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Recognizing a Distinguished Leader in the Global Aerospace Industry
Respect. Esteem. Distinction. All words that define “honor”—and that demonstrate the significance of SAE International’s prestigious Medal of Honor, an award that...
Executive Viewpoints AR/AI
Volvo CE Pursues AI for Operator-Assist Functions on Path to Full Automation
While true machine learning employed in fully automated vehicles and equipment—where algorithms trained by data become brain-like, gaining skills such as pattern...
News Manned Systems
Bosch Stresses Need for E/E Architecture Upgrade
Bosch is hardly an unfamiliar name to the heavy truck and off-highway industries—the supplier has been a major player in the diesel and hydraulics spaces for quite some time. But two years...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Mecalac Targets Building Sites in Cities for Fully-Electric E12 Excavator
With a focus on developing and manufacturing construction equipment for urban environments, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Mecalac plans to begin production...
Executive Viewpoints AR/AI
Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality Transform Heavy-Vehicle Engineering
Augmented, mixed and virtual reality (AR, MR and VR) are everywhere. Over the past 12-18 months the number of new devices and apps being released has risen...
Articles Materials
Meeting Environmental Objectives and Regulations
Gone are the days when the impact of products on the environment or human health were optional business concerns. Regulatory constraints on materials and chemicals are increasing, and many...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Using the Full CAD-CAM-CNC Process Chain in Ultrasonic and Conventional 5-Axis Machining
DMG MORI manufactures a wide variety of conventional chip-cutting and ultrasonic machining centers for OEMs and production job shops serving the aerospace...
Articles Transportation
Underway on Nuclear Power
At Ford Motor Co., CTO Dr. Ken Washington is driving new approaches to technology innovation — from inside and outside the enterprise.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Steeling for Reduced Mass and Higher Strength
OEMs are now willing to pay over three times the cost of conventional carbon steel, experts say, for new material solutions that reduce vehicle mass while retaining crash integrity and overall durability.
Articles Transportation
Balancing the RUMBLE and ROAR
Multiphysics simulation is part of the development toolset at Mahindra Two Wheelers, as the Indian motorcycle and scooter maker expands into global markets with larger bikes.
Q&A Propulsion
Transforming Propulsion with Tula’s Digital-Control Magic
Tula Technology has more coming in advanced-propulsion technology including hybrid and EV developments, noted company President and CEO Scott Bailey. A 40-year powertrain engineering veteran, Bailey spoke recently with AE Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Brooke.
Technical Innovation Test & Measurement
Engineers at Cape Optimize Test-rig Performance for Roof-crush Testing
Evaluating how school buses and other commercial vehicles perform in crash-test scenarios is regular practice at the Center for Advanced Product Evaluation (CAPE) in...
Executive Viewpoints Transportation
Diesel Isn’t Dead
Comparing the perception of the internal combustion engine’s imminent demise to the plot of an Edgar Allan Poe short story is an effective attention-getter. Dr. Kelly Senecal, owner and Vice President of Convergent...
Executive Viewpoints Transportation
Adding Digital Intelligence, Connectivity to Actuators
Smart actuators are making operation of heavy-duty vehicles and mobile off-highway (MOH) equipment easier, safer and less expensive. Thanks to digital intelligence and connectivity...
Technical Innovation Green Design & Manufacturing
SwRI: CHEDE Consortium Closing in on 55% HD Diesel-Engine Efficiency
A multi-client research-and-development consortium led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to develop heavy-duty diesel engines that demonstrate 55% engine-system brake...
Briefs Power
Low-Cost Ground Sensor Network for Intrusion Detection
Perimeter surveillance of forward operating locations, such as Forward Arming and Refueling Points (FARPs), is crucial to ensure the survivability of personnel and materiel. FARPs are...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Co-Prime Frequency and Aperture Design for HF Surveillance, Wideband Radar Imaging, and Nonstationary Array Processing
A co-prime array uses two uniform linear subarrays to construct an effective difference coarray with certain desirable...
Articles Materials
Improving Component Life in Abrasive, Corrosive Aerospace Environments
In industries such as aerospace, characterized by extreme operating environments that push materials and components to the edge of their design capabilities, companies are...
Articles Defense
Beyond VMEbus A New Concept
Deployability and life-cycle management of large and disparate collections of weapons, combat and C4ISR computing systems is one of the most critical challenges facing the Department of Defense today. Numerous...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Digital Radar Warning Receiver
Northrop Grumman CorporationFalls Church, VA703-280-2900www.northropgrumman.com Northrop Grumman Corporation recently received a $124.7 million award for production of AN/APR-39D(V)2 digital radar warning receiver...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Taming the Thermal Behavior of Solid-State Military Lasers
Laser diodes and laser diode arrays (LDAs) are widely used throughout military systems, for sighting and range finding, but also at high power levels as offensive and defensive weapons....
Briefs Test & Measurement
Converting Existing Copper Wire Firing System to a Fiber-Optically Controlled Firing System for Electromagnetic Pulsed Power Experiments
After extensive review from the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Electrical Safety Office, it was...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Game-Based Training Environment
Charles River AnalyticsCambridge, MA617-491-3474www.cra.com Charles River Analytics Inc., a developer of intelligent systems solutions, has announced a two-year, $2 million Phase III contract to enhance the...
Products Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Products
RF and Microwave Power Amplifier Accessories Pasternack (Irvine, CA) has released a new series of RF and microwave power amplifier accessories that includes heat sinks, heat sinks with cooling fans, and power control cable...
Briefs Internet of Things
In-Network Processing on Low-Cost IoT Nodes for Maritime Surveillance
The effective distribution of offensive weapon capabilities to naval units at the tactical edge is a critical focus for Navy leaders. A direct byproduct of this priority is...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Surviving the Challenge of Thermal Design in Aerospace Electronics
The aerospace sector places some uniquely challenging demands on electronics designers. For a start, the environments that the electronics are exposed to are much harsher than...
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