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Secure Wireless Command Post
Pacific Star Communications, Inc. (PacStar)Portland, OR(503) 403-3000https://pacstar.com PacStar®, a developer and supplier of advanced communications solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), recently...
Articles Materials
Using Sintered Fiber Metal Composites for Aircraft Acoustic Attenuation
Sintered fiber metal composites are used in aircraft as an acoustic media within environmental ducting, inlet and exhaust systems. The material can be engineered to meet...
Briefs Aerospace
Topology Control in Aerial Multi-Beam Directional Networks
In multi-beam directional networks, nodes are able to simultaneously transmit to all neighbors or receive from all neighbors. This spatial reuse allows for high throughputs, but in dense networks can cause significant interference. Topology control (i.e., selecting a subset of neighbors to...
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New Products
5-Port and 8-Port Managed Gigabit Switch MPL AG (Dättwil Switzerland)enhances its Network Switch product range with a 5-port & 8-port managed switch with compact enclosure. The new versatile 5-port &8-port MAGBES consists...
Articles Aerospace
Using Thermal Simulation to Model the Effects of Wind on the Mars Curiosity Rover
The Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), a joint center of Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas and the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacíal...
Application Briefs Defense
Thermoplastic Fuselage Demonstrator
Porcher IndustriesBadinières, France+33 (0)4 74 43 10 10www.porcher-ind.com Porcher Industries, a company that specializes in technical textiles and thermoplastic composite solutions, announced that they...
Articles Aerospace
GaN Breaks Barriers
The increasing demand for higher data rates in telecommunications and higher resolution in industrial systems is pushing the frequency of operation higher for the electronics that support them. Many of these systems operate...
Articles Test & Measurement
Testing mmWave Radars in the Loop
Millimeter-wave radars are a key component of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Engineers know, however, that setting up real-time radar experiments with multiple vehicles is challenging in an...
Articles Power
Advances for Off-highway Engine Design
“It is an exciting time for commercial engine designers,” said Michael Franke, director, light-duty diesel and commercial engines for FEV. The U.S. Tier 4 Final emissions regulation forced...
Articles Transportation
Heavy Duty Lightweighting
Passenger cars and light-duty trucks are not alone in the quest to shed pounds in an all-out effort to meet stricter fuel efficiency requirements. Lightweighting is cited by the U.S. EPA and the National Highway...
News Aerospace
Neodymium Compression Bonded Magnets
All-new high energy B12 magnets from Bunting Magnetics Co.'s Magnet Applications, Inc. (DuBois, PA) are a major upgrade to its neodymium compression bonded magnet product offerings, according to the...
Technology Report Electronics & Computers
Developing High-Energy-Density Batteries for EVs
It’s been a long road for Nissan from its 1947 Tama EV to its advanced prototype ZEV BladeGlider sports car, but that road still stretches to—and far beyond—the technology horizon, as...
Technical Innovation Propulsion
Zircotec Manages Heat Transfer in Hotter Exhaust Systems
Automotive engineers may have thought that after a century or more, the problems of handling heat in all parts of the powertrain had been solved. But another is emerging that...
News Electronics & Computers
Military Vehicles Battle for Autonomy at Lower Cost
The race to add digital capabilities to military vehicles is challenging engineers as they strive to create sophisticated systems that can be altered and upgraded without issues....
Briefs Aerospace
Sensitivity Simulation of Compressed Sensing Based Electronic Warfare Receiver Using Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Algorithm
Electronic Intelligence Receiver (ELINT) is an important component in electronic warfare (EW) and layer sensing. The...
News Propulsion
Rolls-Royce Looks to Corner Commercial Markets, Military Next
Rolls-Royce recently secured an incremental order from United Airlines to provide additional Trent XWB engines and service support. This followed the airline’s recent...
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Polyether Polyols
BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) offers an improved process for manufacturing Lupranol (polyether polyol) so that car components made of BASF polyurethane systems emit an average of 20% less aldehyde. The company says this allows...
Editorial Green Design & Manufacturing
EVs Lack a Robust Charging Grid
The flames lit up the sky when the electric-power substation in my town blew up one night last August. TV news had it covered: A transformer at the Detroit Edison site had exploded, immediately knocking out...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Expander Plugs
SFC Koenig (North Haven, CT) recently developed seals for an automotive manufacturer’s new anti-lock brake and traction control systems. The supplier of sealing and flow control solutions assisted the customer in the selection of an MB 850-040E Koenig Expander plug based on size requirements, materials, pressures, installation...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
DC Power Supply
Kikusui Electronics' (Santa Clara, CA) PWR-01 series is a wide-range bench top DC power supply that provides testing performance in a compact, user-friendly package. The PWR-01 is a versatile instrument with models ranging from...
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Ford F-150 Raptor
The wild-child Raptor is a halo model if there ever was one. It generates equal giddiness across a surprisingly broad demographic—and simultaneously demonstrates Ford knows the buttons to push to pump up the volume for...
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Genesis G90
Hyundai’s newly stand-alone Genesis brand may or may not eventually shoulder its way into the luxury-market country club, but for now it’s a little tough even keeping it straight regarding the budding Genesis model range....
News Transportation
Hyundai Elantra Sport
It’s become a rarity for automakers to put manual-transmission models in their press-evaluation fleets, but the Elantra Sport’s direct (if light) lever action and skillfully-weighted clutch pedal made it all the...
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Thermal Modeling Key to Optimizing EV Range
For potential EV buyers, it's all about the driving range. And for EV engineers tasked with increasing that range, it's all about improving power efficiency through thermal management and...
Road Ready Green Design & Manufacturing
Cadillac Plugs in CT6 for High-Value Efficiency
The badge on the decklid reads ‘2.0E’, with no giveaway that the 2018 Cadillac CT6 we’re driving is a plug-in hybrid. Perhaps a more appropriate nameplate should be CT6 NEV, because this...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Voltage Spike at 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show
Judging by the wares on display at September’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show, electrification suddenly is the watchword in Germany—or the watchword, at least, for some indeterminate date in the...
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