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Time for Standard Naming of Safety Features
Smart cruise control. Intelligent cruise control. Adaptive cruise control. Radar speed control. As The Bard wrote so long ago, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Sadly that tale...
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 Photonics/Optics
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...
Application Briefs Defense
500 Gallon LOX Trailers
Essex Industries, Inc.St. Louis, MO314-832-4500www.essexindustries.com Essex Industries recently received an order from the United States Air Force for 500 Gallon LOX Trailers. Shipment of the 32 trailers was scheduled...
Articles Energy
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...
Editorial RF & Microwave Electronics
Deep Learning How to Drive
Learning to drive as a teen is a rite of passage, my own experiences indelibly marked in my brain. But the “brain” learning to drive in the future won’t be blowing out sixteen candles, if Nvidia has its way....
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...
Q&A Electronics & Computers
Level 3 Automation Not Attractive for Trucks
In his opening keynote address at SAE COMVEC 17 on Sept. 18, Dr. Johannes-Joerg Rueger, President, Commercial Vehicle and Off-Road, Robert Bosch GmbH, noted that a fully autonomous vehicle would have...
News Regulations/Standards
Daimler Trucks Launches First All-Electric Truck in Series Production
Daimler Trucks’ Mitsubishi FUSO Truck and Bus Corp. (MFTBC) launched the world’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty truck, the FUSO eCanter, in New York...
Articles Propulsion
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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Ford, Virginia Tech Partner to Develop Common Visual Communications Interface for Autonomous Vehicles
Looking to prepare for the eventual reality of an autonomous-vehicle future, Ford partnered with Virginia Tech Transportation Institute...
News Power
Eaton Solves Nuisance Problems with Electrohydraulic Solutions
Hysteresis is a common shortcoming in applying fluid power products to industrial and mobile equipment. It is frequently unreported due to a lack of a cost-effective option to...
News Propulsion
PACCAR Launches Lightest Heavy-Duty Automated Transmission for On-Highway CVs
PACCAR has announced a new 12-speed automated transmission (AT) and column-mounted shifter to improve fuel economy and driver ergonomics in Peterbilt and Kenworth...
News Propulsion
Volvo CE Sees Major Efficiency Gain from Hybrid-Electric Wheel Loader
Volvo Construction Equipment partnered with Waste Management (WM), the California Energy Commission and CALSTART to put its LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader to...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
GM's 10 Steps to a Quiet New Pass-Car Diesel
When Volkswagen fell afoul of U.S. and European emissions rules, it effectively stripped the U.S. car market of small turbodiesels for passenger vehicles. While Mazda is still certifying its...
News Propulsion
Nikola CEO: Fuel-Cell Class 8 Truck on Track for 2021
Stressing that Nikola Motor’s primary intent is to eliminate emissions related to Class 8 over-the-road trucking, company president and CEO Trevor Milton confirmed at a technology...
Editorial Propulsion
Beleaguered Diesel Could Use a Break—or a Breakthrough
Start talking car-business “big-picture” with engineers and once you hash out autonomy for the thousandth time, the discussion invariably comes to diesel. Is diesel...
Articles Green Design & Manufacturing
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...
News 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...
Technical Innovation Transportation
Cummins Reveals All-Electric Heavy-Duty Truck—just Ahead of Tesla
Two months after chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger detailed Cummins’ plans to transition from a diesel engine maker to a “power technology” provider (read:...
News Electronics & Computers
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...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
BorgWarner Prepares Manual Gearchange for ADAS Vehicles
Electrification was supposed to spell death for the manual transmission. The same has been said for manuals and automated driving systems. But BorgWarner is in the final stages of...
News Data Acquisition
Kickoff to Begin Testing Program to Validate SAE J2954 Wireless Charging Recommended Practice
SAE International Ground Vehicle Standards activity is recruiting industry participants for a Cooperative Research Project (CRP) for Safe and...
Supplier Eye
Transformation Is Happening—will You Be an Active Participant or a Passive Bystander?
Over the past several months, there has been increased visibility to the march of electrified powertrains (still using an internal-combustion engine)...
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A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
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