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Nomination Period Now Open for SAE International Aerospace Engineering Awards
Every year, SAE International seeks to recognize the outstanding individuals for their commitment to the mobility industry. Among the nearly 60 professional awards...
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NAIAS 2019: Shelby GT500 Most Powerful and Advanced Mustang in Ford History
Ford has debuted the all-new 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), describing it as the most-powerful production Ford...
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Dürr Builds Advanced Paint Shop for EV Startup Byton
China-based automotive startup Byton, fresh from beguiling attendees of the recent Los Angeles auto show and the subsequent CES at the start of 2019, confirmed it intends to begin...
News Manned Systems
Ricardo Reveals Details of Latest E-Motor and EDCT
United-Kingdom engineering specialist Ricardo recently revealed extensive development details of its latest automotive 48-V 25-kW e-motor and associated inverter, which it claims can...
News Propulsion
Boeing and NASA Unveil Lightweight, Ultra-Thin, More Aerodynamic Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Concept
Engineers at Boeing and NASA are collaborating on a lightweight, ultra-thin Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) concept, designed to be more...
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Nvidia’s New Level 2+ Autonomy Platform Is Making Cars Safer Today
At Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 in Las Vegas, Nvidia of Santa Clara, California debuted a new automotive artificial intelligence (AI) system: DRIVE AutoPilot. The...
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NAIAS 2019: The Tech-Savvy Next-Generation Ford Explorer
The 6th-generation Ford Explorer looks to retain its all-time best-selling-SUV in America status by adding driver assist and other technologies, while dropping its former FWD/AWD...
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Ford Returns to Midsize-Pickup Game with 2019 Ranger
The roads east of San Diego twist and rise through the mesa hills towards the Laguna Mountains, providing an ideal drive for any sports car, but Ford boldly chose these winding paths for...
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Vertical Flight Society Applauds EVTOL Innovation, Bell Nexus UAM Concept
The electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) revolution is gaining momentum, as evidenced by the unveiling of the Bell Nexus hybrid-electric VTOL air taxi concept...
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Elevate: Hyundai’s New Four-Wheel Drive, Four-Legged Off-Road Vehicle
As dozens of aerospace and automotive companies converge on the urban air mobility (UAM) revolution, Seoul-based Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is going in a...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Honeywell Aerospace Launches B2B E-Commerce Site for Aerospace Components
Honeywell Aerospace, a division of Honeywell International, has rolled out a new business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform for buying and selling aerospace...
Technology Report Energy
China’s NIO Making EV Battery Swapping Work
Emergent electric-vehicle automaker NIO believes battery swapping makes sense for EVs and the company’s customers almost universally agree. In front of 10,000 guests at the 2018 NIO Day in...
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2019 E-Tron SUV: Audi Goes Electric
Audi has made its ambitious electromobility goals clear, saying it will offer 10 all-electric and 10 plug-in hybrid models by 2025, accounting for at least one-third of its sales. To help achieve this,...
News Design
Bell Nexus Full-Scale Air Taxi Design Debuts, Taps Novel VTOL, Hybrid Propulsion, Energy Storage, and Avionics Technologies
Mobility engineers and executives at Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, in Fort Worth, Texas, are...
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Byton Details Its EV, Autonomy Vision at CES 2019
The 48-in (1219-mm) LCD screen atop the Byton M-byte concept car’s instrument panel is not only the auto industry’s largest in-vehicle display. It also signals what could be a radical...
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Rolls-Royce’s Race to Develop the World’s Fastest All-Electric Aircraft
Inside a hangar bay at Gloucestershire airport in South West England, London-based Rolls-Royce plc has gathered a team of British engineers, designers, and data...
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Militaries Choose Marvin Test Solutions MTS-3060A with Enhanced Flight-Line Test Capabilities, Cybersecurity
Marvin Test Solutions Inc. – a provider of test solutions for aerospace, defense, and manufacturing organizations – is shipping...
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Auto, Tech Industries Launch PAVE Coalition for Autonomous-Vehicle Education
Acknowledging the need for enhanced public and policymaker understanding about automated-vehicle (AV) technology, a new coalition of 26 industry, academic and...
INSIDER Aerospace
Porous and Stiff Material for Aircraft Lightweighting
Researchers have developed and manufactured a family of architectures that maximizes the stiffness of porous, lightweight materials. 3D printing and other additive production techniques...
INSIDER Aerospace
Foldable Drone Flies Through Narrow Holes
A new drone was developed that can retract its propeller arms in flight and make itself small to fit through narrow gaps and holes. This is particularly useful when searching for victims of natural...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Experiments Fly on Virgin Galactic Spacecraft
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo successfully flew to suborbital space last month with four NASA-supported technology payloads onboard. NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program purchased...
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Boeing to Modernize Spanish Chinook Fleet with Autonomous-Ready Avionics and Flight Control Systems
The Boeing Company will upgrade all 17 of Spain’s Boeing CH-47D Chinook heavy lift helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features...
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Centre for Modelling & Simulation to Develop Digital Twins for GKN Aerospace Additive, Composite, and Industry 4.0 Technologies
The Centre for Modelling & Simulation (CFMS) will collaborate with GKN Aerospace to advance aircraft...
News Automotive
NASA Spacecraft Reaches Farthest Target in History
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of New Year's Day, ushering in the era of exploration from the enigmatic Kuiper Belt, a region of primordial...
News Defense
SAE International’s Fundamentals of Electric Aircraft Takes Deep Dive on Aircraft Electrification Paradigm Shift, Innovation
SAE International’s latest release, Fundamentals of Electric Aircraft, offers an objective view of current...
Articles Electronics & Computers
BEV Heat Pumps Recovering Cost Investments
Can a heat pump-equipped battery electric vehicle (BEV) overcome major energy losses for cabin heating comfort in cold ambient conditions –and at reasonable system cost? These questions were...
Technology Report Electronics & Computers
BP’s Nexcel Sealed-Cell Oil System an Alternative for Controlling GHG Emissions
The automotive industry is broadening its spectrum of technology to support the reduction of global greenhouse gases not just via electric drivetrains and...
Technology Report Connectivity
JLR Uses Predictive Technology to Reduce Motion-Sickness Risk
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has revealed that a specialist “wellness research” team has created an algorithm to help reduce vehicle motion sickness by up to 60%. The algorithm...
Articles Software
End Public ‘Shadow’ Driving!
The fundamental premise of shadow driving is that the vehicle has learned the proper management of possible events which may occur during the maneuvers, and the human observer can react fast enough to stop any negative results from occurring.
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