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Bauma the Big One in 2025
December is a good time to reflect on the past year – to celebrate successes and consider opportunities for improvement – but it is also an opportune time to look to the future. As I think about the year ahead...
Podcasts Propulsion
How Pratt & Whitney Uses a Robot to Help Build Jet Engines
Kevin Kirkpatrick, Vice President of Aftermarket Global Operations, Pratt & Whitney, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
Articles Aerospace
Acquiring and Telemetering Test Data from Hypersonic Platforms
Hypersonic aircraft and ordinance developments are becoming more common, and the unique vehicle designs present several challenges for flight test applications. Many of these challenges can be addressed using existing hardware and techniques. Read on to learn more about it.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Analog Transformation Complements Open System Designs to Optimize Modern Defense Systems
Miniature, modular, and intelligent gateways can be embedded into analog components to replace and re-imagine old firmware and analog mitigation circuitry. These new, embedded gateways promise to bring open architecture deeper into the tactical edge and realize a new level of agility throughout the lifecycle of a system, from design through sustainment of hybrid digital and analog systems. Read on to learn more.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
These Speedy Cold Spray Machines Can 3D Print Vehicle Parts in War Zones
As “point of need” additive manufacturing emerges as a priority for the Department of Defense, Australian 3D printing provider SPEE3D is one of several companies demonstrating that its machines can rapidly produce castings, brackets, valves, mountings and other common replacement parts and devices that warfighters often need in an on-demand schedule when deployed near or directly within combat zones. Read on to learn more.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Researchers Use Ancient Japanese Art Method to Create Tunable Antennas
Researchers at Drexel University and the University of British Columbia believe kirigami, the ancient Japanese art of cutting and folding paper to create intricate three-dimensional designs, could provide a model for manufacturing the next generation of antennas. Read on to learn why.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
What is Drone Jamming and How Can it Be Countered?
Deliberate RF jamming of drones has become one of the most common battlefield tactics in Ukraine. But what is jamming, how does it work and how can it be countered by unmanned aerial vehicles in the field? Read on to find out.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
AI-Trained Vehicles Can Adjust to Extreme Turbulence on the Fly
Researchers at Caltech took an important step toward using reinforcement learning to adaptively learn how turbulent wind can change over time, and then uses that knowledge to control a UAV based on what it is experiencing in real time.
Briefs Materials
‘First of Its Kind’ Composite Material to Help Space Vessels Travel Longer Distances
Dr. Ashwath Pazhani along with an international team of researchers have created a new material for storing the liquid hydrogen used to propel rockets into space by the likes of NASA. The new material is lighter than the current material used. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Scientists Fuse Simulations and Machine Learning to Accelerate Novel Additively Manufactured Materials
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory have demonstrated a novel approach for applying machine learning to predict microstructures produced by a widely used additive manufacturing technique. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Aerospace
Aviation Safety Expert Unites Industry to Safeguard Aviation Supply Chain
A new aviation supply chain integrity coalition has offered 13 recommended actions to prevent the circulation of non-serialized aircraft parts throughout the global aviation industry. Read on to learn more about the actions.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
DEVCOM CBC Innovates and Integrates through Autonomous Technologies
Researchers and engineers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center have developed a prototype system for decontaminating military combat vehicles. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Aerospace
MUSHER Demonstrates Manned-Unmanned Aircraft Teaming Applications
Airbus Helicopters and its partners conducted a full scale demonstration of a manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) system developed as part of a project funded by the European Union and code-named “MUSHER.” The demonstration took place in France and Italy from Sept. 30 – Oct. 9, and involved multiple manned helicopters and unmanned systems connected to a single MUM-T network. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Australian Air Surveillance Radar Upgrade
Sensor solutions provider Hensoldt has signed a contract with Space Centre Australia to deliver two high-performance Air Surveillance Radar - Next Generation systems (ASR-NG), along with a 20-year sustainment plan to bolster Australia’s critical air surveillance capabilities. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Defense
Autonomous Air Defense Production
Anduril Industries has been awarded a $249,978,466 contract to deliver advanced air defense capabilities across services for the Department of Defense (DoD). This contract will deliver more than 500 Roadrunner-Ms and additional Pulsar electronic warfare capabilities, addressing the growing threat of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) attacks against U.S. forces. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Army Completes Satellite as a Managed Service Research Project
Intelsat has provided the U.S Army with new, flexible, and fully managed multi-orbit satellite communications (SATCOM) support, following the completion of the Army’s first-ever multi-vendor SATCOM as a Managed Service (SATaaMS) Pilot contract. Read on to learn more about it.
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Enabling Off-the-Shelf Autonomous Naval Warfare
The Navy is actively exploring emerging technologies that enable uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to extend the range of its communications and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. Read on to learn more about it.
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
The US Army’s New AI Supercomputer
The Army announced the deployment of a new supercomputer for its scientists and engineers to conduct a wide range of focused research and development, test and evaluation, and acquisition engineering activities. Read on to learn more about it.
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
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See the new products, including EIZO Rugged Solutions' Condor™ GR5S-AD5000 – a 3U OpenVPX form factor video graphics and GPU output card; Sandvik Coromant's GC1230, a new grade for indexable milling; Teledyne FLIR's ITAR-free Vue® TV128+ camera module; WAGO’s updated 750-1632 Proportional Valve Module; and much more.
Articles Aerospace
Making a Material Difference in Aerospace & Defense Electronics
Laminate materials are indispensable in the manufacture of boards and flexible circuitry for aerospace and defense electronics. Their unique properties address stringent demands, ensuring systems perform reliably under extreme conditions. Read on to learn more.
Articles Green Design & Manufacturing
Where Do EV Batteries Go When They Die?
Some go to Cox Automotive’s battery solutions center in Oklahoma City, where the company works with OEMs on their post-sale needs. Others get recycled, with lots of OEMs teaming up with Redwood Materials. Read on to find out what happens to the others.
Articles Energy
Crafting Safe, Long-Cyclable Lithium Metal Batteries for High Temperatures
A research team led by Professor Dong-Myeong Shin of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong has developed a new generation of lithium metal batteries, representing a significant advancement in the field. Here, an interview with Shin to learn more about the technology.
Briefs Energy
Researchers Discover a Surprising Way to Jump-Start Battery Performance
In a study published in Joule, researchers at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center report that giving batteries a first charge at unusually high currents increased their average lifespan by 50 percent while decreasing the initial charging time from 10 hours to just 20 minutes. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
Researchers Unveil Scalable Graphene Technology to Revolutionize Battery Safety and Performance
Researchers have developed a pioneering technique for producing large-scale graphene current collectors. This breakthrough promises to significantly enhance the safety and performance of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), addressing a critical challenge in energy storage technology. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
New Battery Cathode Material Could Revolutionize EV Market and Energy Storage
A multi-institutional research team led by Hailong Chen has developed a new, low-cost cathode that could radically improve lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) — potentially transforming the electric vehicle (EV) market and large-scale energy storage systems. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
Dormant Capacity Reserve in Lithium-Ion Batteries Detected
Using transmission electron microscopes, Researchers at Graz University of Technology were able to systematically track lithium ions as they traveled through battery material, map their arrangement in the crystal lattice of an iron phosphate cathode with unprecedented resolution, and precisely quantify their distribution in the crystal. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
Second Life of Lithium-Ion Batteries Could Take Us to Space
The global use of lithium-ion batteries has doubled in just the past four years, generating alarming amounts of battery waste containing many hazardous substances. The need for effective recycling methods for spent lithium-ion batteries is becoming increasingly critical. Scientists from various Polish research institutions presented a promising solution to this issue. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Energy
Folded or Cut, This Lithium-Sulfur Battery Keeps Going
To address stability and safety issues, researchers have designed a lithium-sulfur battery that features an improved iron sulfide cathode. One prototype remains highly stable over 300 charge-discharge cycles, and another provides power even after being folded or cut. Read on to learn more.
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Product Showcase
See what's in the product showcase, including Miba Resistors' RST5N resistor series; Luxinar's femtosecond lasers; Freudenberg Sealing Technologies' cell caps; CPEG's durable equipment to safely handle and process lithium and other minerals for lithium-ion batteries; and much more.
Articles Unmanned Systems
DC-DC Converters for High Reliability eVTOL Auxiliary Power Systems
eVTOL power system architectures are not yet well defined, and with the wide variety of possible configurations, from small, unmanned drones through multiseat passenger craft, there may never be one standard. Read on to learn what this means.
Articles Energy
Solving the Battery Recycling Challenge
The surging global popularity of electric vehicles is creating a new challenge: a mounting pile of spent lithium-ion batteries. In just a decade, more than 1.2 million tons of lithium-ion batteries will reach their end-of-life, creating an urgent need for efficient and profitable recycling solutions. This impending battery waste crisis presents both a challenge and an opportunity. Read on to learn more.
Technology Report Materials
Discount Tire Tests So You Don’t Have To
For all the engineering that takes place at the Treadwell Research Park (TRP), Discount Tire’s chief product and technical officer John Baldwin told SAE Media that there’s actually something...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Komatsu Employs “Slick” Battery Swapping for Underground LHD
Komatsu introduced its first battery-electric load-haul-dump (LHD) machine, the WX04B, at the MINExpo tradeshow in September. The WX04B is designed specifically for narrow...
Articles Green Design & Manufacturing
SwRI Rolls out Hydrogen Demonstration Truck
For decades, the running joke around hydrogen being a viable fuel for commercial trucks has been that its “ten years away from being ten years away.” Though H2-fueled rigs operating at scale...
News Electronics & Computers
Inside the Quiet, Never-Ending Battle over Automotive Refrigerants
According to its manufacturer, Chemours, use of R-1234yf has grown so much since the refrigerant replaced the long-established R-134a that it’s now used in 95% of new...
News Energy
Improving the Ageless ICE
Agriculture, industrial, mining, construction, freight transport and other major global economy sectors rely on vehicle power to thrive. “Internal combustion engines – those powered by gasoline, diesel,...
News Manned Systems
CATL Expands Battery Range for Heavy-Duty Trucks and Buses
Chinese battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.) completed the launch of its TECTRANS battery system for the commercial transport sector at IAA...
News Regulations/Standards
Caterpillar Expands Family of Next-Gen Compact Track Loaders and Skid Steers
Caterpillar has released a cavalcade of new compact track loaders and skid steer loaders. The new CTL models include the 275, 275 XE, 285 and 285 XE. These models...
Technical Innovation Electronics & Computers
Donaldson Filters Keep Fuel Cells Clean
One of the advantages of the internal combustion engine is that it can function with relatively simple intake air filtration. Provided that dust is kept out, air entering the engine can ensure that...
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensata’s Sensors Aid Blind Spot Monitoring for Tractor-Trailers
Sensata Technologies’ booth at this year’s IAA Transportation tradeshow included two of the company’s Precor radar sensors. The PreView STA79 is a heavy-duty vehicle...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
MTA Expands Wireless Communication, EV Tech for Trucks
Automotive electrical and electronics manufacturer MTA attended IAA Transportation for the first time, demonstrating its new range of wireless communication technologies for the truck...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Ford Engineering Lab Turns 100
“This might be our most forward-looking team occupying the building that was the impetus for our future-looking focus in the very beginning,” Jennifer Kolstad, Ford Motor Company’s Global Design and...
News Power
Magna to Produce Its First Dedicated Hybrid Drive System for Chinese OEM
With OEMs rushing to create hybrid-drive vehicles amid a drop in EV sales growth, Magna has won a contract to produce what it’s calling a dedicated hybrid drive...
INSIDER Materials
Lockheed Martin Adds New Additive Manufacturing Machines to Texas Facility
Lockheed Martin recently added 16,000-square-feet of new additive manufacturing space to their facility located in Grand Prairie, Texas. This expansion includes some...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
New Anduril, Skydio Drones Start Field Testing in Romania
“Combat is moving into a very drone heavy type of warfare,” said Lt. Alexis Gavrillis, a 35A Military Intelligence Officer in 317th Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB), 3rd Brigade...
INSIDER Design
Advancing Metal Alloy Systems and Processes for Defense Manufacturing
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Innovation Capability and Modernization (ICAM) Office, in collaboration with the National Center for Defense Manufacturing...
INSIDER Materials
Characterizing the Performance of Variable Emissivity Materials in Space
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by...
News Energy
Key ‘Plug and Charge’ Agreement Could Eliminate EV Charging-Payment Headaches
A persistent frustration of electric vehicle owners ─ trouble working with payment software at public chargers ─ could be eased soon after an SAE ITC-led...
INSIDER Data Acquisition
Atomic Fountain to Host Defense Research for Quantum Sensing
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) physicists are on track to bring the institution’s new atomic fountain online – the largest of its kind in the world – for applications to...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Using Squeezed Light to Develop Sensors That Defy Defense Limits
Raytheon’s BBN Technologies is developing next-generation, compact, low-power, deployable photonic sensors that will provide users with better awareness of environmental...
INSIDER Design
How Off-Gassing Keeps Divers, Submariners Safe From Toxin-Releasing Materials
Everyone knows that new car smell — the chemical odor wafting off the new plastics, fabrics and other materials in a vehicle's interior. Those smells are caused...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
DoD Signs New Strategy for Countering Unmanned Systems
The Department of Defense announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has signed a new, classified strategy for countering the effects of unmanned systems, also called...
News Automotive
Company Says Tiny Motions Can Predict Big Problem: Impaired Driving
A five-year-old Israeli company says it has a software-only, AI-driven solution that can detect impaired drivers more quickly and with less intrusion than interlock devices, passive breath detection or other methods that rely on physical hardware. Read on to learn more.
News Automotive
Honda and Nissan Merger Plans Could Accelerate EV R&D
After reports of a potential merger between the two automakers surfaced in recent weeks, Honda and Nissan have officially announced that both parties have signed a memorandum of...
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