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What’s an IOPU and Why Should You Care?
Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, installing a diesel engine into a piece of equipment was a relatively straightforward exercise. One simply needed to find a location with an adequate...
News Test & Measurement
Enabling the Future of Harvesting Through Flexible HIL Testing
It seems as though everywhere you turn today, you see a car commercial showing off new features and capabilities that brings us one step closer to the Holy Grail goal of...
News Propulsion
Innovation Is at the Core of Engine Design
A new era in high horsepower (HHP) engine technology began on January 1, 2015, the official start date of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tier 4 Final emissions regulations for...
Executive Viewpoints RF & Microwave Electronics
New Trends in Operator Awareness and Visibility in Off-Highway Equipment Design
Taking a cue from the automotive industry, off-highway equipment design is evolving to accommodate the needs and preferences of the operator. The desire for...
Executive Viewpoints RF & Microwave Electronics
Separating the Right Signals from the Noise
The need to maximize asset availability and performance represents an ongoing challenge for the off-highway industry. Telematics has become a megatrend as more companies of every size see value in...
News Propulsion
Designing Toward Future-Proof Technology
Resource shortages, rising market requirements, and legal provisions like Tier 4 force the construction machinery industry all over the world to rethink designs.
Executive Viewpoints Manufacturing & Prototyping
As Equipment Innovations Evolve, Tires Must Keep Up
Technological advances touch every aspect of our lives today. We wake up to alarms, read emails on smart phones, trust a GPS to tell us how to get to our locations, and shop online.
Global Vehicles Automotive
New XF Moves to Jaguar's Aluminum Architecture
Jaguar's best-selling model, the XF, is moving from a steel body to the aluminum-intensive monocoque architecture used on the XE and XJ. It's one of the latest steps the luxury car maker has...
Global Vehicles Transportation
2016 Honda Civic Targets Audi A3, Drives New Modular-Engineering Strategy
When it launches this summer, Honda’s next-generation Civic will debut a lot more than a sporty new design language and more efficient and spirited powertrains. The...
Global Vehicles Transportation
Lexus Sharpens Best-Selling RX for 2016
The Lexus RX luxury crossover has been the make's best seller, accounting for 25-30% of sales, and the 2016 model introduced at the 2015 New York Auto Show displays a new styling treatment that...
News Transportation
Nissan's Maxima Has Flowing Sports Car Lines, Upgraded 3.5-L V6 and CVT
A flagship car typically isn't the top seller, but it does set a tone for a product line. Nissan's 2016 Maxima, introduced at the 2015 New York Auto Show, put a strong...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Mercedes-Benz Replaces M-Class with GLE, Adds Plug-In Hybrid
The new Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV, introduced at the 2015 New York Auto Show and scheduled for market in late summer, could be regarded as just a major "refresh" of the M-Class. Four...
News Materials
Cadillac Pursues Aluminum/steel Mix for New CT6 Luxury Sedan
Next fall, Cadillac’s new top-of-the-line model, the CT6 sedan, rolls out of General Motors’ big Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant and onto dealership sales floors nationwide...
Articles Aerospace
Electronic Warfare Technology
Military electronic warfare (EW) systems including navigation, radar guidance, terrain mapping and others, require lightweight compact components, with radio frequency (RF) output power levels to several kilowatts...
Articles Electronics & Computers
MicroTCA Computing for Mil/Aero Applications
Small Form Factor (SFF) embedded systems have been gaining popularity due to their small size, weight, and power (SWaP) advantages. The SFF architectures are typically purpose-built, providing just a...
Articles Aerospace
Fanjet Evolution — the Next Steps
The global aerospace sector has always represented the cutting edge of practical technology advancement. When the first military jet engines emerged in the post-war 1940s it was clear that commercial...
Articles Defense
Cloud Security & Compliance
Not too many years ago, network security was a relatively low level priority in most organizations. That has changed today due to such high level failures as the recent breaches at Sony and Target. Closer to home,...
Articles Aerospace
Dry Drilling Composites Using Carbon Dioxide Cooling
The ground vehicle and aerospace industries use carbonfiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) because it is more durable and lighter than other materials. CFRP is used in components such as aircraft...
Articles Aerospace
Next-Generation Phased Radar Systems Lead to Hardware Improvements
Meeting the performance needs of the next generation of radar systems that will be deployed by the military is spurring the development of more efficient and sensitive hardware...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Electronic Warfare Development Targets Fully Adaptive Threat Response Technology
When U.S pilots encounter enemy air defenses, onboard electronic warfare (EW) systems protect them by interfering with incoming radar signals — a technique known...
Application Briefs Defense
Multi-Spectral Targeting System
L-3 WESCAMBurlington, Ontario, Canada905-633-4000www.wescam.com The MX™-15D designating turret from L-3 WESCAM was successfully used during a weapons demonstration on the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor...
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Radar-Based Threat Detection
Rapiscan Systems Torrance, CA 310-978-1457 www.rapiscansystems.com Rapiscan Systems recently announced the addition of CounterBomber, a radar-based threat-detection technology, to its portfolio of security products....
Application Briefs Defense
Floating Armor Torso System
BCB International Ltd. Cardiff, UK +44 (0)2920 433 700 www.bcbin.com A Floating Armor Torso System (FATS), designed for marine-based forces, inflates when coming into contact with water. If the wearer were to be shot...
Technology Update Defense
F-35 Gets Cold Treatment in Step Toward IOC Remedy
Since it first became an active cold-weather testing facility in 1947, the 96th Test Wing's McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, there have been a wide variety of aircraft...
Technology Update Photonics/Optics
EOS and MTU Advance Quality Measures for Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing
EOS and MTU Aero Engines have partnered to develop quality-assurance measures for metal engine components using additive manufacturing (AM), signing a framework...
News Connectivity
Green-Lighting Ford's "Clean" Technologies
As Ford Motor Co.'s Global Director of Vehicle Electrification and Infrastructure, Michael Tinskey eats, sleeps, and breathes sustainable mobility. His small group of "clean technologists" are linked...
Global Vehicles Automotive
China Luxury Market Requirements Drive New Lincoln Continental Design, Engineering
“This concept is a strong indication of what the production model will look like,” said Ford Motor Co. CEO Mark Fields, at the New York media...
News Energy
Deere Offers up Supersized Crawler Dozer
Deere's new 1050K crawler dozer was designed and is being built in Iowa, after "years of research and extensive customer feedback," according to the company. It is the largest and most powerful dozer ever built by Deere and it is geared toward mining, quarrying, road building, and other large-scale...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
New Technology for Exhausting Jobs
As the Chief Technologist for Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies (FECT) in North America, Andy Pontius leads a product development team of 35 technical specialists. They are the application link for...
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