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Euro NCAP Details New Testing for Heavy-Truck Safety Rating

Euro NCAP has revealed the elements it is considering as part of an upcoming Truck Safe rating, and how it intends to test and benchmark truck performance. The announcement was...

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Manned Systems

FirstElement Opens America’s First High-Volume, Fast-Fill Hydrogen Station for HD Trucks

It may be missing the food and hospitality trappings of what most would consider a proper “truck stop,” but the nation’s first high-volume,...

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Manned Systems

Airbus Starts Flight Testing Upgraded French Army Helicopter

Airbus Helicopters has started the flight testing campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2. This standard is one of the latest NH90 configurations and is being developed...

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Unmanned Systems

WATCH: Air Force Research Lab's First Flight of XQ-67A Drone

The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second- generation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in...

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Aerospace

SpaceX to Develop ISS Deorbit Vehicle for NASA

NASA has selected SpaceX to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) and ensure avoidance of risk to...

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Supplier Eye
Power

Planning with a Scenario Mindset

Across the industry, strategic planners from OEMs and suppliers alike are scratching their heads. The number of strategic directions they currently face is unprecedented. Combine global trade friction...

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Energy

TI Fluid Systems Opens Facility to Create Cooling Products for EVs

TI Fluid Systems’ newest e-Mobility Innovation Center (eMIC) provides the North American market with a collaborative space to develop efficient thermal management...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

Quantifying Generative AI in Defense Applications

DARPA seeks proposals for the new Artificial Intelligence Quantified (AIQ) program that aims to develop technology to assess and enable the guaranteed performance of generative AI.

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Manned Systems

Hexagon Agility Partners with Brudeli for Hybrid CNG Truck Powertrains

Hexagon Agility announced a collaboration with Norwegian EV transmission supplier Brudeli Green Mobility at the 2024 ACT Expo in Las Vegas. The partnership’s goal is...

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Unmanned Systems

AutoSens: RFpro Reveals ‘Massive, Complicated’ LA Model

Simulation company rFpro has already mapped over 180 digital locations around the world, including public roads, proving grounds and race circuits. But the company’s latest is...

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Defense

Navy, Marine Corps Test New Laser System for Precision Aircraft Painting

A new capability at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) is streamlining the aircraft painting process, allowing the depot to decrease maintenance turnaround time and...

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Manned Systems

US Army Needs to Improve How New Equipment is Fielded, Report Says

Since 2021, the U.S. Army has invested $46.5 billion into developing new weapons and fielding them faster. However, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds...

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Manned Systems

First Air Force Unmanned Traffic Management System Deployed at MacDill

Air Mobility Command, or AMC, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate, began assessing the AFRL Collaborative...

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Defense

Are Navy Ships Ready for 5G?

The U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) is preparing to deploy the first 5G radios and connectivity designed for the Navy's fleet of ships, according to an update released by the agency last week. The...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

SkillReal Says Inexpensive Camera and AI Add up to Faster, Better Inspections

A company says that its digital twin alignment system, incorporating a sophisticated AI algorithm and an off-the-shelf camera, has the potential to revolutionize...

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Unmanned Systems

AutoSens: Nodar’s Plan to Make Park Assist Tech Better, Cheaper, Cleaner

Park assist technology seems like low-hanging fruit in the assisted and automated driving space, but anyone who’s attempted to use one of these systems might have...

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Unmanned Systems

Are Today’s Sensors Ready for Next-Level Automated Driving?

SAE Level 3 automated driving marks a clear break from the lower levels of driving assistance since that is the dividing line where the driver can be freed to focus on things...

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Energy

Volvo Hits Milestones for Autonomous Trucks and Electrified Off-Highway Machine

Volvo made several key announcements at the 2024 ACT Expo in Las Vegas. The company also reaffirmed its goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions with a 100%...

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Manned Systems

Eaton and BAE Gear up a New Electrified Truck

One of the advantages that OEMs have long touted for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) has been the elimination of components like the transmission. The instant torque that an electric motor can...

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Connectivity

UX Work Underway to Make Alphabet Soup, Control Icons Easier on Drivers

At the InCabin USA interior vehicle technology expo in Detroit in May, Ford customer research lead Susan Shaw said that the sea of letters around ADAS features and...

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Road Ready
Power

Tackling the Elements with the Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster and Wagon

Spinning up a new car company in the 2020s typically means there's a new electric crossover being unveiled that may (or may not) come to market sometime in the next...

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Power

ZF’s Latest Safety Advances Open Up, Tighten up and Double Down

ZF knows that the steering wheel remains one of the most relevant components in an automotive interior, because this is where drivers have direct contact to the vehicle. As...

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Transportation

Realizing Software-Defined Commercial Vehicles

Severe driver shortages, rising fuel and material costs, escalating demand for freight transport, higher sustainability requirements – there is no shortage of challenges facing the transport...

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Imaging

Q&A: Three’s Not a Crowd When It Comes to ADAS Sensors

SAE Media spoke with Clement Nouvel, Valeo’s chief technical officer for lidar, about Valeo’s background in ADAS and what’s coming next. Nouvel leads over 300 lidar engineers...

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Research Lab

Space Docking and Satellite AI Research

Can electro adhesive forces help ease the process of docking in-orbit satellites? A team of industry and University of Colorado Boulder researchers is determined to find out.

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Road Ready
Automotive

2025 Cadillac Optiq EV Arrives with Standard Dual Motors

Continuing its rollout of EVs, Cadillac revealed the 2025 Optiq SUV today, the company’s most affordable EV yet and a smaller sibling to the popular Lyriq that was introduced last...

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Electronics & Computers

Army Launches CMOSS Prototyping Competition for Computer Chassis and Cards

Embedded computing suppliers will have the opportunity to compete to develop new open system architecture chassis and cards for use in U.S. Army combat vehicles and...

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Weapons Systems

Counter UAS Systems Tested Against Swarms of 50 Drones in Latest Yuma Exercise

The U.S. military has used unmanned aircraft for decades to perform dangerous reconnaissance and attack missions that save lives, but the importance of small...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

How AR, Robotics are Increasing Speed of Space Payload Manufacturing at Northrop

The speed of getting to space relies on more than just the thrust of a rocket. Before any countdown begins, satellite systems must be designed, manufactured...

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Power

Small Low-Cost Engines for Drones and Collaborative Combat Aircraft

GE Aerospace and Kratos Turbine Technologies signed a new partnership agreement at the 2024 Farnborough International Air Show to develop and manufacture small affordable...

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Software

In Pursuit of a Dedicated Hydrogen ICE for Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Heavy-duty vehicle regulations from the European Union specify a 43% carbon emissions reduction by 2030. The EU’s carbon emissions reduction mandate climbs to 64% by 2035...

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Unmanned Systems

SAE Media Group Acquires Leading Community Hub for C-UAS Professionals

(New York and London) – SAE Media Group has completed the acquisition of C-UAS Hub (cuashub.com), a premier resource for news and actionable information in the...

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Energy

Toyota, Mazda, Subaru Agree Carbon Is ‘Enemy' with Internal Combustion Engine Announcement

Toyota, Mazda and Subaru announced a new technological effort to create new internal combustion engines and ways to use them in the...

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