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Data Processing System for Acoustics and Vibration
The nCode brand of durability, test, and analysis software by HBM introduces nCode VibeSys, a new data processing system designed to help acoustics and vibration engineers ensure that their...
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Farthest-Reaching Articulating Boom Lift Among New JLG Products Showcased at Bauma
JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corp. company and global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers, introduced several new...
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UAV Can Launch Aerial Missions from Underwater
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have developed an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can stay on station beneath the water...
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Tiny UAS Could Be Warfighters’ Eyes in the Sky
The basic small-unit fighting capability of the Army is the squad. One of its weaknesses is broad-area situational awareness, particularly in unfamiliar environments, according to Col. Phil...
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V-CR, Water Injection, New EGR Methods Top SAE Engines Symposium
Powertrain experts detailed the technologies they see as most promising to enable light-vehicle engines to meet global CO2 regulations through 2025, at the 2016 SAE...
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Digital Dummies in Virtual Collisions Augment Traditional Crash Tests
A car crash takes half a blink of an eye. Detailed knowledge of the crucial split-second when the crash impact energy flashes through a vehicle’s body and then onto the...
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Nissan Targets Cabin NVH, Makes Big Investment in Sentra Upgrade
Significant updates to the seventh generation Sentra make the 2016 model Nissan’s quietest and most dynamic-driving compact sedan to date. The automaker invested more than...
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DSD, Solvay 'Sink Their Teeth' into Plastic Transmission Advances
For the automotive industry, plastics have long been a weight-saving material of choice, with a wide range of high-volume applications from body panels to interiors and...
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Safety Symposium Cites Training and Technology to Reduce Teen Fatalities, Accidents
Teens are 4% of the driving population, but are involved in 8% of the accidents, the annual Traffic Safety Symposium of the New York Auto Show was told by...
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Tesla's "Affordable" Model 3 Brings Technology Questions
The ravenous feeding habits of the 24-hour news cycle rarely turn toward automotive transportation, and usually only when a disaster has happened, such as Toyota’s acceleration mess...
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Caterpillar Eyes 3D Printing for Production Parts
This past November Caterpillar opened its new Additive Manufacturing (AM) Factory at its Tech Center in Mossville, IL, to consolidate and expand its 3D printing activities and to better...
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Next Generation FPGAs for Electronic Warfare Systems
Designers of virtually all electronic warfare system applications exploit CPUs and FPGAs, each offering unique strengths and advantages for handling a wide range of tasks. This diversity...
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Managing the Impact of Nanomaterials in Aerospace Manufacturing
As the aerospace industry continues to make improvements to safety, comfort and affordability of aircraft, nanomaterials are making their way into more elements of aircraft...
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Turbine Flow Meters: Technology-of-Choice for Measuring Critical Fluid Flow Applications
The aerospace industry has some of the most difficult operating conditions imaginable. Sensors of all kinds used in this industry must stand up to the...
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Designing a Power Generation System for a More-Electric Aircraft
It is theorized that systems and equipment for an All Electric Aircraft (AEA) will be developed 20 years hence as a More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) with no bleed system, which is a...
Articles Aerospace
XPONENTIAL: An AUVSI Experience
At AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2015 in Atlanta Georgia, it was announced that the conference and trade show was being officially rebranded in 2016 to XPONENTIAL – An AUVSI Experience. The event, which runs from...
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International Microwave Symposium Preview
The 2016 International Microwave Symposium (IMS2016), organized by the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technique Society (MTT-S), is the annual international meeting for technologists involved in all aspects...
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Developing an Auto-Synchronized Multi-Avionics Protocol Data Bus Acquisition System
A modern aircraft includes multiple intelligent subsystems that aid in communication, navigation, and surveillance. These subsystems, called line replaceable...
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Collier Research Corporation Newport News, VA 757-825-0000 http://hypersizer.com When announcing the completion of the Bell V-280 tiltrotor fuselage at a press conference, Bell Helicopter leadership applauded the Bell...
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Night Vision Displays
Daisy Data Displays York Haven, PA 717-932-9999 www.makeitdaisy.com United States Coast Guard officials required night-vision goggle compatibility for the flat panel display systems used in the Lockheed C-130 military...
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Fuel Flow Meters
Hoffer Flow Controls Elizabeth City, NC 252-331-1997 www.hofferflow.com Hoffer Flow Controls, Inc. recently received a new contract to supply 575 fuel flow meters as a part of the U.S. Navy’s H-53 heavy lift helicopter fleet...
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Military Wide Band Amplifier
Lansdale Semiconductor, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ) has announced the continued availability of the ML1590/BGA military wide-band RF amplifier, National Stock Number (NSN) 5962-01-280-2203. The ML1590 is supplied in (8) lead...
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50 GHz Handheld Combination Analyzer
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (Santa Rosa, CA) has added six millimeter-wave models to its family of FieldFox handheld analyzers. The flagship model is the industry’s first handheld combination analyzer to...
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Axial and Radial Seals
Morgan Advanced Materials’ (Windsor, UK) Seals and Bearings business offers quality axial and radial seal components for applications with severe service conditions. Morgan’s components are highly thermally...
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31–36 GHz Receiver
Richardson RFPD (Geneva, IL), Inc. announced the availability and full design support capabilities for a new receiver from M/A-COM Technology Solutions. The XR1020-QH is a 31–36 GHz receiver with a noise figure of 3 dB...
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720W AC-DC Switching Power Supplies
Acopian (Easton, PA) announced that the 1U Switching Regulated 720W ACDC Power Supply family is now RoHS Compliant and certified to UL Safety Standards UL 60950 (Information Technology Equipment), and UL 508...
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RF Amplifier System
Empower RF Systems (Inglewood, CA) has begun shipping the Model 2180 RF amplifier system covering 1 to 2.5 GHz and delivering 2 kW CW of broadband output power in a 8U, air-cooled chassis. Features include: user selectable...
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12A POL DC-DC Converters
TDK Corporation (National City, CA) has introduced the 12 Ampere TDKLambda iCH series of POL (Point of Load) non-isolated DCDC converters. Accepting a wide range input of 4.5 to 14 VDC, the series can operate from...
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AdvancedTCA Chassis
Pixus Technologies (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) now offers a 15U AdvancedTCA (ATCA) chassis that exceeds 400W/slot cooling capability and meets stringent NEBS requirements. The Pixus chassis leverages the original Kaparel...
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