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Fully Stretchable Fabric-Based Lithium-Ion Battery
The future of wearable technology just got a big boost thanks to a team of University of Houston researchers who designed, developed, and delivered a successful prototype of a fully stretchable fabric-based lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.
Briefs Materials
A Solvent-Free Process to Make Better, Cheaper Li-ion Battery Electrodes
A team Led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Yan Wang has developed a solvent-free process to manufacture Li-ion battery electrodes that are greener, cheaper, and charge faster than electrodes currently on the market.
Briefs Energy
Advancing High-Energy-Density Devices
In critical applications such as electric vehicles, there is a growing demand for a device that can efficiently produce both high power and high energy over a significant number of cycles.
Technology Report Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Automaker Coalition Plans High-Power Charging Network to Rival Tesla's
In an announcement that could change the balance of power in the still-formative EV charging- station race, seven global automakers said they will work together to...
Editorial Test & Measurement
Of Moose and Artificial Intelligence
I know nothing more about artificial intelligence (AI) than what I read and what learned people tell me. I know it’s supposed to bring new sophistication to all manner of processes and technologies,...
News Manned Systems
Tenneco Opens Engineering, Simulation Center in Poland
Suspension- and powertrain-components specialist Tenneco recently opened a new 9,600 sq.m (103,334-sq.ft.) European engineering center at Gliwice in Poland to serve its European...
Road Ready Energy
Ford’s Latest Mustang Improves the Breed
Ford’s seventh-generation Mustang continues the tradition of improving the breed with each iteration. While the changes under the skin may seem incremental, the latest Mustang has been bred to...
Technology Report Electronics & Computers
Fully Charged in Six Minutes?
Battery technology company Nyobolt and UK-based design and engineering consultancy Callum are collaborating on a demonstration of new lithium-ion battery tech that would permit the full charge of a vehicle in...
Supplier Eye Propulsion
Moons Aligning
So far this decade, our industry has been heavily impacted by an endless stream of calamities. When impacted in isolation, dealing with a pandemic, weather disasters, supply- chain disruptions, ICE-to-BEV transition risks,...
Road Ready Test & Measurement
Vinfast Needs to Stop Digging
Startups are famous for moving quickly. Vinfast may want to slow things down.
Articles Manned Systems
Altair Honors Innovations in Automotive Lightweighting and Sustainability
Toyota and its segment-first IsoDynamic Performance Seat were big winners in this year’s Altair Enlighten Awards, honored during an awards ceremony at the 2023 CAR...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Raptor Tops Fully Redesigned 2024 Ford Ranger Lineup
When Ford first reintroduced the Ranger to North America in 2019, it was welcomed largely because of its revered nameplate. But outside of a lauded 2.3-L four-cylinder turbo engine and...
Q&A Connectivity
Defining the Software of ‘Software-Defined’ Vehicles
The phrase “software-defined vehicle” has embedded in the vehicle-development lexicon as the catchall for a new era of digitally driven products. But there is persistent...
Technology Report Energy
Magna Shows off Electric Offroad Powertrain, In-Cabin Tech
If a mid-20th century engineer could time travel and see Magna’s electric off-road powertrains, they might ask “why is the rear differential so gigantic?” But that’s no...
Articles Power
Advancing Battery Technology: The 2023 Battery Show Preview
The largest battery and electric vehicle technologies trade show in North America.
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
See the new products, including a cesium alarm clock, ethernet switches, generators, a network analyzer, and more.
Articles Unmanned Systems
Advances in Military Avionics Technologies Create New Challenges for RF Test and Measurement
One of the common features of modern military avionics systems is the adoption of high-frequency and millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications to achieve higher data rates and enhanced resistance to interference.
Articles Materials
Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation: The Future of Lightweight Designs in Aerospace and Defense
Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation is a unique surface coating technology that specializes in light metals, aluminum, magnesium and titanium specifically. It enables the lightweighting of components that face extreme environments from a reliable and effective coating process.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Advanced RF Simulation Reduces Cost and Schedule Risk
As RF device needs become more sophisticated and complex, new simulation software technologies must be ready to enable design teams to achieve higher performance, with greater confidence, and in a timelier manner.
Articles Connectivity
Assure 5G NTN Performance Before Launch
Simulation and emulation support NTN exploration and testing, verifying current performance while supporting next-generation evolutions.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Qualification of Multi-Channel Direction Finding Radar Receivers in The Lab
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace selected a radar test setup from Rohde & Schwarz based on the R&S SMW200A vector signal generator for multi-channel phase-coherent radar signal generation.
Articles Aerospace
Electrifying Aviation: The Path to Decarbonizing the Skies
After decades of tantalizing breakthroughs in battery technology, the last decade witnessed the emergence of energy storage as a challenger to fossil fuels for powering vehicles.
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
SHIP Prototype Computer Chip
The U.S. Department of Defense has celebrated a milestone achievement for the SHIP program with the delivery of the first SHIP prototype devices from Intel and Qorvo to BAE Systems.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Multi-Orbit Space Relay Communications
The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate selected Viasat to provide on-orbit space relay connectivity for its ARBALEST program, which aims to support a future space-based demonstration of operational capabilities for the Department of Defense.
Application Briefs Aerospace
B-52 Radar Modernization
The first U.S. Air Force B-52 aircraft has arrived at Boeing to begin upgrades as part of the Radar Modernization Program (RMP).
Application Briefs Defense
H4 Palletized Laser Weapon
The new palletized laser weapon was the first 10-kilowatt laser built to U.S. military specifications in a stand-alone configuration that can be moved and mounted anywhere it’s needed.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Prototype Hypersonic Defense Engine
Ursa Major has signed a new contract to advance U.S. hypersonic defense programs and space launch capabilities. Under the contract, Ursa Major will build and test a prototype of its new Draper engine and further develop its 200,000-pound thrust Arroway engine for space launch.
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Integrated Short-Range Air Defense
The system can be deployed in several theaters of operation simultaneously to provide C2 for short range air defense, C-UAS and counter-rocket, artillery and mortar missions.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Ultraviolet Spacecraft Camera
Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory is building two key flight camera systems for a NASA spacecraft that will explore the layer of the atmosphere where Earth meets space.
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