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Mobile Combustion Analysis
With Kistler’s (Amherst, NY) KiBox, information about combustion, injection valve actuation and ignition can be reliably captured, processed and viewed in the familiar INCA environment, among others. Specifically...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Laser Marker Series
The MX-Z series of laser markers from Omron (Hoffman Estates, IL) provide high quality, permanent identification with what the company claims is superior flexibility in terms of marking and connectivity with the ability to...
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Ultra-Light Gasoline Engine Pistons
KS Kolbenschmidt (Marinette, WI), a division of Rheinmetall Automotive, has refined its Liteks design for ultra-light, durable gasoline pistons. Compared to today’s in-production pistons, the company...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Handheld Dual-Laser Infrared Thermometer
OMEGA Engineering’s (Norwalk, CT) new OS758-LS handheld dual-laser infrared thermometer delivers reliable non-contact measurement for instant troubleshooting. The device measures temperatures up to...
Product Briefs Software
Processing Unit with Eight Processor Cores
dSPACE (Wixom, MI) offers an additional Processing Unit for SCALEXIO hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test systems. Equipped with an octa-core Intel Xeon Processor E5, the new Processing Unit is suitable...
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ZF Chassis Boss Sees On-Board Processor "Bottleneck"
ZF’s takeover of TRW in 2015 sent shockwaves through the industry by over night creating a mega global business with the industrial and financial clout and electronics capability to...
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Audi Reveals New A8 Technologies, Tightens Links with Porsche
As Audi recently revealed details of the structural technology—including 14 advanced joining processes—of its all-new A8, Chairman Rupert Stadler and Porsche Chairman Oliver...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Inner Secrets of the Toyota-Denso Heat Pump Revealed
The loss of winter driving range in electric vehicles equipped with conventional electric heating systems is well-documented—range being reduced by up to 60% and even more in severe...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Norsk Gives Boeing Manufacturing Edge with First 3D-Printed Titanium Components
Norsk Titanium AS—which has been researching and developing its RPD (rapid plasma deposition) process for over 10 years—says it can produce titanium...
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Report from SPIE 2017: Drones Spot Gas Leaks from the Sky
ANAHEIM, CA. During last week’s SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2017 conference, panelists from industry, academia, and government demonstrated how miniaturized sensing platforms,...
Road Ready Transportation
New York Auto Show: Lincoln Unveils All-New, Aluminum-Bodied 2018 Navigator
Ford’s Lincoln luxury-vehicle unit revealed the 2018 Navigator fullsize SUV at the 2017 New York auto show by touting its blend of smart basic engineering and...
Road Ready Propulsion
Musclecar Godzilla: Dodge Reveals 840-Hp Challenger SRT Demon
After months of teasing and a high-profile tie-in with the Fast & Furious film franchise, FCA's Dodge division revealed its 2018 Challenger SRT Demon, a drag...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
R-744 A/C Refrigerant Tries to Make the OE Grade
Is automotive air conditioning with CO2 as the refrigerant—designated as R-744—an environmental achievement in its infancy, or is it destined to be another unsuccessful attempt to defy...
News Transportation
T-X down to Two Main Contenders
Although the lightweight, supersonic T-38 has been the staple advanced jet trainer for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Naval Test Pilot School for more than 55 years, the dependable aircraft is expected to...
News Transportation
Ford to Make Pursuit-Rated HEV Police Car in 2018
Ford plans to further expand its role in the police-vehicle market with the availability of a new model in 2018: the Police Responder Hybrid, a sedan based on the standard Fusion Hybrid that...
INSIDER Defense
Sandia Labs Takes Modern Approach to Evaluating Nuclear Weapons
Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it assesses nuclear weapons in a stockpile made up of weapons at different stages in their lifecycles — some systems that have...
INSIDER Communications
Next-Generation Fire Support Systems Boost Lethality
Soldiers view live-stream full-motion video from unmanned aerial vehicles via a smartphone. They access 3-D digital maps to send precision target coordinates. Soldiers are now relying on...
INSIDER Defense
Navy Chemists Develop Field-Repairable Transparent Armor
Research chemists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed and patented a transparent thermoplastic elastomer armor to reduce weight, inherent in most bullet-resistant...
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Chilly Prospects for Low Temperature Combustion
Low-temperature combustion (LTC) remains an area of high interest with extensive research, even though many challenges must still be overcome before LTC sees commercial acceptance. Though...
News Software
WCX17: FCA Reveals ‘Hole-Istic” New Lightweighting Approach
Engineers at FCA revealed at the SAE WCX17 conference in Detroit a new simulation and analysis design tool that can earmark nearly any suitable component for a strategic...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
WCX17: Vehicle Connectivity Brings Privacy, Redundancy Issues
Connectivity promises to bring a wealth of information to drivers, but it also poses vexing privacy issues. Figuring out where to store all the data related to connectivity is...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
WCX17: Cybersecurity Fears Soar as Connectivity Escalates
For security experts, connectivity is the gift that keeps on giving. The number of threats will increase rapidly as more vehicles are connected, and vulnerabilities on older vehicles...
Technology Report RF & Microwave Electronics
WCX17: Tech Leaders Talk AI, Cyber and Next-Gen HMI
The role of artificial intelligence, the search for cyber security solutions, and the next level of human-machine interface in vehicles were discussed in a Leadership Roundtable of top...
Articles Propulsion
WCX17: Delphi Aims for 42% Efficiency with Next-Gen GDCI
Delphi projects that engines employing its coming third-generation gasoline direct-injection compression-ignition (GDCI) combustion system will attain a thermal efficiency of 42%, the...
News Electronics & Computers
As V2I Evolves, Costs, Maintenance Concerns Emerge
The National Traffic & Highway Safety Administration hasn’t yet mandated vehicle to infrastructure communications (V2I), but proponents are pressing forward in a technology that they...
News Electronics & Computers
WCX17: Former Transportation Secretary Warns Against Potential CAFE Pullback
Anthony Foxx, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, told an audience at the SAE WCX17 conference that regressing from the current Corporate Average Fuel Economy...
News Aerospace
WCX17: Freudenberg Retools R&D, Plans for Next 35 Years
Rather than limit itself to three-year product planning cycles, Freudenberg is also looking 35 years into the future to further drive its R&D work.
News Green Design & Manufacturing
WCX17: College Students Participate in EV Car Sharing Study
A car sharing study involving college student participants is providing Denso with feedback that could help the supplier develop new products.
News Power
EPA: Engine, Transmission Advances Make 2025 CAFE Regs Attainable, Affordable
Although the Trump Administration has indicated intent to roll back the ambitious light-vehicle fuel-economy standards initiated by President Obama in 2012—and...
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How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
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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...
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Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
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Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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