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Horiba MIRA’s Vision for World-Class AV Testing
It is a bold company that uses the description “globally unique,” but that’s the label engineering research and test provider Horiba MIRA has attached to its new AV development...
Articles Software
Origin of the Species
“I was a vehicle-dynamics engineer my entire career—but maybe not a good one, because they put me in charge of a self-driving car!” jokes Jason Fischer, chief engineer for the Cruise Origin, the autonomous...
News Regulations/Standards
Bell Incorporates Bird-Deterring Lights as Standard Equipment on Bell 407 Helicopters
Helicopter manufacturer and Textron Inc. subsidiary, Bell Flight, is adding a new piece of standard equipment to its Bell 407GXi single-engine, civil...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
How Miniaturized Distributed Modular Architecture Advances Avionics Design
A centralized IMA approach offers several advantages.
News Manned Systems
The F-35 Is Getting Life-Saving Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance Systems from the F-16
The fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II stealth multirole fighter is now a safer aircraft to fly thanks to collision avoidance...
News Test & Measurement
SAE Rolls out Introduction to Automated Vehicle Safety in Shanghai
Since 2016, five fatal accidents involving self-driving cars have served as cautionary tales for engineers designing and testing automated vehicles (AVs). These accidents have...
News Test & Measurement
GE Aviation’s AiRXOS Launches New Air Mobility Portfolio and Management Tools Purpose Built for the Urban Air Mobility Market
AiRXOS, part of Evendale, Ohio-based GE Aviation, has unveiled an “Air Mobility” portfolio of autonomous...
News Electronics & Computers
How Can Engineers Help Ensure the Safety, Reliability of Automated Vehicles?
Safety presents a pressing concern to automated vehicle (AV) design engineers and manufacturers. Technical challenges of automated system operation have influenced...
News Unmanned Systems
NATS Will Test AI at Heathrow to Reduce Weather-Related Flight Delays
NATS Holdings (NATS), formerly National Air Traffic Services and the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) main air navigation service provider, is exploring the impact of...
News Power
Boeing, SparkCognition Partner on Safe Integration of Autonomous Air Vehicles in Airspace
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and SparkCognition, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology company in Austin, Texas, are collaborating on unmanned aircraft system...
News Unmanned Systems
General Atomics Plans First Trans-Atlantic Flight of Medium-Altitude, Long-Range Remotely Piloted Aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) in San Diego plans to make the first-ever, trans-Atlantic flight of a...
News Connectivity
Connect Them All
Traditionally, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design was focused on airframe and propulsion system integration. UAV ground control systems were often thought of as a tool for flight-testing, sometimes after-the-fact. The...
News Motion Control
China Flies with ADS-B In
With air traffic in China steadily growing, efforts to update air-traffic-management systems are vital to maintaining air safety. The path to modernized, networked, NextGen air-traffic communications, aviation...
Articles Defense
RECAT Wake Turbulence Recategorization
Aviation safety is a fundamental concern for all stakeholders. The traveling public demands the highest safety standards, but also wants convenience and reliability at a low price with minimal...
Briefs Aerospace
Two-Dimensional Distributed Velocity Collision Avoidance
As the number of autonomous vehicles continues to increase for both commercial and military applications, collision avoidance algorithms are of the utmost importance to successfully...
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Ford Aims for New 'Halo' Products and More Female Engineers, Says COO Barb Samardzich
Ford has a lot riding on the new Mustang. It isn’t just another Ford model; it is a statement of capability and international intent, and no one...
Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
Designing Future Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
So far, defense companies have done a credible job fielding Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), or other water-borne robots to address critical capability...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Surface-Emitting Laser Arrays Bring Light to the Top
Laser diodes are an integral part of everyday life, incorporated into commonplace items as diverse in function as laser pointers, fiber-optic communications systems, and DVD players....
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INSIDERManufacturing & Prototyping
How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
NewsRF & Microwave Electronics
Microvision Aquires Luminar, Plans Relationship Restoration, Multi-industry Push
INSIDERAerospace
A Next Generation Helmet System for Navy Pilots
ArticlesManned Systems
Accelerating Down the Road to Autonomy
INSIDERWeapons Systems
New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
ArticlesAR/AI
CES 2026: Bosch is Ready to Bring AI to Your (Likely ICE-powered) Vehicle
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Transportation
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Unmanned Systems
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
Aerospace
Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
Energy
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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