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Microturbine Propulsion for UAVs
The continued use of reciprocating engines has limited the UAV market’s ability to reach its true growth potential.
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How Miniaturized Distributed Modular Architecture Advances Avionics Design
A centralized IMA approach offers several advantages.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Pathfinder Radar ISR and SAR Systems: Tactical Eyes for the Warfighter
Sandia National Laboratories’ (Albuquerque, NM) Radar Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems enable a new product paradigm in radar capabilities and...
News Propulsion
Extending the ICE Age: FCA’s Micky Bly Is Amped on Electrification
As part of the cover story on the future of vehicle propulsion in the July/August 2019 edition of Automotive Engineering magazine, this article is one of four that...
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Mine Roller
Rostec State CorporationMoscow, Russia+7 (495) 287-25-25https://rostec.ru/en/ Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, part of UralVagonZavod Group belonging to Rostec State Corporation, has developed a mine roller to be installed on...
Application Briefs Data Acquisition
Land Combat Missile
MBDA IncorporatedArlington, VA703-387-7139www.mbdainc.com In early 2019, the DGA (French Procurement Agency) and the French Army (STAT) organized a campaign to test the MMP land combat missile in extreme cold conditions....
Application Briefs Communications
Tactical Communications System
Spectra GroupTysons, VA202-818-8429www.spectra-group.us Spectra Group (US), a specialist provider of secure voice, data and satellite communications systems, specifically optimized for use in remote and...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Tiltrotor Aircraft
Bell HelicopterFort Worth, TX817-280-2011www.bellflight.com During the thirty years since the V-22 Osprey first flew, the tiltrotor aircraft, built by Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, and Boeing, has fundamentally...
Application Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Hydraulic Thermal Bypass Valve
ThermOmegaTechWarminster, PA877-379-8258www.thermomegatech-adg.com A system supplier to the U.S. Department of Defense recently approached ThermOmegaTech® to obtain a custom thermal bypass valve. Installed into a...
News Manned Systems
Trucks with Intuition
The automotive and commercial vehicle industries are working on answers to a tremendous number of questions no one bothered to ask before. Volvo, for example, wants to know if vehicles can have human intuition.
Articles Power
Cummins CTO Sees Increasing Power Source Diversification, Digital Innovation
Jennifer Rumsey has been a member of SAE International her entire career and has participated in the organization’s COMVEC event as an attendee and occasional...
Articles Connectivity
Data Connectivity in Heavy-Duty Vehicle Environments
Technology advancements are increasingly bringing a new level of connectivity to industrial and commercial vehicles. Customers are demanding functionality that automates or enhances...
Articles Green Design & Manufacturing
Electric Machines Find Their Niche
Many players in the off-highway market are announcing electrification efforts. But why? To date, global regulatory programs have spurred off-highway technological innovations, to improve fuel economy and...
Technical Innovation Connectivity
Protecting a Cyber-Physical Remote Diagnostic Communication System Against Cyberattacks
The increasing complexity of microcontroller-based E/E (electrical/electronic) systems that control heavy-duty trucks, buses and non-road mobile...
Original Equipment Manned Systems
New Mercedes-Benz Actros Loaded with ADAS, Active Safety Tech
Mercedes-Benz Trucks, the European arm of the Daimler Trucks business, has launched an updated Actros heavy-duty truck flagship, packed with new technologies, vehicle safety and driver-assistance features.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Feasibility Study of Portable Water Desalination Systems for Water Contingencies at Remote Navy Installations
The Navy is exploring ways to ensure an uninterrupted supply of potable water at remote installations.
Briefs Aerospace
Hands-on Cybersecurity Studies: Multi-Perspective Analysis of the WannaCry Ransomware
This research involves a multi-perspective analysis of the WannaCry ransomware in the form of a cybersecurity exercise.
Briefs Defense
Thermal Conductivities of Some Polymers and Composites
Thermoset polymers are good electrical insulators that are used in applications ranging from electronics to composite armor. They are rather poor thermal conductors, however.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Nominal High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) Waveforms
Predictions of these signals were difficult to make due to the complexity of the physics unleashed by the detonation.
Briefs Research Lab
Real-Time Heuristics and Metaheuristics for Static and Dynamic Weapon Target Assignments
Projectile weapons have been a consistent threat of hostilities throughout history. Military advantage has always been aided by the capacity to inflict damage from a distance. In the 20th century, missile technology advanced to the point that an adversary had...
Briefs Defense
Hybrid Ultra-Low VOC and Non-HAP Rain Erosion Coatings
Numerous military aircraft and shipboard surfaces, such as radomes, antennas, gun shields, wing leading edges, and helicopter blade leading edges, are coated with a specialized...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
EV Battery Tech Must Outpace Oil Industry Advances
As the industry ramps up development of battery-electric vehicles, petroleum remains king. Oil prices are moderate in the U.S. and the industry continues to complete new wells at...
News Propulsion
Mahle’s Pre-Chamber MJI Technology Is Sparking Ignition Advances
Any technology transfer between the racetrack and the road is usually a one-way street, with motor racing leading and humble production machinery way back on the innovative...
Articles Manned Systems
Extending the ICE Age: Ford’s Dave Filipe Has Some Powerful Choices to Make
As part of the cover story on the future of vehicle propulsion in the July/August 2019 edition of Automotive Engineering magazine, this article is one of four...
News Manned Systems
Extending the ICE Age: GM’s Ken Morris Lives the Real Pace of the Powertrain Revolution
As part of the cover story on the future of vehicle propulsion in the July/August 2019 edition of Automotive Engineering magazine, this article is...
News Energy
Extending the ICE Age: Hyundai Optimizing Engines and Fuels
As part of the cover story on the future of vehicle propulsion in the July/August 2019 edition of Automotive Engineering magazine, this article is one of four that examines the...
What We’re Driving Energy
Volkswagen T-Cross
Volkswagen Group’s applications of its remarkably versatile modular MQB chassis stretch from its little Polo hatchback to the large Atlas SUV. Now there is a new addition to the family, the Polo-based T-Cross compact...
What We’re Driving Materials
2018 Ford EcoSport
I’ll concede I might not have thought the EcoSport so irredeemably awful if our test vehicle had been fitted with the 2.0-liter 4-cylinder that comes standard with all-wheel-drive for any of EcoSport’s (more on that...
News Electronics & Computers
2020 Toyota Supra Launch Edition
Toyota sought to channel its 2000 GT and Supra sportscar heritage with the introduction of the 2020 Supra, but in the process the company also forecast the future.
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