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Deep Image Prior Amplitude SAR Image Anonymization
Synthetic Aperture Radar images are a powerful tool for studying the Earth’s surface. They are radar signals generated by an imaging system mounted on a platform such as an aircraft or satellite. As the platform moves, the system emits sequentially high-power electromagnetic waves through its antenna.

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New Lexus SUVs: GX for Show, TX for Dough?
Normally, automakers launch models one at a time. It generally ensures media, dealer and fan focus. Introducing more than one comes with the risk of one model getting more attention. That’s...

News Software
Advanced Electrical Architectures Demand New Developmental Strategies
A few days after speaking with Danny Shapiro, vice president, automotive at NVIDIA, a developer of systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) with performances measured in trillions of...

Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Testing ADAS Functions in Parallel with EMS Measurement
Many advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) use radar sensors for functions such adaptive cruise control (ACC) or autonomous emergency braking (AEB). These sensors are...

News Power
Defrosting Tech Saves EV Battery Energy
Turning on the heater in most EVs can be a range-killing decision due to the power draw of the vehicle’s HVAC. But while cold feet reluctantly is a better option than not arriving at your...

News Manned Systems
Powertrain, Electronics Lead Tech-Paper Topics at SAE’s WCX 2023
With engineers converging in mid-April for the 2023 WCX conference in Detroit, technical-paper presentations continue as the backbone of SAE’s annual congress.

News Energy
2025 Ram 1500 REV Driving Range Would Jump to Head of Class
Stellantis’ Ram brand introduced more details about the 2025 Ram 1500 REV electric pickup at the New York International Auto Show in early April, and one option is an...

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
What Today’s Advances in Radar Technology Mean for Testing and Training
Technology advancements in RF, digital hardware, active electronically scanned arrays, synthetic aperture radar and cognitive electronic warfare have necessitated advances in test and training systems.

Articles Unmanned Systems
Spelling Ford with an ‘E’
One year ago, Ford Motor Co. kicked off a new era in its long history when it bifurcated into two strategically interdependent auto businesses. Ford Blue, the “traditional” business, is responsible for...

Articles Photonics/Optics
Lidar Vs. Everybody in the Onboard Sensor Race
Despite the industrywide realization that SAE driving automation Levels 4 and 5 are not imminent and instead long-term goals, development continues on the sensors that power current and...

News Test & Measurement
Turning the Vehicle into a Giant Microphone
When an emergency vehicle is approaching but its blaring siren isn’t heard by nearby motorists, all are put at risk. Engineers at Harman International have developed novel sensor technology...

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Volvo’s Electric High-Wire Act
Under a circus-size tent in downtown Stockholm, Volvo recently introduced its new high-wire act — one with its share of nail-biting risk.

News Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Push for E-Powertrain Progress
Electric powertrain development continues at a fervent pace as OEMs, suppliers and startups try to optimize current technology while forging ahead into new areas. Although battery engineering and...

Technology Report Photonics/Optics
Lumotive’s New LCM Underpins Next-Gen Lidar
“The future happened yesterday” is an appropriate description of the rapid pace of development in automated-driving technology. The expression may be most accurate in sensor tech where,...

News Transportation
Recaro Pioneers Seating Shells Made with CF Recyclate
The green flag is about to drop on an auto-racing first: a seat shell infused with recycled carbon fiber.

News Robotics, Automation & Control
A Divergent Approach to Vehicle Development and Production
Among the most intriguing vehicles on display at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours D’ Elegance was a pair developed by an obscure brand, Czinger Vehicles, and its parent company,...

News Energy
Proving out DC Fast Charging — in the Extreme
The ability to charge electric vehicles at a very fast rate is a key to electrifying mobility across the U.S. It’s a focus of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Extreme Fast Charger project,...

Articles Communications
Solving Military Satellite, Radar and 5G Communications Challenges with GaN-on-SiC MMIC Power Amplifiers
Systems need to meet higher gain targets but not if it comes with any increases in cost and complexity, or size and weight.

Articles AR/AI
Accessibility: The Future of Mobility
In August 1975, I headed west from Michigan in my new Chevy Van, personally customized for living on the road. My destination was the University of California, Berkeley, where I was enrolled to...

Articles Software
Keeping Your Silicon Cool
Onboard electronics continue to evolve rapidly. Components are smaller. Systems are more complex. The sophisticated electronics components that make up modern vehicles require precision heat dissipation for...

News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Unzipping the Future of Sustainable Electronics
Electronic-systems designers are facing a serious reckoning: How to significantly reduce the environmental impact of more and more electronic content in new vehicles?

Articles Energy
Closing the Loop on EV Battery Recycling
Development of a robust electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling industry has moved from a net-positive sideline to a necessity as automakers, and their suppliers, transition away from internal...

Articles Materials
Solving Signal Interference Challenges in Aerospace and Defense Electronics
As the complexity of signal challenges in aerospace and defense technology increases, design engineers need to creatively combine materials to solve multiple problems at once.

Editorial Sensors/Data Acquisition
COMVEC 2022: Hiring Talent to Meet High-Tech Demands
There’s always been competition for engineering talent. But with embedded software becoming ever more critical for subsystems in commercial vehicles and off-highway equipment,...

Technology Report Software
New 300-Mm Wafer Fab Is Key to Bosch’s Chip Future
A new semiconductor plant is the single largest investment made by Robert Bosch AG in the 122-year-old company’s history. The facility, in Dresden, Germany, is welcome news to...

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
How to Specify and Select RF Filters
Selecting a filter for an A&D application requires an understanding of available RF filter responses, physical formats, and technologies, with a good idea of necessary functional goals, such as separating channels or rejecting interference.

News Regulations/Standards
SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...

Application Briefs Imaging
Vehicle-Mounted Tactical Radars
Blighter will be supplying its B422 180-degree ground surveillance e-scanning radar in a vehicle-mounted configuration to be fitted to a six-wheeled UGV.

Articles Electronics & Computers
Transforming Battlespace Communications
The Russian invasion in Ukraine has certainly raised the security stakes and intensified the need for simultaneous communications streams over a single platform.

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