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Green Design & Manufacturing

Brunel Pursues Ultrasound for ‘Greener’ Production of Aluminum Alloys

Treating molten metal with ultrasound is cleaner and more efficient than using argon rotary degassing to produce high-quality castings, according to scientists at...

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Software

Cloud Computing Gets More Support, Skepticism from Design Teams

Cloud computing can provide a quick way for companies to share design tools and shorten their development cycles, but many companies remain cautious about moving to the...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Denso Exhibits More Compact HVAC Design at NAIAS

The space under the dashboard is precious, and the less that is used for componentry, the more that remains for passenger space in the cabin. But there's one system that presently takes up...

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Electronics & Computers

Embedded Motor Control

An ARM-based embedded power family of bridge drivers from Infineon Technologies offers assimilation for intelligent motor control in various automotive applications. A single chip integrates a high-performance...

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Propulsion

GKN Develops Electric Flywheel Hybrid System for Buses

The core of GKN’s Gyrodrive flywheel hybrid system was developed by Williams Hybrid Power for a kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) designed for the Williams F1 team. GKN...

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Electronics & Computers

Ford Accelerates Research on 48-V Mild Hybrid Systems

The “sweet spot” between the capability and efficiency of 200-V plus systems and the low cost of 12-V stop-start in future hybrid systems will likely use a belt-driven electric...

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Energy

GM Fuel Cell Powers U.S. Navy Sub as Collaboration with Honda Aims for Cars by 2020

General Motors’ hydrogen fuel cell development program has been operating in “stealth” mode in recent years, as the collaboration with Honda quietly...

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Transportation

Nissan Debuts Front-Engine, Front-Drive GT-R LM Nismo Racecar

“Outrageousness.” It was the signature line of 1980s Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, the self-described “punky QB.”

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Propulsion

Focus on Alternative Powertrain Technologies for ICPC 2015

Every two years AVL organizes the International Commercial Powertrain Conference, a major event for the on- and off-highway commercial vehicle industries. On May 20-21, 2015, experts...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

SanDisk Targets Infotainment with Automotive-Grade Flash

Conventional vehicle radios are morphing into increasingly powerful infotainment systems, prompting a need for storage to hold apps, navigation, and other data. Flash storage...

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Energy

Western Star Focuses on Efficiency for New 5700XE

Fuel efficiency is increasingly becoming a significant driver in truck OEMs’ vehicle development plans, and that certainly was the case when Western Star set out to develop the all-new...

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Power

Cybersecurity, Safety Issues Require Government/industry Cooperation

Two days after serving as the “designated survivor” during President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx served...

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Power

Audi’s Tunnel of Light Leads to the Future

Audi is seeing light at the end of its new research tunnel; and it is a laser. But not just any laser: this is a matrix laser that the Volkswagen brand is confident illuminates the way forward...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

High-Voltage Developments

The concept of higher-voltage electrical systems in vehicles between 12-volt conventional and 200- and 600-volt full hybrids and electric vehicles is not new, with development experiencing fits and starts over...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Delphi's RACam Integrated Radar-Vision System Enables Active-Safety Suites

Volvo’s 2015 XC90 features RACam, claimed to be the world’s first integrated radar and vision data-fusion system. Supplied by Delphi as the Tier 1, and on...

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Electronics & Computers

Continental’s Latest EHorizon Platform Expands Real-Time Driver Information

Developed in partnership with IBM and location cloud company Here, the latest evolution of Continental's eHorizon software uses digital mapping and cloud-based...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Audi Details Piloted Driving Technology

Before autonomous vehicles make drivers obsolete, electronic technologies will depend on people to make decisions when something unusual happens. During normal driving conditions, autonomous controls could pilot the vehicle, relying on humans when complex decisions are required.

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Automotive

Cadillac’s 2016 CT6 Is a Body-Engineering Benchmark

Cadillac’s all-new 2016 CT6 full-size sedan is big for such a featherweight car. It weighs about 200 lb (91 kg) less than the BMW 5 Series but offers the interior volume of the...

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Electronics & Computers

Military Technologies Aid the Fight for Improved Off-Highway Efficiencies

There is a never-ending need for technologies that can improve the efficiency of off-highway equipment, while enhancing safety for both operator and the machine....

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Automotive

The Quest for the Self-Cleaning Car

As the winter-that-wouldn’t-leave finally does so and many car owners at last dig out their buried cars, the next big issue is getting a car wash. But wouldn’t it be great if cars just shed road...

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Aerospace

Electronic Warfare Technology

Military electronic warfare (EW) systems including navigation, radar guidance, terrain mapping and others, require lightweight compact components, with radio frequency (RF) output power levels to several...

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Aerospace

Cloud Security & Compliance

Not too many years ago, network security was a relatively low level priority in most organizations. That has changed today due to such high level failures as the recent breaches at Sony and Target. Closer to home,...

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Defense

MicroTCA Computing for Mil/Aero Applications

Small Form Factor (SFF) embedded systems have been gaining popularity due to their small size, weight, and power (SWaP) advantages. The SFF architectures are typically purpose-built, providing...

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Propulsion

Fanjet Evolution — the Next Steps

The global aerospace sector has always represented the cutting edge of practical technology advancement. When the first military jet engines emerged in the post-war 1940s it was clear that commercial...

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Aerospace

Next-Generation Phased Radar Systems Lead to Hardware Improvements

Meeting the performance needs of the next generation of radar systems that will be deployed by the military is spurring the development of more efficient and sensitive...

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Materials

Dry Drilling Composites Using Carbon Dioxide Cooling

The ground vehicle and aerospace industries use carbonfiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) because it is more durable and lighter than other materials. CFRP is used in components such...

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Defense

Electronic Warfare Development Targets Fully Adaptive Threat Response Technology

When U.S pilots encounter enemy air defenses, onboard electronic warfare (EW) systems protect them by interfering with incoming radar signals — a technique...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Damping Measurement for Wafer-Level Packaged MEMS Acceleration Sensors

Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) three-axis acceleration threshold sensors have been developed to measure acceleration threshold levels using voltage switching when...

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Test & Measurement

Sensing Suspicious Powders Using Noncontact Optical Methods

Suspicious powder incidents continue to be a disruptive and costly problem. In-situ assessment of suspicious powders within inorganic matrices, particularly with powders of...

Briefs

Electronics & Computers

Isotope Beta-Battery Approaches for Long-Lived Sensors

The energy density of isotopes exceeds that of chemical energy storage by six orders of magnitude. Isotopes are used in many commercial applications, and are produced and available at modest prices. The power requirements of many sensors and communications equipment can greatly reduce the...

Technology Update

Aerospace

F-35 Gets Cold Treatment in Step Toward IOC Remedy

Since it first became an active cold-weather testing facility in 1947, the 96th Test Wing's McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, there have been a wide variety of...

Technology Update

Aerospace

EOS and MTU Advance Quality Measures for Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing

EOS and MTU Aero Engines have partnered to develop quality-assurance measures for metal engine components using additive manufacturing (AM), signing a framework...

Application Briefs

Aerospace

Multi-Spectral Targeting System

L-3 WESCAM
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
905-633-4000
www.wescam.com

The MX™-15D designating turret from L-3 WESCAM was successfully used during a weapons demonstration on the Bell Boeing V-22...

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Defense

Radar-Based Threat Detection

Rapiscan Systems
Torrance, CA
310-978-1457
www.rapiscansystems.com

Rapiscan Systems recently announced the addition of CounterBomber, a radar-based threat-detection technology, to its...

Application Briefs

Defense

Floating Armor Torso System

BCB International Ltd.
Cardiff, UK
+44 (0)2920 433 700
www.bcbin.com

A Floating Armor Torso System (FATS), designed for marine-based forces, inflates when coming into contact with water. If the...

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Materials

Silicon Carbide Foam

Silicon carbide (SiC) foam from Goodfellow (Coraopolis, PA) provides the exceptional hardness, high-temperature durability and performance of solid silicon carbide, but in a lightweight foam structure. The matrix of...

Products

Defense

Dual-Node, Short-Depth 4U Chassis

Advantech (Irvine, CA) has launched the 4U, dual-node, short-depth (350mm), industrial chassis ACP-4D00 designed for machine automation applications that require two computers in one piece of equipment. The...

Products

Defense

Custom 19” Fan Tray

Verotec (Derry, NH) recently custom designed intelligent fan trays for a major defence project. The 19-inch rackmounted 1U trays have six fans, strategically located within the tray to maximise the cooling of critical...

Products

Test & Measurement

Signal Conditioning Modules

Precision Filters Inc. (Ithaca, NY) has introduced a new family of signal conditioning modules for measurement systems built on National Instruments™ rugged, compact, low power cRIO™ platform. The four analog...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Flange Couplings

RINGFEDER POWER TRANSMISSION (Westwood, NJ) has announced the launch of its new RfN 5571 series flange coupling for heavy industry. RINGFEDER® flange couplings provide a superior solution to standard press fits. Equipped...

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Test & Measurement

Digital Meter

The New Technology Meter (NTM) from OTEK (Tucson, AZ) has everything you need to measure and control your process while operating with less than 50mW of power. OTEK’s NTM boasts a full tricolor bargraph with 2% resolution...

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Software

Virtual Environment Tool Chain

The DiSTI Corporation (Orlando, FL) has commercialized their scalable tool chain and process for producing 3-D virtual maintenance training environments. Previously only available in conjunction with DiSTI’s...

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Electronics & Computers

Rugged 1U MicroTCA Chassis Platform

VadaTech (Henderson, NV) now offers a rugged 6-slot MicroTCA chassis in a 1U height designed to meet MIL-STD- 901D and 810G for shock and vibration and MIL-STD-461F for EMI. The VT950 holds up to 6...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Titanium/Composites Brazing

Morgan Advanced Materials (Windsor, UK) announced that it now has the capability to braze carbon fiber, ceramics, composites, or other engineered materials directly to a titanium honeycomb. Carbon fiber and other...

Products

Communications

8-Channel Portable Serial Recorder

Pentek, Inc. (Upper Saddle River, NJ) has announced a new recorder for the popular family of Talon® recording systems: the Model RTR 2736A multi-channel Serial FPDP (sFPDP) rugged portable recorder,...

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Test & Measurement

Selective, Sensitive, and Robust Electrochemical Detection of Anthrax

There exists an unmet need for rapid, sensitive, and field-stable assays for pathogen detection. Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax poisoning. This Gram-positive bacterium secretes a tripartite toxin including a cell-binding protective antigen (PA), and the...

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Software

Altair Optimizes 3D-Printed Structures for Complex, Lightweight Designs

Altair expects to better support the use of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, by releasing new OptiStruct solver capabilities for topology optimization....

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Defense

MTU Develops New Turbine Blade Material in Record Time

MTU Aero Engines announced in March that its internal experts and industry partners have jointly developed a new class of intermetallic, high-temperature materials for highly...

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Transportation

Scion Debuts IA and IM at New York

Toyota’s Scion youth brand has recently gotten ironically old. The company addressed that situation with a pair of new models at the 2015 New York International Auto Show that aims to refresh...

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Software

Honda Surprises with Civic Concept

Honda’s Civic is a critically important model for the company, one that has sold 20 million units worldwide and 10 million in the U.S. since its 1972 introduction. Nine million of those have been...

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Photonics/Optics

Laser Interferometer

4D Technology Corporation (Tucson, AZ) has introduced its newly improved AccuFiz compact laser interferometer for accurate, repeatable measurement of surface shape and transmitted wavefront quality. New features include...

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Propulsion

BorgWarner Engineers Go Off-Highway with the DuroSpeed Fan Drive

While on/off fan drives have been the preferred solution for their durability and fuel efficiency in over-the-road applications, BorgWarner's new DuroSpeed two-speed fan drive was developed for more severe service applications, such as vocational and off-highway truck applications...

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Automotive

McLaren Debuts New Entry-Level Sports Series

McLaren Automotive debuted a new entry-level model for its family of super sports cars at the 2015 New York Auto International Show, with the 570S introducing a new carbon-fiber monocoque...

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Transportation

Smart Collaboration Results in New Fortwo

The third-generation Smart Fortwo has a new look, but with some familiar styling cues of its predecessor, and more importantly it incorporates significant changes under the skin. Overall length...

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Electronics & Computers

Continental Shows Next-Generation Highly Automated Car

A highly autonomous driving vehicle needs a suite of advanced technologies and a ready-to-take-control driver.

Global Vehicles

Transportation

2016 Honda Civic Targets Audi A3, Drives New Modular-Engineering Strategy

When it launches this summer, Honda’s next-generation Civic will debut a lot more than a sporty new design language and more efficient and spirited powertrains....

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Defense

New Technology May Double Radio Frequency Data Capacity

A team of Columbia Engineering researchers has invented a new technology called full-duplex radio integrated circuits (ICs) that can be implemented in nanoscale CMOS to enable...

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Defense

Innovative Army Tool Enhances Electronic Warfare Capabilities

Beginning with the early stages of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, the Army has steadily increased its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities from both a manpower and...

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Test & Measurement

Explosive Destruction System Begins Eliminating Chemical Weapons

The Explosive Destruction System (EDS), designed by Sandia National Laboratories for the U.S. Army, has begun safely destroying stockpile chemical munitions.

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Automotive

2016 Optima Gets Upgraded UVO

The 2016 Kia Optima, like previous models, shares chassis and powertrains with the Hyundai Sonata, even if some specifics vary according to different product change cycles. However, the company motto remains...

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Software

Lanxess Develops New Modeling Approach to Simulated Composites’ Cooling Behavior

A new tool to precisely simulate the thermal processes in Lanxess’s weight-saving Tepex continuous-fiber-reinforced...

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Defense

Indian Air Force to Acquire 36 Rafale Fighters

The Indian Government recently announced its intention to finalize the acquisition of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from Dassault Aviation at conditions necessary to meet the security needs of...

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Transportation

Airbus Helicopters’ EC130 T2 Enters Indian Market with Two Launch Customers

Airbus Helicopters has signed Indian market launch orders for its single-engine EC130 T2 with Sanjay Ghodawat Group and Global Vectra Helicorp Ltd. (GVHL),...

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Defense

Zen Technologies, Rockwell Collins Develop Next-Gen Flight Simulator for Indian Market

Zen Technologies and Rockwell Collins recently unveiled a next-generation rotary wing simulator to serve the “burgeoning need” of the military flight simulation market in India. The companies had previously signed a Memorandum of Understanding to combine...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Durable Fastening Method

Delo partners with Bollhoff to develop the Onsert fastening method, which securely connects elements and provides fast joining of removable screw connections using light-cured adhesive. Suitable for challenging uses...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Halla Visteon Expands HVAC Production Capability in India

Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. (HVCC) recently began production at its new facility in Sanand, in the state of Gujarat, India. The full-line supplier of automotive thermal...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Truck Racing Demonstrates New Technology, Aero Design

Season two of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship took place this spring at India’s F1 track, the Buddh International Circuit (BIC), with Stuart Oliver of Team Castrol Vecton...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Shell Oil Conference Focuses on Transportation Alternatives

Demand for energy is increasing as more and more people live in urban environments. The growth of global megacities “is like adding two Detroit [populations, about 700,000...

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Electronics & Computers

IoT-Enabled Software

Wind River(R) has expanded its Wind River Helix product portfolio to address the Internet of Things (IoT). Wind River has added application and data services in the cloud to its operating systems and IoT software...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Annual Traffic Safety Forum Looks at NHTSA Data, OE Teen Driving Aids

Driver error may cause 94% of the nearly 33,000 annual motor vehicle fatalities in the U.S., but countermeasures are not necessarily obvious because the detailed data...

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Automotive

Mitsubishi Refreshes Outlander

Mitsubishi is working to bring the brand into the mainstream and on the shopping lists of more buyers, and the 2016 Outlander seven-passenger, three-seat row crossover, introduced at the 2015 New York...

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Power

CPT Expects Hiring Binge

Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) could triple its current 50-person workforce as its portfolio of advanced technologies edge closer to commercialization reality.

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Propulsion

Cummins Looks Ahead with New Component Technology

Cummins took advantage of the crowd at Intermat to unveil a couple of next-generation component innovations that showcase its “full spectrum of its expertise in component technologies...

News

Electronics & Computers

Uncertainty Surrounds Competition to Roll out Autonomous Vehicle

Automotive planners and developers are working overtime to provide more autonomous features and functions, but there’s still plenty of uncertainty surrounding driverless...

News

RF & Microwave Electronics

Futurist Kurzweil Discusses Acceleration of Intelligent Technology

Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil sees a remarkable century with autonomous vehicles transporting smarter, healthier persons to various destinations.

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Electronics & Computers

HMI’s Simple Challenge: Control Everything Possible Without Any Difficulty

Car buyers who select vehicles with an abundant array of features and functions have a simple request for automakers. They want a human-machine interface that...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

ExxonMobil Predicts Heavy Reliance on Petroleum

There’s been a push to wean vehicles from petroleum, but fossil fuels will continue to power the transportation field for the next few decades, according to the ExxonMobil researcher who...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

With Connectivity Comes Cyber Security Concerns

As connectivity expands throughout the transportation industry, it’s transforming security from door locks to firewalls and antivirus programs. That’s creating a lot of concern as vehicle suppliers and even U.S. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) agents consider the potential impact on the...

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Electronics & Computers

Continental's Matschi: Mobility Is Changing

Traffic gridlock, accident fatalities, and vehicle emissions are not good things. So the underlying challenge for the auto industry is to develop and use technologies appropriately for...

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Software

New Exhaust Configuration for the AW609 Tilt Rotor Engine Bay

The engine bay is an essential component of the AgustaWestland AW609 tilt rotor nacelle, since it determines the performance of the engine and assures safe maneuvers for every...

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Defense

Boeing’s EcoDemonstrator 757 Used to Get the Bugs Out

Boeing is in the midst of several months of flights with its ecoDemonstrator 757 in a first-round effort to evaluate new technologies in 2015 that are expected to reduce...

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Defense

Rocket Science May Improve Kidney Dialysis

Researchers in the United Kingdom have found a way to redesign an artificial connection between an artery and vein, known as an Arterio-Venous Fistulae (AVF), that surgeons form in the arms of...

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Defense

Are Airships the Future of Aviation?

Researchers from the University of Lincoln, UK, have completed a three-year study of stratospheric passenger airships designed to provide a future sustainable air transport network. The Multibody Advanced...

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Aerospace

Unmanned Aircraft Inspect Energy Pipeline

A fixed-wing unmanned aircraft was used to inspect an energy pipeline route with a piloted chase plane following behind to ensure safety beyond the ground observers' sight line. The flight was a step...

Product Briefs

Electronics & Computers

Voltage Controlled Oscillator

Crystek’s CVCO55CCQ-3500-3500 VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) operates at 3500 MHz with a control voltage range of 0.3 to 4.9 V. The VCO features a typical phase noise of -115 dBc/Hz at 10 KHz offset and...

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Defense

Rockwell Collins Launches New High-Fidelity Image Generator

In the launch of its EP-8100 image generating system for commercial and military simulation and training, Rockwell Collins said that the system addresses the key issues facing...

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Defense

Additive Manufacturing and Materials a Prime Focus for GKN Aerospace

GKN Aerospace recently announced two collaborative research projects related to the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM) within the aerospace industry. One is a...

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Propulsion

Most Luxurious Range Rover Introduced

A high-performance vehicle with two-tone paint may sound like something out of the 1960s U.S., an era of some wretched excess. The SVAutobiography featured at the 2015 New York Auto Show by Land Rover is a high-end Range Rover variant (about $200,000), and has a high-output V8. It's produced at the company's...

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Electronics & Computers

Road Rules, a San Francisco Start-Up, Explores World of Car APIs

A smart phone is obviously just a phone. However, its usefulness is infinitely expanded because third-party software developers make a mind-boggling array of mobile...