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Navy Researchers Work to Lighten, Strengthen Warfighter Armor
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory pushed grain size engineering to the limit and recently discovered previously unseen behaviors in...
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Artificial Intelligence Helps Soldiers Learn Faster
New technology allows U.S. soldiers to learn 13-times faster than conventional methods, and Army researchers said this may help save lives.
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Le Mans 2018: Can Anyone Beat Toyota’s Hybrids?
Arguably the pinnacle of auto racing technology, the World Endurance Championship’s 24 Hours of Le Mans is in a period of transition for 2018-19. The FIA sanctioning body has dubbed this...
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SAE Brings Autonomy to the Public in New Demonstration Program
With a first-of-its-kind program that allows the public to experience traveling in a fully-automated (SAE Level 4) vehicle, SAE International was in Tampa, Florida in early May...
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GE Aviation Delivers Improved Turbine Engine During U.S. Army Preliminary Design Review
An updated version of GE Aviation’s T901-GE-900 turboprop engine used in the AH-64 Apache attack and UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters...
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NASA Picks Lockheed to Build Low-Boom X-Plane
In April, NASA took another major step toward reintroducing supersonic flight with an award to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to design, build, and test a supersonic aircraft to reduce...
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Citroen C4 Cactus
Its birth may have been way back in 1955, but any mention among auto-industry technology aficionados of Citroën’s then startlingly radical DS will generate a sigh of admiration that echoes the sighs of the car's radical...
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Simulation 'Libraries' Will Support Testing of High-Level Vehicle Autonomy
The challenges of validating autonomous vehicles designed to operate at SAE Level 4 and 5 are a major focus of driving-simulation specialist rFpro. The advent of...
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Assuring Data Integrity: Vital for Connected-Vehicle Markets
Connectivity, one of the fastest-growing technical features for new vehicles, has attracted the attention of many companies that hope to offer services and garner revenue by using...
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OA-X Phase Two Kicks Off
Yesterday, the sound of turboprops was heard again over Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
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Beyond Catch and Release
Instead of relying on a few multi-million dollar unmanned aircraft, future warfighters may use swarms of hundreds of low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to accomplish missions. In the face of air defenses, a...
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Axial-Flux Technology Gives EVs a Boost
Motor developments for electric vehicles (EVs) often are shaded by the emphasis placed on battery capability. But the enduring need to deliver improved packaging, power, torque and range from EVs...
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Simulation Rules: Scrubbing Heat, Sound and Dirt from Autonomous EVs
Engineering simulation software company Exa, now part of French Dassault Systèmes, has some advice for non-automotive companies that may be considering venturing into...
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Graphene: Living in a Stronger Material World?
The word “revolutionary” has often found its way onto the automotive industry’s descriptive list of new technologies – sometimes more in hope than conviction.
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Adaptive Materials Could Help Protect Rotorcraft
Engineers developed a technique that causes a composite material to become stiffer and stronger on-demand when exposed to ultraviolet light. This on-demand control of composite behavior could...
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Member Profile: Girish Parvate-Patil of Caterpillar
Girish Parvate-Patil, works for Caterpillar Inc. as an Engineering Team Leader on marine propulsion systems. He is accountable for overall leadership and direction on engineering-related...
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Testing for Cold-Climate Comfort
Arjeplog, Sweden sits around 35 miles (57 km) below the Arctic Circle, but this remote city has been a bustling hub for the automotive industry for decades. Since the first winter tests were conducted here...
Articles Automotive
Innovation More Than Skin Deep
With the Steel-vs.-Aluminum battle raging unabated across the global vehicle-development domains, plastics/composites material and manufacturing suppliers are delivering equally impressive innovations in...
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What We’re Driving: 2018 Chrysler 300 S AWD
Selling a car, any kind of car, is tough business in a time when everyone wants crossovers. It’s always seemed particularly difficult for FCA, so in more than one sense you can see the logic...
Articles Test & Measurement
A Secret Weapon 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 Westfield, Indiana. The center, a...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Autonomous Helicopters
Northrop Grumman CorporationFalls Church, VA+1 703-280-2900www.northropgrumman.com/firescout Fire Scout is a combat proven, autonomous helicopter system that provides real-time Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance,...
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Turbos Tackle New Propulsion Applications
Turbo machines continue to drive engine “right-sizing” trends while adding complementary technologies such as electric motors. They’re also finding new applications for vehicle propulsion....
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Miniature Data Recorder
DTSSeal Beach, CA+1 562-493-0158www.dtsweb.com Harsh, wet and dusty environments pose serious reliability issues for data collection. The SLICE IP68 data acquisition system is designed to measure physical signals in...
Articles Transportation
Detecting Pedestrians
Automakers and legislators are focusing on pedestrians, aiming to reduce injuries that are rising as more people worldwide migrate to cities. Camera systems have surpassed passive technologies to become the key...
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Advancements Made to the Wingman Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) Simulation: How to Operate the SIL
The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), US Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), DCS Corp., and Naval Surface...
Articles Design
When Autonomy Underperforms: the Evolving Liability Model
When humans drive a vehicle, safety liability issues are well-established and depend largely on whether a state has adopted no-fault liability or whether a product was at the root...
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Soft Robotic Fish Swims Alongside Real Ones in Coral Reefs
A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled “SoFi,” a soft robotic fish that can independently swim alongside real fish in the ocean....
Articles Transportation
Seeing Through Fog
As the mobility industry advances with ADAS and autonomous vehicle (AV) operation, the safety challenges of applications involving nighttime warning systems, pedestrian detection and driver situational awareness will...
Articles Aerospace
New Technologies Tackle UAV Challenges
Unmanned vehicles for air, land, and water represent an increasingly-important capability for virtually all military services worldwide. Because each new generation of device technology promises...
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