily checks on...
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Software Gives Bomb Techs X-Ray Vision
In the chaos that followed the terrorist attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon, bomb squads scanned packages at the scene for explosive devices. Two homemade pressure cooker bombs had killed three people...
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Air Force Is Developing Mach 18 Wind Tunnel
The Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 team is conducting tests in support of risk reduction for a new test capability that will be revolutionary for AEDC and...
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Ram Rebel TRX Concept Has 2017 Ford Raptor in Its Sights
It was a showdown between the latest full-size performance pickups at the 2016 State Fair of Texas in Dallas, where SAE torque and towing ratings are worshiped as devoutly as homemade...
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Honda’s All-New 2017 CR-V: Larger, Lighter, Turbocharged
Barely a week after Honda announced its CR-V compact crossover posted an all-time U.S. sales record for the month of September, the company revealed an all-new, fifth-generation...
Product Briefs Software
Test and CAE Simulation Software Application
Aqira from HBM Prenscia (Tucson, AZ) is a brand-new software application that leverages existing nCode products and enables streamlined processes for durability, for both test and CAE simulation....
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Interactive 3D PDF Technology
Tech Soft 3D (Bend, OR) offers enhancements to its Tetra 4D Converter, a powerful solution for converting 3D CAD to 3D PDFs, and Tetra4D Enrich, a new application that enables anyone to create rich, interactive 3D...
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Nexteer Opens Manufacturing Plant in Pune
Nexteer Automotive opened a new manufacturing plant in Pune, India in late September, which makes it the third manufacturing plant in India for the China-owned steering and driveline supplier....
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Making Multiphysics Fast and Convenient
Mimicking real life interactions in complex products like automobiles or aircraft often requires a Multiphysics approach. It requires combining, for example, simulations of combustion, heat transfer,...
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Bosch Inaugurates New Technical Center in Pittsburgh
Increasing its presence in a region some are beginning to refer to a “Silicon Valley – East,” Germany-based auto supplier Bosch this week opened an expanded technical center in...
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Bussmann Series Electric Vehicle Fuses
Eaton’s (St. Louis, MO) new Bussmann series electric vehicle (EV) fuses are specifically designed to protect sensitive electric and hybrid automotive equipment, including high-voltage, high-capacity...
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First-Of-Its Kind High-Volume Production Cell Set to Start Producing Competitive CNG Tanks for Auto Industry
Composite machine manufacturer Mikrosam delivered a fully automated filament winding line for CNG tanks to automotive supplier...
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In Search of Higher-Energy-Content Batteries
As suppliers, automakers, and others join forces to develop high-performance battery components aimed at increasing the range of electric vehicles, current advanced batteries are edging closer to...
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Fiber Laser Sensor Technology for Structural Health Monitoring
According to Dr. Geoffrey Cranch, a research physicist from the Optical Sciences Division of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), none of the U.S. military services are...
Articles Electronics & Computers
SAE Convergence 2016: Automakers, Suppliers Firm That Autonomous Driving Not Decades Away
For those who believe it unlikely autonomously-piloted vehicles will be coming in the foreseeable future, high-level technology executives from...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Bosch Expands Development Activities in India
Global technology and services supplier the Bosch Group is strengthening its presence in the Indian growth market. In 2016, Bosch plans to invest more than 100 million euros in its Indian...
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Indian JV Offers Engineering Services for BIW Weld Shops
Pinnacle Industries and VDL Groep, of Eindhoven, Netherlands, partnered in August 2016 to establish VDL Pinnacle Engineering India in Pune, India. The joint venture will provide...
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Additive Manufacturing, Virtual Reality Add to Aerospace Design Repertoire
Images of exciting and futuristic-looking aircraft might capture the imagination of the next generation of would-be aerospace engineers, but the most spectacular...
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Wireless Re-Charging Technology to Keep Drones Flying Perpetually
Scientists from Imperial College London have demonstrated that they can wirelessly transfer power to a drone. The technology uses inductive coupling, a concept initially...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing Today, Growing Airplanes, Literally, Tomorrow?
If 3D virtual reality and additive manufacturing (AM) are indicative of one direction that disruptive developments are taking the aerospace engineering sector, then...
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Dassault Aviation, Reliance Infrastructure Form Strategic Partnership
France's Dassault Aviation and India's Reliance Group announced in late September 2016 the creation of a joint venture (JV) in India called Dassault Reliance Aerospace.
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Nanotechnology May Lead to Huge Advances in Engines of the Future
When it comes to designing new civilian and military engines that will meet all the future dreams and demands of the aerospace industry and those who regulate it, there is a...
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NASA’s Folding Wing Reduces Drag and Increases Efficiency
NASA’s Spanwise Adaptive Wing (SAW) concept permits the outboard portions of the wings to move to the optimal position during operation. This could increase efficiency by...
INSIDER Aerospace
Navigation System Uses Existing Cell Signals – Not GPS
Researchers developed a highly reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, rather than the Global Positioning...
INSIDER Aerospace
Composites Self-Heal at Very Low Temperatures
Scientists developed a method of allowing materials, commonly used in aircraft, to self-heal cracks at temperatures well below freezing. A healing efficiency of more than 100% at temperatures of -60...
Articles Manned Systems
Bob Lutz: What Makes a Great Engineer?
Throughout the 2016 documentary film Live Another Day about the fall and rise of the Detroit-3 automakers, former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz shows the insight and enthusiasm that made him one of the...
Product Briefs Test & Measurement
Flying Probe Technology and High Frequency Testing
The push toward miniaturization in the electronics industry has left designers little or no room for test points, and the expansion of high frequency (HF) technologies has resulted in a growing need for test equipment that has the capability to verify these types of generally very small circuits....
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Cameras Are Focal Point at ZF TRW's New Global Tech Center in Michigan
With its newest work space designated a center of excellence for cameras, ZF TRW underscores the critical role that vision-systems technology plays in automated driving.
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Rapid Overmolding Process
Proto Labs Inc. (Maple Plain, MN) has expanded its rapid injection molding offerings with the launch of its new overmolding process. The company claims this new capability can produce 25 to 10,000+ custom overmolded...
Global Vehicles Transportation
Aero-Slick Land Rover Discovery Sheds 1,058 Lb, Gains Features
JaguarLandRover engineers continue to achieve significant vehicle mass reductions, this time with the new generation Land Rover Discovery. Shifting to aluminum construction for...
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I.D. Concept Heralds VW’s Electric Bolt Fighter for 2020
“Our future is in efficient and ‘connected,’” said Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess as he introduced his company’s battery-electric product future at the 2016 Paris Motor...
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