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Automotive

Silos Must Come Down to Advance SDVs, Panel Says

Ensuring truly cross-functional teams are properly empowered is the key to SDV development, a panel of executives said.

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Manned Systems

1.5 Million Kilometers Later

Huber+Suhner developed better high-voltage cables to use with articulated electric buses, where the gangway was a particular challenge.

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Energy

GM Energy Bets on Sodium Batteries for Energy Storage

GM Energy expands bidirectional charging features.

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Unmanned Systems

Airbus, Boeing Reveal New Autonomous Aircraft Technologies at ILA Berlin 2026

Airbus and Boeing revealed modified and upgraded variants of a military drone and an uncrewed helicopter during the ILA Berlin Air Show last week. The...

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Design

Antares Achieves Initial Criticality of Mark-0 Nuclear Microreactor

Antares Nuclear completed a zero-power criticality test for its Mark-0 demonstrator reactor at Idaho National Laboratory on June 4, 2026. This milestone advances the...

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Design

Prototype Reflectarray Antenna Demonstrates Low‑SWaP Anti‑Jam Tactical SATCOM

Preventing adversaries from interfering with communications is crucial to national security. Tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) focus on securing...

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Software

The Software-Defined Technician

Companies that identify and develop the Software-Defined Technician will have a structural advantage that compounds over time.

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Lighting Technology

Glazing Creatively at the Sekurit Imagine Lab

Saint-Gobain Sekurit, Meaningful bring to life a space where designers and engineers can play with automotive glass.

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Materials

The Bulletproof Mercedes You Probably Can't Buy

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Guard sedan is a luxury tank designed to protect its occupants.

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Electronics & Computers

NASA Starts Testing Microchip’s Next Generation Space Processor

NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing project aims to dramatically improve the computing power of spacecraft. Missions need processors that can withstand the harsh...

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Test & Measurement

Hermeus Quarterhorse Completes First Uncrewed Supersonic Flight

Hermeus — the Atlanta, GA-based hypersonic startup company — announced its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 successfully completed its first supersonic flight, reaching a top speed of...

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Test & Measurement

Introducing the Modern Virtual Test Environment: Reducing Friction in RDT&E

Federal research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) teams are operating in a data environment that looks nothing like it did a decade ago. Modern...

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Software

Automating Geometric Inconsistencies in Computer-Aided Design of Aircraft Parts

When aerospace companies build digital models of new aircraft, they often combine computer-aided design (CAD) files for individual parts into a single system....

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Connectivity

Slate's Modem-Free Pickup Brings Privacy Back to Driving

Slate's lack of an in-car modem could be a win for privacy.

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Automotive

Enabling Certified GoogleTest for Safety-Critical Embedded Software

Parasoft’s C/C++test CT is a TÜV SÜD-certified solution for multiple functional safety standards.

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Electronics & Computers

Longtime Auto Supplier Eyes Data Center Needs with 'Living Lab' Microgrid

With a demonstration microgrid, longtime auto supplier Delta Electronics eyes the data center market.

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Automotive

Mercedes-AMG Unveils Racing-Inspired EV

Mercedes unveils its fastest EV yet.

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Manned Systems

Michelin Rolls Out New Earthmover Tire

Michelin revealed a new earthmover tire, the XHA3, at CONEXPO 2026 in Las Vegas. The XHA3 offers increased load capacity, enhanced ton-per-hour performance and a new tread design engineered for modern machinery.

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Manned Systems

A Next Generation Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for Deep Space Missions

L3Harris Technologies has finalized the design of a next-generation nuclear-based power source for future NASA deep space missions, marking a crucial...

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Defense

Ukraine’s New Guided Glide Bomb Reaches Combat Readiness

Ukraine’s first glide bomb, developed by a Brave1 participant, has passed all required tests and is ready for combat use.

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Electronics & Computers

New Report Outlines Challenges and Opportunities for Orbital Data Centers

Space-based data centers would place data processing and storage systems for AI and other computing needs into satellites. This could reduce the land, electricity,...

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Photonics/Optics

Developing User Terminals for ESA's Optical Communications Network

Kepler Communications, a Canadian satellite telecommunications provider operating the first commercial optical data relay constellation, is leading a group of industry...

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Propulsion

Light-Powered Propulsion Expands Space Exploration Possibilities

Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take hundreds of thousands of years using current rocket propulsion technology. Researchers in the J. Mike Walker ’66...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

Varda Teams with United Therapeutics to Advance In-Orbit Pharmaceutical Processing

Varda Space Industries has launched a new collaboration with United Therapeutics Corporation to explore the use of microgravity to develop improved...

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Weapons Systems

SAE Media Group Launches First Dedicated Loitering Munitions Hub

SAE Media Group announced the launch of the Loitering Munitions Hub, a new online platform dedicated exclusively to one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic areas in modern defense. Read on to learn more.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

B-52 Engine Replacement Program Holds Critical Design Review, Paves Way for F130 Upgrade

The B-52J Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) recently held its Critical Design Review (CDR), a pivotal milestone that enables the...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Army Teams with Defense Manufacturers to Host 'Right to Integrate' Hackathon

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and leaders from Anduril, Boeing, General Dynamics, L3Harris, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Palantir, Perennial...

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Design

Rethinking Robotics with Intelligent Materials

Today’s advances in robotics are often driven by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and perception. But in complex and constrained environments, the limiting factor...

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Aerospace

Defense Companies Accelerate CMMC Level 2 Certifications as DoW Continues Three-Year Rollout

Defense manufacturers, engineering services providers, and suppliers are increasingly completing the requirements to achieve Cybersecurity Maturity...