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Experts Confront Cyber-Security Realities

Connected cars could be hacked by an intentional cyber swipe or compromised by an unintentional intrusion.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Level 1 Automated Driving Coming to Class 8 Truck Fleets

As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to raise fuel-economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks through Phase 2 of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and fuel-efficiency...

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Design

Cat 745 Articulated Truck Boasts Next-Gen Cab, New Machine-Control Features

The 745 is the first Caterpillar machine to feature a new numeric-only coding system, compared to the previous alphanumeric style.

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Power

New BMW 5 Series Adds PHEV, Touring, XDrive M5

The advent of every new BMW 5 Series reaffirms why this model 'family' is a benchmark in its segment—and why the phrase 'technology through evolution' describes BMW's overall development...

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Transportation

Sales of Maruti Suzuki Smart Hybrid Vehicles Surpass One Lakh Units

Maruti Suzuki India Limited announced that its Smart Hybrid vehicles, the Ciaz SHVS and the Ertiga SHVS, have crossed cumulative sales of 100,000 units in February.

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Transportation

Ashok Leyland’s ‘Circuit’ Series Is First Electric Bus Made in India

Ashok Leyland’s first Circuit electric bus is designed and engineered entirely in India, by Indians, for India, the company said in a recent product announcement. In line with Ashok Leyland's vision for the future of mass mobility, the country’s first ‘Made in India’...

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Transportation

SANY India Enters Mining Segment, Launches Range of Off-Highway Dump Trucks

The new mining business unit will be headed by Dheeraj Panda, who is the Business Unit Head and Vice President of Excavators at SANY India.

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Software

Recoated and Ready

Air superiority comes at a cost. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 Raptor may arguably be the most capable air superiority fighter ever built, but the aircraft has lingered in depots due to a variety of substantial...

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Defense

Fresh Air for the Passenger Experience

When considering environmental factors in commercial aerospace, the most familiar themes focus on the reduction of emissions, noise, and fuel consumption. These design factors are interlinked and...

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Defense

S.S. White Technologies Lending Flexibility to New GE9X, 777X

S.S. White Technologies is supplying flexible rotary shafts for the Honeywell Aerospace Air Turbine Starter (ATS) on the next-gen GE Aviation GE9X high-bypass turbofan engines.

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Defense

Probing FAST Processing for High-Tech Ceramic Components

Researchers from Purdue University are studying the fundamental mechanisms behind a technique known as field-assisted sintering technology (FAST), where applying an electric field...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Renault ARMs Its Twizy EV with Open-Source Architecture

Automotive digital technology is spreading rapidly through the industry and among vehicle platforms. Premium EVs such as Tesla Models S and X, with semi-autonomous driving potential,...

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Electronics & Computers

Harman Readies New Vehicle-Hacker Defense System for 2018

A vehicle’s engine tachometer needle rapidly jumps from zero to redline, dives back to zero, then repeats again and again—without a driver behind the wheel. An external source...

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Automotive

Can Product Planning Keep Pace with Technology?

Product planners: How accurate is your technology ‘radar?’

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Propulsion

John Deere and Liebherr Collaborate on Engine Development

John Deere Power Systems and Liebherr Machines Bulle SA announced on February 8 an agreement to jointly evaluate engine technologies, designs and development processes that may assist future product development for both companies. The collaboration will target specific horsepower and...

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Automotive

UQM, Meritor Form Alliance to Develop Full-Electric Axle Systems

UQM Technologies, Inc. signed a development agreement with Meritor, Inc. to jointly develop full-electric axle systems (E-axles) for the medium- and heavy-duty commercial...

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Electronics & Computers

Daimler and Uber Team up to Bring More Self-Driving Cars to the Road

Daimler and Uber announce the companies signed an agreement to cooperate on the supply and operation of self-driving vehicles. Under the agreement, Daimler plans to...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Unmanned Canada Works to Elevate Drones

The 2016 Unmanned Canada (UC) conference, hosted in Alberta, provided a venue for companies to outline their programs for new UAV technologies, capabilities, products, and services. One of the key...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Honda and GM Pioneer New Fuel-Cell Manufacturing Venture

The first time General Motors’ global product development chief Mark Reuss got an up-close look at Honda technology was as a kid when he tore apart his QA-50 minibike in the family...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

SBIR to Paint It Black, Secures Exclusive Vantablack Rights

Surrey NanoSystems has granted exclusive rights to the use of the ultra-black Vantablack S-VIS surface coating to Santa Barbara Infrared (SBIR) of Santa Barbara, CA, for military,...

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Transportation

Boom Aims to Conquer Concorde by 2023

Colorado-based Boom Technology’s “Baby Boom” XB-1 supersonic demonstrator—a one-third scale stepping stone to a supersonic 40-seat passenger airliner—will make its first test flight late-2017....

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Electronics & Computers

DARPA Works Toward Unmanning Aircraft

DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program envisions flight operations with reduced onboard aircrew while improving mission performance and flight safety. This is achieved with...

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Transportation

Perdix: Overwhelming Numbers and Success

The Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office, in cooperation with the Naval Air Systems Command and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, recently announced that it has successfully tested a swarm...

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Power

Ford Prepares Transit PHEV Fleet for London Trials

Ford will launch a test program of its new Transit Custom plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vans in London aimed at helping to improve the city's air quality. The multi-million pound project will...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Nader: Are Glitch-Free Autonomous Vehicles Possible?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a mainstay of automated driving technologies, sparking a steady cadence of partnerships and product announcements. But the increased...

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Automotive

Simulation Squeezes More Range out of Formula-E Racers

"Range anxiety" is not just affecting electric vehicle drivers on the road—it is also a significant hurdle for Formula E teams on the track. Highly accurate energy consumption...

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Electronics & Computers

NAIAS 2017: Yanfeng Shows Concept Interior for Autonomous Driving

The driver's experience of being in a vehicle—but not driving—means opportunities for working or relaxing as envisioned in a vehicle cabin concept from the world's...

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Propulsion

NAIAS 2017: The 2018 Lexus LS Gets Twin-Turbo V6, 10-Speed and Shiatsu

The flagship sedan that inaugurated the Lexus brand in 1990 ups the power and luxury quotient for its fifth-generation iteration with an all-new turbocharged V6, a...

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Automotive

Waymo’s End Game: Beat Conti, Delphi and Valeo in Self-Driving Tech?

What does Waymo, formerly Google’s self-driving car project and now a standalone company, want to be when it grows up?

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