Latest Stories
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Characterization of Bore Temperatures and Stresses in Small Caliber Gun Barrels
Currently in the small arms community, with the push for lighter, stronger barrels with improved life, a more complete understanding of the bore's thermal and...
Articles Aerospace
XPONENTIAL 2019 – An AUVSI Experience
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is bringing this year's XPONENTIAL 2019 to McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. The event, which runs from April 29 – May 2, will feature...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Modular Biosensor Patch
Researchers are identifying new biomarkers to help monitor cognition and stress in the human body and enhance human performance. Traditional biomarkers like heart rate, temperature, oxygen partial pressure, blood...
Articles Transportation
Transforming ZF
ZF’s expertise in the hardware and software sides, and in systems integration, "should enable it to keep a competitive advantage."
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
2019 Vehicle Technology Review
With massive shifts looming in the automotive engineering space, it’s easy to forget that the pace of innovation continues unaltered in the here and now. Here's a review of the latest technologies on the newest OEM models and how they point to current trends in the automotive landscape.
Original Equipment Manned Systems
2019 Ram Chassis Cab: More Capability, More Driver-Assist Tech
The 2019 Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 Chassis Cab commercial trucks herald class-leading capability in towing, payload, and Gross Combined Weight Ratings (GCWR). “We drove our...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Freudenberg to Deliver Batteries, Fuel-Cell Stacks
Seals, gaskets, and O-rings are the unsung heroes of the industrial world, especially in commercial vehicles or mobile machinery. In a world dominated by news of autonomous vehicles powered...
News Power
GKN Demos ETwinster, World’s-First 2-Speed Torque-Vectoring BEV Transmission
GKN Automotive has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first 2-speed, torque-vectoring transmission for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Featured on...
Technology Report Manned Systems
VW's MEB Platform: A Modularity Enabler
Volkswagen’s MEB, an in-development chassis designed strictly for electric propulsion, enables a modular battery layout that can provide a Volkswagen Group electric vehicle (EV) with an estimated...
Original Equipment Propulsion
Ford Debuts F-600 Chassis Truck at Work Truck Show
Ford Motor Co.’s newest commercial truck, the F-600 Super Duty chassis cab, slots between the Ford F-550 and F-650. The new nameplate, which hits a “sweet spot” in the market,...
Technology Report Motion Control
Porsche Wet Mode Integrates Tech Under One Umbrella
Porsche has provided detail on its new Wet Mode technology for its latest, eighth-generation (aka 992) 911 coupe. The assistance system, which “listens” for potential wet road danger...
News Manned Systems
AI, Standards Are Transforming Military Boards and Modules
Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to impact defense-industry surveillance and analysis systems, prompting a transformation in board and module designs. Suppliers of these...
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Gasoline Fuels Growing Number of Commercial Vehicles
Biodiesel may be the top alternative fuel for work truck fleets, according to the 2019 Fleet Purchasing Outlook Survey conducted by the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA), but...
News Defense
Supersonic Aircraft: Setting the Record Straight at AeroTech Americas
Supersonic aircraft technology experts – including engineers, scientists, and executives – set the record straight on supersonic commercial transport, addressing...
News Energy
Battery Technology Is Still the Key Barrier to Better Urban Air Mobility
During a panel session titled “Flying Cars – Will You Have One In Your Garage?” Mark Moore, former NASA engineer and current engineering director of aviation at...
Articles Energy
Powering Back to the Future
Credit Leonardo DaVinci for creating what many historians believe was the first depiction of a self-powered vehicle. It was powered by springs. And in the centuries since then, engineers have found increasingly...
News Defense
GoFly Announces Phase II Winning Teams at AeroTech Americas
Early today at AeroTech Americas – SAE International’s North America-based international aerospace congress – GoFly announced the five Phase II winners of the GoFly Prize for...
Road Ready Power
2019 Nissan Leaf plus Nets Extended EV Range
The 2019 Leaf Plus has a longer driving range and provides quicker acceleration than its platform-sharing counterpart, the second-generation Leaf, thanks to a higher-output motor and additional...
News Defense
Sikorsky-Boeing’s FVL Contender Takes Flight
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant (stylized as “SB>1 DEFIANT”) compound helicopter flew for the first time at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Florida facility. Unlike current rotorcraft,...
News Electronics & Computers
OneWeb Ramps up Satellite Production with New Round of Funding
OneWeb has secured $1.25 billion in its latest funding round. The company, which seeks to deploy a satellite communication network by 2021 that will enable global high-speed,...
News Unmanned Systems
The Air Force’s New Unmanned Wingmate Completes Inaugural Flight
The XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or “drone” demonstrator – a collaborative project between the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Kratos...
News Electronics & Computers
FAA Certifies AeroVonics' Economical Avionics Upgrade for Light General Aviation Aircraft
AeroVonics LLC, an aerospace startup based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for its...
News Propulsion
2019 Hyundai Veloster R-Spec
I don’t deliver much critique about vehicle styling because everybody’s entitled to their own tastes, but it’s important to say up front that I’ll never think the Veloster—even in its faintly...
News Unmanned Systems
New R&D Boss Details RoboSense’s LiDAR Strategy
LiDAR technology is one of the busiest areas of engineering for self-driving cars, and some people have been working on the technology for over a decade. Dr. Leilei Shinohara (below), for...
INSIDER Aerospace
Making Flight Safer With the “Internet of Airplanes”
The Virtual Sky platform was developed to fuse and analyze flight sensor data correctly, reliably, and quickly. Virtual Sky would serve as a model extension of the FAA’s Next...
Road Ready Propulsion
Honda Fills a Gap with 2019 Passport
You may think that by now, just about all full-line automakers have every crossover/SUV segment covered. Small, medium and large, just like it used to be with sedan.
Top Stories
INSIDERManufacturing & Prototyping
How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
NewsAutomotive
Microvision Aquires Luminar, Plans Relationship Restoration, Multi-industry Push
INSIDERAerospace
A Next Generation Helmet System for Navy Pilots
INSIDERDesign
New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
ArticlesAR/AI
CES 2026: Bosch is Ready to Bring AI to Your (Likely ICE-powered) Vehicle
Road ReadyDesign
Webcasts
Semiconductors & ICs
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Unmanned Systems
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
Electronics & Computers
Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
Power
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
AR/AI
A FREE Two-Day Event Dedicated to Connected Mobility
