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Simulation Key to Additive Manufacturing Analysis at MTC
When 3D printing first hit the consumer market, it was considered a novelty and a gimmick. However, the professional market has leveraged the technology, incorporated other materials...
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Cable-To-Cable Connector Series
The CTC series from ITT Cannon (Irvine, CA) is a simple-to-install, low-maintenance cable-to-cable interconnect solution. It is suitable for a wide variety of harsh environment vehicle applications where...
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Electrified Forklifts Go Big
Early in 2018, Hoist Liftruck Manufacturing will begin delivery of what it terms the “Next Generation of Hoist Electric Vehicles.” These include its TE-Series, PE-Series, Neptune Electric Series and FR-E...
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Suppliers Take the Tech Lead
Glen DeVos, Chief Technology Officer, Delphi: On being a data broker Are we more comfortable if the financial community starts to call us a ‘tech company’ and not an ‘automotive supplier’? Yes, in part....
Articles Electronics & Computers
700 Miles, Hands-Free!
Two sunny days in late September, a state-of-the-art luxury sedan, and good company make for a potentially great road trip. But this one was special.
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Toyota Rethinks the Flagship
Toyota has engineered a complete road-to-roof redo of its flagship Lexus LS sedan, dropping the V8 engine in favor of a twin-turbo V6, adding Aisin's new 10-speed planetary automatic and retaining a...
Articles Transportation
Honda 2018 Accord: Antidote for Crossover Fever
Honda engineers aren’t saying it in so many words, but one could construe the tenth-generation 2018 Accord sedan as being purposely developed as the “anti-crossover.” At a time when most...
Articles Aerospace
Scaling LiDAR Optical Payloads from Drones to Miniature UAVs
The recent surge in demand for adaptive cruise control (ACC) and commercial autonomous vehicles has drawn a lot of attention to these innovative applications. Based on pulsed laser...
Articles Aerospace
Quality and Validation of Digital Designs for Aerospace and Defense
As aerospace and defense manufacturing becomes increasingly digitized—from the earliest design stages to the factory floor and beyond—data accuracy is fundamental to...
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Test System Ensures Flawless Performance of Military RF Devices
Communication on the battlefield is a life-or-death matter. You can't take chances with RF devices or power units malfunctioning or failing. A soldier's life may depend on how...
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...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
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 Aerospace
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...
Articles Electronics & Computers
‘Cruising Chauffeur’ Demos SAE Level 3 Autonomy
Within the safe confines of the Contidrome test facility in Germany, it is becoming more commonplace to see engineers nonchalantly placing their hands in their laps (and their feet well...
Articles Power
Autonomy Testing: Simulation to the Rescue
Engineers like a good challenge, and the development path for autonomous technologies is putting logical and creative thinkers to the ultimate test.
Articles Manned Systems
Making the Case for Battery-Electric Fleet Power
Battery-electric power is drawing more and more applications to commercial and heavy-duty fleets as the zero emission technology edges closer to a tipping point.
Articles Aerospace
Developing an Airborne Optical Systems Testbed (AOSTB)
The United States shares 5,525 miles of land border with Canada, and 1,989 miles with Mexico. Monitoring these borders, which is the responsibility of U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
NASA Miniaturizes Century-Old Radio Sounder Technology
A century-old technology that scientists use to probe the ionosphere — the important atmospheric layer that can interfere with the transmission of radio waves — is getting smaller.
Articles Aerospace
Eliminating Electrical Arcing in Satellite Systems
In 1995, Boeing Satellite Systems introduced a new family of communication satellite buses, with bodies that contain power, control, and propulsion systems. They used a high-voltage bus...
Articles Aerospace
Electronically Dimmable Aircraft Windows
That was the challenge posed to Gentex by Boeing. Window shades typically do the job on an airplane, but they’re cumbersome to operate, expensive to maintain, and do little to reflect the hightech...
Articles Aerospace
Using Heat Pipes to Cool Embedded Computers
Heat pipes are a well-known thermal management solution used in computing applications. Nearly all laptop computers contain some number of heat pipes to effectively remove heat from heat generating...
Articles Aerospace
Radiation Tolerant “Smart Backplanes” for Spacecraft Avionics
In recent years there has been a trend towards the wider use of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) equipment in space missions. This trend has been mainly driven by the...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
On-Orbit Satellite Refueling Flow Measurement
Over 7000 satellites have been placed in Earth-orbit since the beginning of the space age. 3000 are currently in orbit, of which 1000 are active, making our near space neighborhood a pretty crowded...
Articles Connectivity
Driverless Cars and Freeway Traffic Flow
The integration of driverless cars onto multilane freeways brings challenges for vehicle and infrastructure planners, not the least of which is ever increasing congestion. The threshold for serious...
News Electronics & Computers
U.K. Hipercar Project Delivers High Performance with Low Emissions
The unveiling of an ultra-high performance sports car (claimed 0-160 kph in 3.8 s) at a major low-carbon vehicles' event might seem unlikely, but that is where project...
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ICE Breaker!
One of the most significant developments in internal combustion engine (ICE) technology for decades, Mazda’s innovative Skyactiv-X Spark Controlled Compression Ignition (SpCCI) combustion system is slated for production in...
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Methane-Powered Concept Tractor from New Holland Trims Emissions, Operating Costs
New Holland Agriculture is ramping up its focus on vehicles that burn alternative fuels, unveiling the prototype for a methane-powered tractor set for...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Brake Pad Development Tool
The ITT Smart Pad is a brake pad technology concept from ITT Inc. (Lainate, Italy) that offers an approach to friction designed to empower the entire brake system with real-time data. Sensors embedded in every ITT...
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New Vision @ Gentex
On first glance, it appears to be a passive rectangle of reflective glass. But the full-display mirror, or FDM as its maker Gentex Corp. calls it, comes alive when you start the vehicle. In the Cadillac CT6, XT5 and...
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Ford Announces 48-Volt Architecture for Future Electric Truck
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance