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ATHENA Sensor Brings Generational Leap to Airborne MANPAD Protection
Since their introduction, Man-Portable Air Defense Systems – heat-seeking, shoulder-fired missiles – have been a persistent threat to U.S. Army aviation. Infrared...
INSIDER Aerospace
Archer Achieves First Untethered Flight with Midnight eVTOL
On Oct. 24, Santa Clara, California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) manufacturer Archer Aviation completed the first flight of its five-seat Midnight prototype...
INSIDER Propulsion
Army Delivers First T901 ITEP Engines for FARA Prototype Helicopters
Both companies that are competing for the U.S. Army's new Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program have received the General Electric T901 Improved Turbine...
INSIDER Aerospace
New 'Motherlode' Tool is Revolutionizing UK Navy Helicopter Maintenance
The U.K.'s Royal Navy is rolling out the use of a new artificial intelligence (AI) software tool called "Motherlode" that is poised to revolutionize the way military...
Articles Unmanned Systems
Provizio Eyes Safety with Radar, Not LiDAR
"Safety first” is more than a catchphrase. For sensing company Provizio, it’s the only way the transportation industry should introduce autonomous vehicles. In Provizio’s view, using AV...
News Electronics & Computers
‘Zonal’ for the Win
Multiple trends are driving the evolution of electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Urbanization and sustainability pressures have spurred governments...
Articles Propulsion
Perkins Bets Big on Smaller Engine for Off-Highway Machines
Perkins Powertrain announced its all-new engine series for off-highway applications, launching the 2600 Series 13-liter engine at a press event in London where SAE Media was in...
News Electronics & Computers
BorgWarner Targets More-Sustainable E-Motors
All components of an electric propulsion system – the motor, battery pack and inverter, in particular – are interrelated and optimized for a system function. Still, there are significant...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Can Solid-State Batteries Commercialize by 2030?
The 1915 Detroit Electric Brougham was powered by lead-acid batteries, and so was the first generation of the General Motors EV1 back in 1996. The 1915 car could reportedly travel 80 miles...
News Power
New Holland Adds Small Articulated Loaders to Lineup
New Holland Construction is entering a new equipment category with its full line of small articulated loaders. The lineup consists of five models — the ML12, ML12T, ML15, ML23 and...
INSIDER Design
Identifying Optimal Designs for Deep Neural Network Accelerators
With the proliferation of computationally intensive machine-learning applications, such as chatbots that perform real-time language translation, device manufacturers often...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
100 Satellites Under Development for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer
The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Oct. 30 announced a new $617 million agreement with Denver, Colorado-based York Space Systems to deliver...
INSIDER Defense
REMUS 300: The Navy's New Unmanned Underwater Mine Fighting Vehicle
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) are the unheralded champions in maritime defense; poised to bring about a revolution in the scale of presence and capability delivery in...
INSIDER Data Acquisition
DoD's New 'Adopt, Buy, Create' AI Strategy is Built on Software and Quality of Data
developed by the Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO). The 26-page document outlines the agency's new enterprise-wide "Adopt, Buy, Create" approach to...
INSIDER Aerospace
GAO Report: Maintenance and Supply Delays Continue to Impact F-35 Readiness
Maintenance challenges negatively affect F-35 aircraft readiness. The F-35 fleet mission capable rate—the percentage of time the aircraft can perform one of its...
Supplier Eye Mechanical & Fluid Systems
'Scaling' EVs Won’t Come Easy
Regular readers of Supplier Eye will note that this author tries to outline the positives and the negatives of supplier strategies. It’s a moving target. A recent deluge of negative headlines with respect...
Podcasts Data Acquisition
How AI is Changing Military Aircraft Maintenance and More
David Mazar, Vice President of Strategy and Growth, Spark Cognition Government Systems, is the guest on this episode of Here’s an Idea. He explains how his company’s AI-enabled digital maintenance tool is changing the way military aircraft are serviced.
Road Ready Manufacturing & Prototyping
Kia’s 2024 EV9 Stands as First Mainstream 3-Row EV
It may be time for Kia — or its Hyundai and Genesis siblings — to deliver a lousy vehicle. It’s becoming a broken record to praise every new Kia for its sophisticated and often...
Q&A Manufacturing & Prototyping
Clarios Sees Low-Voltage Electricals as Vital in EV, AV Future
In an increasingly electrified world, there’s still a need for 12-volt batteries and a low-voltage electrical architecture in vehicles. Clarios, which provides the...
News Unmanned Systems
Taking ‘Eyes-Off’ the ADAS Future
So-called “hands-off” driver-assistance systems are now ubiquitous enough that they scarcely merit particular attention — or explanation. They’re no longer exclusive to luxury brands, either;...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Airbus Starts Testing Airplane Wing That Changes Shape In-Flight
UpNext, an Airbus subsidiary "technology incubator," has completed the first flight of a modified Cessna Citation VII business jet that is flight testing components and...
INSIDER Aerospace
Hermeus Quarterhorse Joins Hypersonic High Cadence Testing Program
Prompted by recent investments and advancement from the commercial and non-traditional sector, DIU started the Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
The B-21 Raider Starts Flight Testing
The U.S. Air Force has begun flight testing Northrop Grumman's sixth generation B-21 stealth bomber. Matt Hartman, a freelance photojournalist captured the first flight of the B-21 on Nov. 10 with...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
European KC-135s Get Real Time Cockpit System Upgrades
Aircraft assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing are the first tankers in U.S. Air Forces in Europe to be equipped with a new data link system, allowing them to communicate and share...
News Communications
‘Electronification’ of Working Hydraulics in Compact Machines
Compact off-highway machines should be as maneuverable, versatile and energy-efficient as possible. Key to achieving these goals is the electronification of the working...
News Power
2024 Lexus TX Has Three Powertrain Options – ICE, Hybrid, PHEV – and It Shows
Despite its considerable size, the new Lexus TX does not lumber. It does not struggle. Instead, Lexus’ latest three-row SUV provides surprisingly smooth...
Technology Report Power
Schaeffler Promotes E-Motor Manufacturing Flexibility
Global auto supplier Schaeffler Group has a message for the EV motor market: the company is capable of building custom solutions for many different EV drivelines and use cases. And it...
News Software
Change? Sure, Sometimes.
SAE’s Automotive Engineering magazine is not immune to the constant beat of changes happening across the automotive industry. In case you’re curious what that means, the byline and picture accompanying this...
News Energy
VinFast Confident VinES Battery-Tech Merger Will Make for Better EVs
In October, Vietnam’s EV newcomer VinFast announced that it would merge with VinES Energy Solutions JSC, the battery-development and -manufacturing arm of its corporate...
Articles AR/AI
Pothole Detectives
Vehicles traveling repeated routes are data-gatherers for Aisin’s Road Maintenance Solution (ARMS) technology, ready for beta testing in the U.S.
News Unmanned Systems
Nodar's GridDetect: Look, Ma, No Lidar!
The streets of Munich look different when seen through a Nodar point cloud created by a set of stereo cameras. Nodar’s Hammerhead technology uses two standard, automotive-grade CMOS cameras...
Articles Software
TE Connectivity Enhances Digital Platform with CT Data Analysis
As impressive as interconnected digital-platform benefits are for traditional CAD/CAE/CAM disciplines, computed tomography (CT) data analysis for quality inspection has greatly expanded its reach and purpose within today’s growing digital landscape.
News Automotive
Panel: Better Tech Can Make Recycled Aluminum More Desirable
A panel of metal-recycling experts said the biggest challenge facing the recycling industry is that the composition of materials coming from the stream of scrapped vehicles does...
News Test & Measurement
Novel Technologies Debut on 2024 Toyota Tacoma
For nearly 20 years, the Toyota Tacoma midsize pickup truck has been a sales segment-leader and a reputation-maker. “Innovation is core to our success and to our promotion of new product,”...
News Power
Honda Ready with First North American Crossover EV
Honda knows what U.S. buyers like: crossovers. So it makes perfect sense that the company chose a crossover SUV configuration for its first “mainstream” U.S.-market EV, the 2024...
News Power
LA Auto Show 2023: Revenge of the Hybrids
Electrification was still a thing at mid-November’s 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show, but there was no lack of ICE and hybrid powertrains sprinkled throughout the various debuts and unveilings. The...
News Unmanned Systems
Teleo Debuts Autonomous Materials Hauling on Active Jobsites
Teleo announced that Florida-based Tomahawk Construction will become the first customer to deploy its autonomous capabilities on an active jobsite. Starting in December, Tomahawk...
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