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MTU Training Facility Helps Keep Complex Engines up and Running
Today’s commercial engines are more reliable, fuel efficient, and powerful than ever. However, capability means complexity.
News Manned Systems
Bobcat Launches R Series Mini Excavators at Intermat
Bobcat, a division of the Doosan Group, has launched the R Series range of 2-4 tonne mini excavators at the Intermat exhibition in Paris in April. The machines are said to deliver...
Executive Viewpoints Design
Schneider Continues Zero-Emission Goal at Nikola
The demand for zero-emission transportation continues to rise around the world as countries like Germany and China begin to examine the prospect of banning internal-combustion-engine vehicle...
Technical Innovation Test & Measurement
Navistar's Latest SuperTruck Features Emerson's Electric HVAC
An innovative Emerson electric HVAC system provides more cooling capacity than the prior 48-volt system on Navistar’s CatalIST high-efficiency demonstration commercial truck.
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Big Data Takes to the Skies
Growing up in a small town in Ohio, Rhonda Walthall frequently passed Neil Armstrong’s farm, where he’d retired after his accomplished career as an astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval aviator, test...
News Regulations/Standards
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 Manned Systems
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...
Executive Viewpoints Transportation
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...
News Energy
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...
News Manned Systems
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 Test & Measurement
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 Transportation
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 Robotics, Automation & Control
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 Transportation
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 Transportation
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 Connectivity
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...
News 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 Sensors/Data Acquisition
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 Manufacturing & Prototyping
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 Aerospace
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 RF & Microwave Electronics
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....
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How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
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Microvision Aquires Luminar, Plans Relationship Restoration, Multi-industry Push
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A Next Generation Helmet System for Navy Pilots
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New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
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CES 2026: Bosch is Ready to Bring AI to Your (Likely ICE-powered) Vehicle
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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
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