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Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System
AeroVironment, Inc.Monrovia, CA626-357-9983www.avinc.com AeroVironment, Inc., a specialist in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, and ESG Elektroniksystem- und...
Briefs Defense
Inter-Laboratory Combat Helmet Blunt Impact Test Method Comparison
As the medical community learns more about brain injury, the importance of blunt impact mitigation becomes more apparent. As such, it is critical to make sure that research labs...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Using Thermoplastics in Aerospace Applications
In August 2017, Qantas Airlines laid down the challenge to both Boeing and Airbus to offer an aircraft that can cross one of aviation's “last frontiers.” That “last frontier” was an...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Communicating from Space: The Front End of Multiscale Modeling
As satellites and astronauts travel further out in space, the more communication challenges they face. NASA launched the InSight Mission on May 5, 2018 from Vandenberg Air Force...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Hydraulic Testing of Polymer Matrix Composite 102mm Tube Section
The objective of this research was to hydraulically pressurize the internal diameter of one 102mm Polymer Matrix Composite (PMC) over-wrapped cylinder up to 25,000 pounds per...
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D Printed Spacecraft Parts
Stratasys Ltd.Eden Prairie, MN952-937-3000www.stratasys.com/aerospace Phoenix Analysis and DesignTechnologies (PADT) Tempe, AZ1-800-293-PADTwww.padtinc.com Stratasys Ltd., a company that specializes in applied...
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New Products
Barometric Pressure Sensor Bosch Sensortec (Reutlingen, Germany) has introduced a new high performance barometric pressure MEMS sensor, the BMP388. The BMP388 delivers outstanding altitude stabilization in drones, where accurate...
Articles Test & Measurement
Designing a High-Speed Decoy Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Drone aircraft and their uses have been evolving quickly, supported by a great deal of ongoing research. One area of increasing interest is the decoy drone, designed to mimic the radar...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Using Turbine Flow Meters for Aerospace Test and Measurement Applications
Turbine flow meters have long been a preferred technology for obtaining precise measurements of fluid flow in the aerospace industry. In addition to their high accuracy,...
Articles Aerospace
In-Flight Real-Time Avionics Adaptation
Avionics is a very restricting domain for obvious safety reasons. Along with miniaturization comes the idea of integration. More functionality on one spot requires a good management of privacy and...
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Diesel Frigate Engines
Fairbanks MorseBeloit, WI1-800-356-6955www.fairbanksmorse.com Fairbanks Morse - an EnPro Industries company - has been awarded a contract to deliver eight FM | Colt-Pielstick diesel engines to power four frigates for the...
Articles Photonics/Optics
Laser-Based System Could Expand Space-to-Ground Communication
A new research project announced recently as a collaboration between the Georgia Institute of Technology and satellite communications provider Xenesis could help open the bottleneck...
Application Briefs Defense
Optical Seeker for Munitions Systems
BAE SystemsNashua, NH603-885-4321www.baesystems.com The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, has awarded BAE Systems a $13.1 million...
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Permeation Tests on Polypropylene Fiber Materials
The Toxic Industrial Chemical/Toxic Industrial Material (TIC/TIM) Task Force MFR#1 published in February 2009 focuses on inhalation hazards in an operational environment and provides a list of...
Articles Connectivity
Are Blockchain and ‘Smart Contracts’ the Secure Future?
Can blockchain, the digital distributed ledger technology so closely associated with the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, be used to mitigate the inherent risks of manufacturing automotive...
Articles Software
Software Building Blocks for AV Systems
When the development of ADAS functions or even automated driving up to SAE Level 4 strives for increased functionality, it also increases the complexity of the software environment — and the...
Articles Transportation
Cyber Security Goes Upstream
What can hackers do with a car? Just about anything they want. A typical vehicle today is a potential sitting duck, cybersecurity experts say. They point to ghosted schematics of cars showing dozens of...
Articles Connectivity
Electronic Architectures Get Smart
The mobility industry is experiencing the biggest disruption in its 125-year history, evolving at a pace that demands flexibility. There is an urgent need to remove all barriers in vehicle design and...
Articles Automotive
Reliability, Safety, and AV Development
On March 18, 2018, the first pedestrian fatality due to the operation of an autonomous vehicle occurred in Tempe, Arizona. Since then, almost 10,000 articles have been published on this accident,...
Articles Power
Understanding the Self-Driving Revolution
To understand the self-driving revolution, you must first understand Lindsay Brooke's opinion on the matter. Read on to do just that.
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Starship Road Trip
Dubbed the Starship Initiative, the collaboration between Shell and AirFlow Truck Co. on the Starship Class 8 concept truck achieved 178.4 ton-mpg for freight ton efficiency (FTE) in a recent cross-country drive, a nearly...
Articles Transportation
Software Rewrites the Rules
The auto industry’s evolution to a product differentiation based on services and software is prompting a transformation in areas as diverse as the structure of business relationships through cybersecurity for...
Articles Transportation
Truck Platoons on the Move
Research into truck platoons is running hot as companies investigate benefits such as fuel savings, safety, diminished congestion and reduced driver fatigue. Before these gains can be realized, a number of...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Defanging Driverless Cars
A pioneering program gives everyday people the chance to ride in an automated vehicle on public roads. Read on to learn more about it.
News RF & Microwave Electronics
SaraniaSat Wins $5M NASA InVEST Contract for Hyperspectral Thermal Imager
SaraniaSat, an aerospace start-up in Los Angeles, won a three-year, $5.1 million NASA In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) contract to test and...
News Aerospace
NASA Invests in Aerospace Start-Up, University Projects on CubeSat Platform
NASA Science Mission Directorate officials in Washington are funding three new projects selected from a pool of 25 received in response to the NASA Earth Science...
Q&A Electronics & Computers
Deutz Advances ‘E’ Strategy—prototypes on the Horizon
Deutz previously had indicated that alternative drives will play an increasingly important role in its core segments in the future. Taking the next step in that direction, the...
News Unmanned Systems
Intelligence Drives Efficiency, Safety and Uptime of Commercial Vehicles
Several leaders of global commercial-vehicle manufacturers converged in mid-July for a press workshop to discuss the most pressing technological, logistical and...
News Manned Systems
Link Readies Semi-Active Cab Suspension for Intro on Select 2020 Models
Link Manufacturing targets heavy-duty vehicles that transition from on- to off-road terrain, in particular, for what it claims will be the industry’s first...
Technical Innovation Manufacturing & Prototyping
AxleTech Develops Electric Independent Suspension Concept for Vehicles Up to 58,000-lb GCWR
Intended for a range of vehicle types — full battery electric vehicles, fuel cell range-extender EVs, and internal combustion engine or turbine generator range extenders — the 5000 Series electric independent suspension axle system (eISAS) recently revealed by AxleTech serves as a complete electric powertrain.
Articles Manned Systems
Big Data and Next-Gen Prognostics for Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Diagnostics have been around for a long time and are well understood and standardized. Huge amounts of diagnostic data have piled up over the years; fortunately, the data is machine...
Articles Power
Heavy-Duty Engine Design
Increasing regulations and market demands call for cleaner, more durable and fuel-efficient engines. Developers rely on CAE simulation, enhanced test methods and 3D printing to keep up.
Articles Design
Switching to Comfort Mode
Knobs and buttons once ruled the roost, but now they must work in tandem with touchscreens, which are ubiquitous in vehicles of all types. As they handle more functions, design teams are coming up with techniques that reduce operator movement by making them easier to reach.
Articles Design
Sitting on the Job
Engineers in commercial seating are exploring a range of materials and concepts to help reduce operator fatigue and discomfort. Many advances come from automotive companies that have the volumes to support much research.
Original Equipment Transportation
Komatsu Targets Productivity, Operator Comfort With New WA480-8 Wheel Loader
Komatsu America has added to its wheel loader family with the recent introduction of the new WA480-8, powered by a 299-hp (223-kW), 11.04-L, EPA Tier 4 Final certified, SAA6D125E-7 engine that burns up to 20 percent less fuel than its Tier 3 predecessor.
INSIDER Aerospace
Insect-Inspired Drone Deforms on Impact
A hybrid origami drone can be stiff or flexible depending on the circumstances. When airborne, the structure is stiff enough to carry its own weight and withstand the thrust of the propellers. But if the...
INSIDER Aerospace
Sensing Platform Manages Aircraft Corrosion
Called the Weather Instrumentation and Specialized Environmental Monitoring Platform (WISE-MP), a device being developed by the Air Force can measure conditions that can be detrimental to aircraft...
News Electronics & Computers
Textron Systems, Textron Aviation Defense Demonstrate Simulated Manned-Unmanned Teaming Capability
The ability to control unmanned systems from the cockpit of a manned tactical aircraft is coming closer to reality. Engineers at Textron...
News Manned Systems
Gulfstream G500 Earns FAA Type and Production Certificates
The Gulfstream G500 twin-engine business jet – designed and manufactured by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. of Savannah, Ga. – recently completed type certification and received a...
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Stratos Aircraft Evolves Carbon-Fiber Very Light Jet, Offers Limited Number of Kit Aircraft
Stratos Aircraft in Redmond, Ore., is introducing the Stratos 716 model, an evolved version of its 714 proof of concept (PoC) aircraft. A multi-role...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
NASA, Boeing, SpaceX to Launch ‘New Era in Human Spaceflight’
Astronaut launches will return to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011. NASA officials have named the first U.S. astronauts who will fly...
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Russia to Bring Back the Wing-In-Ground-Effect Aircraft
On July 30, according to Russian state news outlet TASS, Russia is developing a prototype of the Orlan wing-in-ground-effect multimode aircraft under the state armament program.
News Manned Systems
Five-Satellite MUOS Constellation to Deliver Secure, Next-Gen SATCOM on Battlefield
U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., has approved the U.S. Navy’s next-generation narrowband satellite communication (SATCOM)...
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Lockheed Martin Ships AEHF Satellite in Advance of ULA Rocket Launch
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) in Bethesda, Md., has shipped the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite from its facility in...
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Parker Aerospace and GKN Aerospace to Develop Passive Cooling Solutions for Next-Generation Aircraft Engines
Parker Aerospace, a business group of Cleveland-based Parker Hannifin Corporation, has reached a collaborative technology...
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NASA Invests $44M to Advance ‘Tipping Point’ Space Exploration Technologies
NASA officials in Washington are investing $44 million in total awards to six U.S. companies to advance 10 aerospace technologies at the “tipping point”...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Lockheed Martin and Arconic Collaborate on 3D Printing and Advanced Aerospace Materials
As part of an initiative to develop next-generation advanced materials and manufacturing processes, Lockheed Martin Corporation, based out of Bethesda,...
News Manned Systems
Boeing Aerospace & Autonomy Center to Focus on Designing, Building, Flying Autonomous Aircraft
Boeing (NYSE:BA) officials plan to open the new Boeing Aerospace & Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Mass., in the Massachusetts Institute of...
News Regulations/Standards
NASA Backs Commercialization of Human Spaceflight, Commercial Marketplace in LEO
NASA officials in Washington continue to invest in private-public partnerships to help foster commercial space activity with the selection of 13 companies to...
News Electronics & Computers
The Only Department of Defense-Owned, Human-Rated Centrifuge Gains Full Operational Capability
The only human-rated centrifuge in the Department of Defense just gained full operational capability (FOC). The centrifuge, located at the Air...
INSIDER Defense
Tail-Controlled Rocket Demonstrates Near-Vertical Impact at Extended Range
After six years of extensive research, engineers at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center have conducted a successful test...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Rockwell Collins Unveils Combat Targeting and Communications Gateway
Rockwell Collins has unveiled FasTAK™, a new tactical combat targeting system and secure communications gateway for success in today’s digital battlefield.
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Mahle Prepares for First Passenger Car E-Motor Application
With a portfolio that includes traction drive motors for 2- and 4-wheel drive off-road vehicles, Mahle will soon add 48-volt drive motors for light-duty passenger electric vehicles.
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U.K.’s Advanced Propulsion Center Lays out Roadmap for High-Tech, Low-Carbon Transportation
A major new report on a technology roadmap for “beyond the horizon” low-carbon vehicle propulsion technology concludes that there is unlikely...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Arconic Unveils Advanced Titanium Alloy for Higher Temperature Aerospace Applications
Arconic, Inc., headquartered in New York City, has released their latest advanced titanium alloy – ARCONIC-THOR –designed for higher temperature...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Opel’s Revamped Engineering Mission
When the French Groupe PSA (Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles), took German Opel/Vauxhall off GM’s hands last year for $2.1 billion, PSA stressed it would make great use of the German company’s...
News Manned Systems
Parker Aerospace Wins Cessna Denali Bleed Air Control System Contract
Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Cleveland-based Parker Hannifin Corporation, was awarded the bleed air control system (BACS), a major component of the...
News Energy
Airbus Zephyr S Breaks World Flight Endurance Record During Maiden Flight
After taking off on July 11 in Arizona, the Zephyr S unmanned aircraft from Airbus Defence and Space in Ottobrunn, Germany logged a maiden flight of over 25 days –...
Technology Report Propulsion
GKN Turns the CV Joint Inside-Out
GKN Driveline is developing an innovative driveshaft concept that literally turns inside out the traditional configuration of the constant-velocity joint (CVJ), bringing potential benefits to both...
News Manned Systems
Advances in Adhesive Joining of Structural Components Focus of New Book from SAE International
Adhesive joining of structural components will assume an increasingly important role in designing and manufacturing lightweight structures for...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing, Composites Help Grow Global Electric Aircraft Market
The electric aircraft market continues to grow at a fast pace, boosted by increasing demand for ultralight electric test aircraft and innovative general aviation (GA)...
News Propulsion
2018 Ford Fiesta Active
When a company adds the title “Active” to the name of a best-selling model it might generate the expectation of all-wheel-drive, chunky tires and a general “take me to the mud” image.
News Aerospace
Subaru’s New ‘Souped Up’ Vehicle Is a Bell Helicopter
Bell Helicopter, a division of Textron based in Forth Worth, Texas, is partnering with Subaru Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, to collaborate on a commercial enhancement of the Bell...
INSIDER Aerospace
Device Can Prevent Aircraft Accidents
A new device can increase aircraft safety during takeoff. During the first 10 seconds of the takeoff roll, the device predicts if the aircraft will reach the sufficient speed for taking off. The idea...
INSIDER Aerospace
Launching Graphene to the Stratosphere
Researchers are testing the properties of graphene after it has been launched into the stratosphere. Two-dimensional graphene has a unique combination of being extremely flexible, harder than diamond,...
What We’re Driving Green Design & Manufacturing
Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro
It’s hardly a secret that Toyota’s Tacoma owns the midsize pickup market—both in raw sales and in perception. After a kinda-sorta redesign of the Tacoma for 2016, the TRD Pro model followed for 2017 to establish...
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WePredict Ready to Rock Component-Quality Analytics
Somewhere near the zip code of Big Data is the emerging neighborhood of Big Analytics, where computer scientists, research analysts, mathematicians and statisticians intake the...
Road Ready Energy
2019 Dodge Challenger: Deceased Demon Seeds Stronger and Wider Muscle-Car Lineup
The 2019 Dodge Challenger lineup sees a savvy refresh that keenly redistributes its muscle-car strengths. With the one-model-year-only Demon passing into...
News Photonics/Optics
VR, COTS, NextGen and SESAR to Take Center Stage at Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance Conference
Hundreds of flight simulation and training experts from aerospace organizations worldwide – including airframe manufacturers,...
News Design
Ford Shifts to Vehicle Architectures
Ford Motor Company is going from nine global platforms to five flexible vehicle architectures with a strong emphasis on sharing modules. The automaker’s revised product development process is...
News Manned Systems
Boeing Completes Autonomous Synchronized Flight Tests in Australia
Chicago-based Boeing has successfully completed the first suite of synchronized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests using new onboard autonomous command and control...
News AR/AI
The Navigator: Explosion in Compute Power Enables Automated Driving
Over the course of this summer as I continue to follow all the companies developing automated driving systems, I’ve also been reading a preview copy of the new book from...
News Weapons Systems
Ministry of Defense of Qatar Orders 28 NHIndustries NH90 Multirole Military Helicopters
Leonardo, a high-tech aerospace, defense, and security company in Rome, will deliver 28 NH90 medium, twin-engine, multirole military helicopters valued at...
News Energy
2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Limited
Don’t know how I overlooked the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid for so long, but it gets my personal award for most pleasant—and pleasingly surprising—vehicle I’ll drive in 2018. Yep, this thing is so...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Raytheon Invests in Advanced, Autonomous Manufacturing Technologies for Radar Development, Testing
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) in Waltham, Mass., has upped its investment in advanced manufacturing innovations, including automated and...
News Test & Measurement
Aireon to Launch Free, Real-Time Emergency Aircraft Location Service
Aireon LLC, a global aircraft tracking and surveillance company in McLean, Va., is inviting aircraft operators, regulators, search-and-rescue organizations, and air...
News Test & Measurement
Hardide Coatings Awarded Two Major UK Aerospace Funding Grants
Today, Oxfordshire-based Hardide Coatings of Hardide plc in the United Kingdom (UK) was awarded funding from the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP)...
News Materials
Demand up for Composite-Grade, High-Performance Plastics Across Aerospace, Automotive
Demand for high-performance plastics (HPPs) is up across the aerospace industry, driven by such key trends as growing performance requirements, increased...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
US Government Accountability Office Finds Gaps in Military Helicopter Mishap Data
This month, during an ongoing review of military training for rotary-wing aircraft, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report...
News Aerospace
NASA Selects Frontier Aerospace to Continue Development of New Deep Space Thruster
NASA’s Space Technology and Mission Directorate (STMD) awarded Simi Valley, Calif.’s Frontier Aerospace Corporation with “Tipping Point” funding to...
News Manned Systems
Bye Aerospace’s Solar-Electric Prototype Completes First Flight
Bye Aerospace of Englewood, Colo. recently completed the first flight of its solar electric technology demonstrator prototype. The first flight – on August 20 – and...
News Unmanned Systems
Jaguar Land Rover Makes Eye Contact with New AV Research
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) engineers developing autonomous-vehicle (AV) driving systems are working with cognitive psychologists to determine how users—and particularly...
News Manned Systems
T-X Competition to End in September with Selection of New USAF Trainer Aircraft
According to officials, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will select a new trainer aircraft by September 30 – before the end of the 2018 fiscal year. The aircraft...
News Weapons Systems
Boeing Wins MQ-25 Contract
Boeing, headquartered in Chicago, will build the U.S. Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft, the MQ-25 Stingray. The $805-million engineering and manufacturing development (EMD)...
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