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Safran and Satair Sign Lifetime Contract for A340-500/-600 Engine Nacelle Supply Chain Services
Satair Group has signed its first major contract with Safran Nacelles, covering global lifetime supply chain services for engine nacelle parts...
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Senate Proposes Funding Days Ahead of OA-X Experiment
On June 28, 2017, days ahead of the July 2017 U.S. Air Force light attack aircraft experiment, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed a preliminary vote for a proposed annual defense...
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Tesla Ready to Deliver First Model 3s, Projects 20K Monthly Manufacturing
Electric-vehicle developer Tesla's chief executive Elon Musk announced over the weekend leading into the July 4, 2017 holiday that the company will on July 28 make...
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Daimler Launches Intelligent Truck Axle with Active Oil Regulation
Daimler has announced the first intelligent truck axle for its European Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks. The axle contains New Final Drive (NFD) technology that actively...
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Reconfigurable Radio Tracks Flights Worldwide
When Malaysia Air Flight 370 disappeared somewhere over the Indian Ocean in 2014, it had flown far beyond radar range. Under a new space-based air tracking system, no plane would ever be off the...
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Flight Deck “Ouija Boards” Go Digital
To make the jobs of aircraft handlers easier, the Navy developed the Deployable Ship Integration Multi-touch System (DSIMS), a mobile software package that features a digital touchscreen image of a...
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Flaw Detector
Optimized for single-handed operation, Olympus’ (Waltham, MA) EPOCH 6LT flaw detector combines an ergonomic design with powerful ultrasonic functionality in an instrument built specifically for rope access and high portability...
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USAF Works Toward Smoother Landings, No Plane Required
As the U.S. Air Force (USAF) works toward developing assets like the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, the next T-X trainer, and possibly a new close air support aircraft, testing continues...
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SwRI-Led AC2AT Consortium Pushes Diesel Emission Control Systems Development
As regulations drive criteria pollutant and fuel economy standards, researchers in Southwest Research Institute’s Advanced Combustion Catalyst and Aftertreatment...
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Active Aero Takes Flight
Banned from motorsports half a century ago, variable aerodynamic devices were simply too effective to bury. Like practically every engineering advancement born of racing, manipulating air flow for improved...
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Model Maturity Assessment and Certification—a Vision
In the past couple of decades, the performance, reliability, and safety assessments performed using predictive capability for electromechanical systems have been on the rise. Such...
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Batteries That “Drink” Seawater Could Power Long-Range UUVs
The long range of airborne drones helps them perform critical tasks in the skies. Now MIT spinout Open Water Power (OWP) aims to greatly improve the range of unpiloted...
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Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Nuclear Threat Detection Science
Taking inspiration from an unusual source, a Sandia National Laboratories team has dramatically improved the science of scintillators — objects that detect nuclear...
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Army to Test-Fire Tactical Missile System
Field artillery soldiers will soon be ready to test-fire the modernized Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 20th Field...
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Appraising the Potential for Platooning in the U.S.
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are receiving significant attention as a technology solution to realize safer, more cost-effective and efficient operation of several transportation...
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Smart Sensors Drive Automated Systems in Off-Highway
Smart sensors are helpful in developing automated routines that can save a great deal of time for the operator and either increase efficiency or reduce setup time. Microcontrollers and...
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Audi Details New A8 Active Suspension
Audi recently unveiled its all-new A8 flagship which now features a fully active, electromechanical suspension system. A front camera detects road irregularities and signals a predictive adjustment of...
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8-In Color Display
MTA’s (Codogno, Italy) Sea Hawk 8-in color display has been chosen to be fitted on all seven models of CASE Construction Equipment’s new G-series wheel loaders, which were recently introduced on the market. The wheel...
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Raytheon Looks to Be at the Heart of Electrical Power Systems
Much has been written about the coming of the more-electric aircraft (MEA), especially in the context of Boeing’s leap into the innovative, higher-risk era with the 787...
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Flexible High-Temperature Hose
Conti Excelsus from ContiTech (Louisville, KY) is an extremely flexible high-temperature hose with external reinforcement for truck and off-highway applications. Its flexibility comes from a special braid made of...
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Connected Commercial Vehicles Bring Cybersecurity to the Fore
The 2017 edition of the SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress (COMVEC) has been moved up a month to September 18-20 and gets a new home in Rosemont, IL, not to mention a...
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2018 Honda Accord Drops Mass, Adds Turbos and 10-Speed
Honda unveiled its 10th generation Accord on July 14 in Detroit, showing four-door Sport, Touring and Hybrid versions of its franchise midsize nameplate that has sold over 13 million...
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Delphi and Tula Show NVH Benefits from Dynamic Skip Fire
Delphi and partner Tula Technology have revealed test data showing NVH reduction benefits with use of their jointly-developed Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF) cylinder deactivation system...
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High-Performance Redundant Linear Hall Sensor
The new TDK-Micronas (Freiburg, Germany) HAL 24xy Linear Hall-effect sensor family offers extended distance measurement, improved robustness and state-of-the-art diagnostic functions for...
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Virtual Reality Is the New Reality for Automotive Engineering
The best way to understand how a new-developed vehicle and its parts will look, fit together and be built and serviced is through a full-scale prototype. Fashioning a prototype,...
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Sound-Off: How to Simulate the Impacts of an Exoskeleton
Over the past decade, warfighters’ personal loads have increased, leading to more injuries, pain, and discomfort. To relieve the burden, the military is investigating...
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‘Smart’ Oil Cap Brings Low-Cost Connectivity to Perkins Engines
Perkins launched what it calls the world’s first low-cost engine level telematics device—the Perkins SmartCap—at its Seguin, TX, facility in June. The “smart” oil...
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Mercedes-Benz Reveals Production Version of X-Class Pickup Truck
Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz luxury-vehicle unit this week unveiled the production version of its X-Class, the first pickup truck to wear the Mercedes-Benz star. The X-Class is a...
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Non-Hybrid ICEs Begin Their Decline
Is the Electrification alarm being rung too early? Not if you’re truly looking over the horizon. While the still-evolving, highly robust and cost-effective internal combustion engine is not yet close to...
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Synchronous Step-Down Controller
The LTC7800 from Analog Devices, Inc. (Norwood, MA), which recently acquired Linear Technology Corp., is a synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that operates at up to 2.25 MHz for reduced circuit size and...
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LVIT Linear Position Sensors
The ILPS-45 series inductive, contactless linear position sensors from The Sensor Connection (Bloomfield Hills, MI) use linear variable inductance transducer (LVIT) technology and are specifically designed for...
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Bulk Material Simulation
EDEM for ANSYS simulation tool from EDEM (Edinburgh, Scotland) enables engineers to add realistic bulk material loads as standard in ANSYS structural analysis without the need for Discrete Element Method (DEM)...
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Printer Patent Ruling Could Impact Automated Vehicle Sales
Most of us (aside from some lawyers and activists) have become accustomed to simply clicking ‘OK’ or ‘Accept’ the first time we use a new device or piece of software. We...
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The Motorcycle's Balanced Future
Where do motorcycles and scooters—that now require the rider to take a totally active role in piloting the machine—fit into the looming autonomous-and-connected vehicle ecosystem? A recent visit to a...
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Heavy-Haul Planetary Drive Axles
Marmon-Herrington’s (Louisville, KY) new 90,000 lb (40,825 kg) Sisu tandem axle set and new 136,000 lb (61,690 kg) Sisu tridem axle set are double reduction planetary drive axles designed for heavy-duty...
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Expect Smarter Engines, More Compact Aftertreatment from JDPS
Dr. Xinqun Gui, Manager of Technology, Control Systems and Emissions Compliance for John Deere Power Systems (JDPS), considers himself to be “fairly conservative” in terms of his...
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Sleek Design, Powertrain Advances Distinguish Volvo’s New VNL Trucks
The new Volvo VNL series is the beneficiary of the truck maker's SuperTruck program, applying lessons learned and advanced technology to achieve an up to 7.5%...
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Pedestrian Headforms
Used for pedestrian safety testing, Diversified Technical Systems’ (Seal Beach, CA) pedestrian headforms (which emulate a human head) embedded data acquisition solution are instrumented with a triaxial accelerometer and...
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Alfa Romeo Stelvio Gives Crossover Market a ‘Bravo’ Injection
One needn’t be a member of the racing Rosberg family to understand that crossovers typically aren’t all that wonderful to drive. Their bodies list disconcertingly if...
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General Motors Cyber-Boss Cautiously Confident in GM’s, Industry Preparedness
In many business endeavors, a chief leadership function is cheerleading. And if your unit is doing particularly effective work, conventional corporate culture...
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Next-Gen Driving Simulator Uses Formula One Motion Control
Williams Formula One experience is helping to close the gap between objective and subjective vehicle simulator testing, often a contentious area for vehicle development engineers.
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Hacked!
In 2015 there was no such thing as a ransomware attack against a hospital. In 2016 there were 10 such attacks. The cyber criminals who penetrate and disable computer networks until users pay ransom, profit from vulnerable and easy...
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Stoking the Creative, Innovative Engineer
A book for academia as well as practicing engineers who want to unlock their potential.
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IP Battle Not Expected in PSA Takeover of GM Europe
The $2.3 billion purchase of General Motors Europe (GME: Opel and Vauxhall) by PSA Peugeot Citroën is moving rapidly to its completion. On 5 July 2017, EU antitrust authorities approved...
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Tata Advanced Systems Delivers First CH-47F Chinook Crown, Tailcone for India to Boeing
Aerospace company and manufacturer Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons focused on providing...
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Wärtsilä Virtualizes Marine Engine Design and Testing
The costs of building and running prototype engines are high, but they’re extremely daunting when each cylinder of a marine engine provides more than 1000 kW (1340 hp). That’s...
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SAE Granted Special Consultative Status with the United Nations
After a nearly 18-month process to gain Special Consultative Status with the United Nations (UN) as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), SAE International was formally...
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Altair Enlighten Awards: 2017's Best Mass-Cutting Innovations
For the fifth consecutive summer in northern Michigan, the spotlight shone on vehicle mass-reduction innovations when Altair and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR)...
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