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Collaborative Combat Aircraft Engine Testing
Raytheon’s Pratt & Whitney is developing a new family of engines, scalable from 500 to 1,800 pounds of thrust, that are capable of powering munitions and Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
A New Clean Room for Missile and Satellite Propulsion Components
Moog Inc. announced the groundbreaking on its new clean room in Niagara Falls, New York. This will support the growing demand Moog is seeing for innovative satellite and missile propulsion components and systems from space and defense customers. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Power
Integrated Electric Power Kits for Army Vehicles
Leonardo DRS has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to develop prototype Vehicle Integrated Power Kits (VIPKs) to support the growing need for easy-to-access, on-demand electrical power in the field. Read on to learn more.
Articles Power
The Future of Axial- and Radial-Flux Motors
Traditionally, most motors used in EVs and mobility platforms have been radial flux systems. In recent years, there have been major strides in alternative axial flux motor architectures. What exactly do these architectural differences mean for motor design and production? Read on to find out.
Articles Energy
EV Industry Grapples with Unprecedented Battery Regulation Compliance Challenges
The EU Battery Regulation demands unprecedented granularity in supply chain tracking. Read on to learn more about what this means.
Articles Energy
The End of the Beginning: Why the EV Market Will Overcome the Loss of Tax Credits
Will EV sales in the U.S. double by the end of the decade, or more? Will the U.S. keep pace with China’s relentless iterative improvements on EV technology, or will China increasingly dominate the rapidly electrifying global transportation industry? Read on to learn more.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Heavy-Payload Conveyance Paves the Way for Next-Generation Battery Manufacturing
Battery packs are becoming larger and heavier, particularly in applications such as electric trucks, aviation and renewable energy storage. As payload requirements increase, manufacturers are turning to advanced automation and material handling systems to keep pace. Read on to learn what this means.
Briefs Energy
How Carbon Fibers Can Help Manufacture Li-ion Batteries
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have overcome a barrier to using a more affordable, dry process for manufacturing the Li-ion batteries used in vehicles and electronic devices. The resulting batteries provide greater electricity flow and reduced risk of overheating. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Information Technology
German Researchers Test Quantum Channels In-Flight
It is not easy to transmit individual photons precisely from an aircraft, capture them in a ground station and detect them successfully. Researchers have, however, now managed to do exactly that. They have even measured, multiple times, various quantum channels between an aircraft and a ground station, sent photons to an ion trap and tested technologies for quantum key distribution (QKD). Read on to learn more.
Briefs Green Design & Manufacturing
Novel Chromium–Molybdenum Metal Alloy Withstands Extreme Conditions
A new material might contribute to a reduction of the fossil fuels consumed by aircraft engines and gas turbines in the future. A research team from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a refractory metal-based alloy with properties unparalleled to date. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Propulsion
Electric Propulsion for a Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft
To develop spacecraft that can “maneuver without regret,” the U.S. Space Force is providing $35 million to a national research team, including engineers at the University of Washington. It will be the first to bring fast chemical rockets together with efficient electric propulsion powered by a nuclear microreactor. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Controlling Heat Spikes in Electric Aircraft at Takeoff
Researchers at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and Brazil’s Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) will combine forces on one of the main challenges of electric aircraft — controlling the heat spikes they generate at takeoff. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Materials
New Self-Assembling Material Could Be the Key to Recyclable EV Batteries
Today’s electric vehicle boom is tomorrow’s mountain of electronic waste. And while myriad efforts are underway to improve battery recycling, many EV batteries still end up in landfills. A research team from MIT wants to help change that with a new kind of self-assembling battery material that quickly breaks apart when submerged in a simple organic liquid. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Energy
Breakthrough Advances Sodium-Based Battery Design
Read on to learn about research that raises the benchmark for sodium-based all-solid-state batteries and demonstrates thick cathodes that retain performance at room temperature down to subzero conditions.
Briefs Energy
Breaking the Rules to Build a Better Battery
By flipping a foundational belief in battery design, Hailong Chen and his team found that charging zinc-ion batteries at higher currents can make them last longer. Read on to learn more about this surprising result.
Articles Automotive
Driving Safety Forward: How Simulation and MODSIM Accelerate ADAS Innovation
Dassault Systèmes offers MODSIM for model-based systems engineering, integrating modeling and simulation from the very start of the design process. This methodology enables multidisciplinary teams to work together on a shared platform, using common data and synchronized models. Read on to learn more.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Bailey Electrohydraulics and Specialized Scenarios
As mobile equipment is pushed to perform in increasingly demanding and challenging environments – ranging from frozen construction sites to harsh marine applications – some OEMs are...
Q&A Electronics & Computers
PACCAR CTO Offers Insights on SDVs, AVs and BEVs
PACCAR provided the executive leadership guiding this year’s SAE COMVEC conference held in mid-September in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was fitting, then, that John Rich, senior vice president and chief technology officer at PACCAR, kicked off the event as the featured keynote speaker. Read on for a few of the key insights Rich shared with attendees in the packed venue.
Technology Report Unmanned Systems
Talking SDVs and Zonal Architecture with TE Connectivity
For a company focused on selling components to make physical connections in vehicles, TE Connectivity is more than ready for future growth in software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and the...
Technology Report Design
Experts agree on need for large-scale fire testing of battery energy storage systems
A panel of four battery testing experts from different fields agreed that large scale fire testing, as called for in a proposed update to testing standard...
Technology Report Energy
Battery Show: Bosch Rexroth adds HS linear motion, 6D floating prototype to multi-axis systems
Bosch Rexroth displayed new battery automation solutions at The Battery Show 2025 in Detroit this week, focusing on making batteries in a more...
Technology Report Energy
Battery Show: Pickering 5-amp battery simulator speeds up BMS testing
Engineers looking for a new way to simulate battery cells as they develop new battery management systems might be interested in the latest PXI battery simulator modules...
INSIDER Energy
GM to have LMR long-distance battery deployed by 2028
A GM battery executive told an audience at the Battery Show North America audience Tuesday that the company would deploy a lithium manganese-rich (LMR) battery by 2028 in some of its...
INSIDER Design
Battery Show 2025: Freudenberg’s new busbar seals handle the bends
As EV battery designs continue to explore new pack shapes, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has developed a new, flexible busbar sealing technology that enables...
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Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Nadcap at 35 Still Defining Excellence in Aviation, Defense and Space Manufacturing
Celebrating its 35th year, the National Aerospace Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) continues to advance quality assurance and regulatory compliance for aviation, defense, and space OEMs and suppliers. This article summarizes how Nadcap accreditation works, its benefits for manufacturers, and its role in expanding additive manufacturing through industry-wide consensus.
Articles Aerospace
High-Performance Enclosure Systems for Aerospace and Defense Applications: Preparing for What’s Next
As mission-critical systems demand more processing power, real-time data movement, and multi-domain interoperability, rugged embedded systems are being transformed. Today’s military and aerospace applications increasingly demand the merging of AI computing, enhanced sensor interfaces, and cybersecurity. At the heart of this evolution is the 3U OpenVPX form factor, a modular, compact, and ruggedized hardware standard. Read on to learn more.
Articles Manned Systems
Selecting the Best Plastic for Spacecraft Applications
The purpose of this article is to present some design considerations when selecting plastics for use in spacecraft. Read on to learn more.
Articles Aerospace
2025 RISING STAR AWARDS Aerospace and Defense Winner – Keshika Warnakula
Keshika Warnakula is a Senior Flight Mechanics Engineer at Syos Aerospace Limited and the winner of the 2025 Rising Stars Award Aerospace and Defense category. Read on to learn more about her via this interview.
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