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2019 Acura RDX Brings World’s-First Chassis Tech
Few words are as inspiring to an engineering team as “all-new.” For the 2019 Acura RDX, the engineers behind the compact SUV’s third-generation had a host of all-new to manage,...
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2018 Volvo XC40 T5 AWD
Volvo is becoming increasingly technology centric. By the middle of the next decade, it expects to generate half of all sales annually from electric cars, with one third of all its cars sold to be autonomous.
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Linking Embroidery and Carbon Fiber to save Weight and Cost
The story of carbon fiber’s use by the automotive industry in medium- to high-volume manufacturing has for decades moved through chapters of high expectation and low...
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What We’re Driving: Toyota Land Cruiser
This sixth-generation of Toyota’s seminal Land Cruiser has been on the burly J200 (Tundra pickup-derived) body-on-frame architecture since 2007—and although there’s a certain allure to...
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E-Axles Speed Electrification
In the quest for ever-lower CO2 emissions, and more immediate needs to retain vehicle access in some of the world’s most-populous cities, the e-axle has found its calling. With most dedicated,...
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McLaren Earns Its Ph.D. in Handling
Following its 2017 launch at the Geneva International Motor Show, the McLaren 720S has received adulation and awards, garnering particular praise for its ride quality, handling and driver engagement....
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2018 Toyota Corolla
What do you get for $20,000 these days? How about a Toyota Corolla—one of the most proven and reliable compacts whose nameplate stands on over 40 million units sold to date. While this year’s big Corolla news...
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The Navigator: Traversing the Autonomous Trust Gap
During a recent conference hosted by semiconductor maker NXP in Silicon Valley, I had the honor of moderating a panel on the Autonomous Trust Gap. The timing was fortuitous in the wake of...
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Jaguar’s New EV Pacesetter
The state of the art of battery electric vehicles is progressing so quickly that each new vehicle introduction advances it. That is exactly what Jaguar has done with the I-Pace crossover SUV.
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Sourcing the Multi-Energy Platform
During most of the 43 years since U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards became law, the typical vehicle platform—unibody or full frame, with one ICE-based propulsion source running on...
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LiDAR: New “Eyes” for Vehicle Autonomy
The acronym stands for Light Detection and Ranging, and LiDAR first showed its potential in May 1962, when electrical engineers Louis Smullin and Giorgio Fiocca used the 12-inch telescope at...
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JAXA Establishes New Aircraft Electrification Consortium
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Electrification Challenge for Aircraft (ECLAIR) consortium in collaboration with IHI Corporation; Kawasaki Heavy...
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Laser-Made Parts Could Transform Aircraft Industry
Researchers are manufacturing steel and titanium aircraft parts using laser metal deposition technology. It can be used to 3D-print parts from scratch or to fix existing parts with a...
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SAE International Issues, Revises Technical Reports for Aerospace Engineering
Standards development teams at SAE International in Warrendale, Pa., have issued 11 new technical documents and revised or reaffirmed another 54 technical reports...
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Audi Confirms E-Tron EV to Use Cameras Instead of Side Mirrors
In what is claimed to be the world’s first series-production application of camera technology to replace exterior side-view mirrors, Audi announced that its upcoming e-tron...
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ISS Launches Largest Satellite to Date to Test Active Debris Removal
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) have launched RemoveDEBRIS, the first satellite with space debris-removal capabilities and the largest satellite...
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ADAS Features Expand Role, V2V Looms
Truck owners and commercial-vehicle suppliers are ramping up their safety efforts, making more advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) standard while looking at the potential benefits of...
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Connected Aircraft Technologies Benefit Manufacturers, Airlines, and Travelers
Connected aircraft means more than just in-flight movies, free texting, and Facebook posting with friends while in flight. In fact, the connected aircraft...
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NASA and AeroVironment Are Building a Helicopter for Mars
Last week, AeroVironment, Inc. of Monrovia, Calif. revealed its critical role in collaborating with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. to build the...
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Denso Bringing Driver Monitoring to Commercial-Vehicle Market
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), 4,440 large trucks and buses were involved in fatal accidents in 2016—a 29% increase since 2009. Driver...
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GA-ASI Maximizes Fuel Capacity for MQ-25 Entry
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) of Poway, Calif. is using an integrated fuel tank structure to maximize fuel offload for the company’s proposed MQ-25 design for the...
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3D Printed Tools and Robo-Glove Make Inroads at GM Assembly Plant
A few General Motors manufacturing plant workers are sharing space with collaborative robots, suggesting assembly line applications for 3D printed parts—and potentially...
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Tenneco Tech Center Expands NVH Capabilities with New Materials Lab
A material analysis lab and a dual material injection press, the latest additions to Tenneco’s Milan Technical Center, are helping technical specialists develop and...
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Persistent Systems Auto-Tracking Antenna Adds Aircraft to Network, Enhances Data Sharing
The Auto-Tracking Antenna System, a new portable, ground-to-air antenna from Persistent Systems LLC in New York, incorporates aircraft into the Wave...
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General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian Lands at RAF Fairford, Makes History
A remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), or drone, produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) made history as it landed at the Royal Air Force (RAF)...
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Superstrong Al Alloys May Change Aerospace Manufacturing Processes
Purdue University researchers have developed a superstrong material that may change some manufacturing processes for the aerospace and automobile industries.
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Opener Unveils Zero-Emission, All-Electric Personal Aerial Vehicle
This week, Opener, Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of consumer aero vehicles, debuted their zero-emission BlackFly prototype – and the latest foray into the...
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Researchers Push Limits in High-Temp, Polymer Additive Manufacturing
Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate are “turning up the heat” in the field of polymer additive...
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Heavy Ground Testing Puts Airbus’ BelugaXL On Track for First Flight
In preparation for its upcoming maiden flight, Airbus’ first BelugaXL is now in its heavy ground test phase – which focuses on the highly modified airframe for...
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Army Researchers Teach Robots to be Better Teammates for Soldiers
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Research Laboratory and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University developed a new...
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AgilePod Flies on U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper
In March 2018, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Sensors Program Office, working jointly with the AFLCMC Medium Altitude Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Office, sponsored three...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Warhead Life-Extension Program Passes Key Milestone
The program to extend the life of the W80 nuclear warhead recently achieved a significant milestone when the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) gave passing grades to the...
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U.K. Space Agency Partners with Industry to Advance Spaceflight Program
U.K. Space Agency officials in Swindon, England, are partnering with Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) in Bethesda, Md., to execute several strategic projects to support the...
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Boeing KC-46 Program Completes Flight Testing Required for First Delivery to U.S. Air Force
Boeing and U.S Air Force teams recently achieved a major KC-46 Pegasus tanker program milestone, completing all flight testing required for...
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GE Aviation, Teradata Partner on Data Analytics, Edge Connectivity for Airlines
Officials at GE Aviation in Evandale, Ohio, and Teradata (NYSE:TDC) in Dayton, Ohio, are expanding their partnership to provide airlines with a framework that...
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GE Aviation Chooses Microsoft Azure to Help Drive Digital Transformation in Aviation
GE Aviation Digital Solutions engineers in Evandale, Ohio, are scaling the company’s analytics and operations solutions on Microsoft Azure, selected as...
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Aircraft, Engine Orders Reach $98B, Focus on Flying Farther, Faster, Greener at Farnborough Airshow
Aircraft orders exceed $95 billion in value and are complemented by roughly $3 billion in aircraft engine and engine service agreement...
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Future of British Air Power: The Next-Gen Tempest
Today marked the debut of the United Kingdom’s new, next-generation fighter jet concept model dubbed the “Tempest.” The unveiling was coordinated with the launch of the U.K.’s...
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Lockheed Martin Flies FireHerc Firefighting Variant of C-130J Turboprop in Farnborough
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company (NYSE:LMT) in Marietta, Ga., is bringing its popular four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft to the fire...
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Martin UAV VTOL Unmanned Aircraft Taps Persistent Systems Wave Relay Data Link Technology
Engineers at Martin UAV LLC in Rohnert Park, Calif., will incorporate Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network (MANET) technology from Persistent Systems LLC...
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ZF Spins off Autonomous-Payment Company
Taking aim at automated valet parking and other autonomous-vehicle operations that involve payment transactions, Car eWallet GmbH has been spun out as a startup. The move was made after...
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Rolls-Royce to Work with Airframe Manufacturers, Seek Partners for EVTOL Project
Rolls-Royce in London is unveiling a concept electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicle, including civil and military variants, that could take to...
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RT LTA Develops an Improved Bladder Material for Lighter-Than-Air SkyStar Aerostats
Israel-based aerostat company RT LTA Systems Ltd. completed the development of an improved light-weight elastic material for aerostat bladders. These...
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Boeing, SparkCognition Partner on Safe Integration of Autonomous Air Vehicles in Airspace
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and SparkCognition, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology company in Austin, Texas, are collaborating on unmanned aircraft...
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BelugaXL Successfully Completes Maiden Flight
The first Airbus BelugaXL aircraft has landed at Toulouse-Blagnac, France at 14:41 hours local time after successfully completing its first flight.
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Mentor Design Tool Simplifies J1939 Development
The explosion of electronic functions on commercial vehicles is driving an expansion of vehicle networks, making network design and configuration an important factor in electronic...
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Government, Industry Invest $450M to Advance U.K. Civil Aerospace Research, Technology, Manufacturing
Government and industry in the United Kingdom are partnering to enable cleaner, greener flight through electric and hybrid aircraft, and...
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Blue Origin Mission 9 a Success
Earlier this week, Blue Origin’s New Shepard flew for the ninth time, completing a test of the crew capsule escape motor. This launch, known as Mission 9 (M9), marks the highest elevation achieved by...
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Forget Joysticks – Use Your Torso to Pilot Drones
Imagine piloting a drone using the movements of your torso only and leaving your head free to look around, much like a bird. Your torso is more intuitive – and more precise –...
INSIDER Aerospace
DARPA-Boeing Spaceplane Completes Engine Tests
Boeing and DARPA are collaborating to design, build, and test a technology demonstration vehicle for the agency’s Experimental Spaceplane program. The Phantom Express would reinvent space...
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Safran Completes First Ground Test of Distributed Hybrid Electric Propulsion System
Safran engineers completed the first ground test of the company’s distributed hybrid electric propulsion system at a Safran Helicopter Engines test...
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BAE Systems, Iveco Awarded Contract by U.S. Marines to Deliver 30 ACVs
The U.S. Marine Corps awarded BAE Systems and Iveco Defence Vehicles a $198 million contract to deliver an initial 30 amphibious combat vehicles (ACV), which are...
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Design for Additive Manufacturing with New Book from SAE International
Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, is among the hottest advanced manufacturing trends poised to transform myriad industries, including aerospace, with...
News Test & Measurement
VPT Rad-Hard Point of Load Converters Designed for Digital Processing in Space Environments
VPT Inc. (VPT), a HEICO company (NYSE:HEI), in Blacksburg, Va., is introducing its SVPL series space-qualified, radiation-hardened (rad-hard)...
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Challenges Ahead: Cybersecurity and the Aerospace Supply Chain
Digital data is transforming commercial aviation, driving efficiencies throughout air transportation and the supply chain, but it also introduces risk. Supply chains have...
News Aerospace
Tooling Decisions Play Major Role in Cost, Turnaround Time
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that outsource metal parts to contract manufacturers must often guess at the immediate production requirements for new products, so initial...
News Robotics, Automation & Control
Caterpillar, Newmont Partner on Underground Vehicle Automation Technology
Caterpillar and Newmont Mining have partnered to validate and improve underground hard rock mining vehicle automation technology. Nevada Cat dealer Cashman...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
SAE International Anti-Counterfeit Standards Integral to Obsolescence Management
Obsolescence management is key to the safe, secure, and reliable operation of platforms and systems over a long operational life. Counterfeit parts...
News Aerospace
NASA Partners with ONERA on Low-Boom Supersonic Flight
Last week, NASA and France’s Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA) signed a research agreement to collaborate on mitigating sonic boom noise produced by...
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Eaton Creates EMobility Business to Meet Electrified Technology Demand
Eaton has combined products, expertise and global manufacturing capabilities from its Electrical and Vehicle businesses to form a new eMobility business tasked to...
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Iridium, Aireon, SpaceX Celebrate Satellite Launch, System Deployment
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 04:39:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on July 25, 2018 and placed 10 new Iridium NEXT...
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Canada’s Future Search and Rescue Aircraft Get Its First Set of Eyes
Today, L3 WESCAM delivered the first of its first MX-15 electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) system to Airbus Defense and Space in support of Canada’s Fixed-Wing...
Original Equipment Electronics & Computers
Volvo Trucks, FedEx Demonstrate 3-Truck Platoon on North Carolina Highway
Volvo Trucks North America and FedEx are working together to study the benefits of platooning, recently driving three tractors pulling double 28-foot trailers down...
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Ceramic Matrix Composites in Aircraft Engines Projected to Double over Five Years, Stratview Research Predicts
The use of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) is up across the aerospace market, and among the fastest-growing trends in the...
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Viasat Military-Grade Airborne SATCOM Antenna Achieves FAA Certification, Completes Air Force C-17 MACC Testing
The Global Mobile Antenna ( GMA) 5560-101, aKu-/Ka-band multi-network, multi-mode satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna from...
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Autonomy, Connectivity to Radically Change Vehicle Design, Ownership
Speakers at a session at the 2018 Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Mich. on how autonomy developments will affect the design and use of personal vehicles...
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Poland’s PGZ to Collaborate on New Leonardo Attack Helicopter
Rome-based Leonardo S.p.A. and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. (PGZ) of Radom, Poland, signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the new AgustaWestland AH-249A attack...
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