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Northrop Grumman and Green Hills Software Part of H-1 Upgrades

Under a recently awarded contract from Naval Air Systems Command, Northrop Grumman will provide FlightPro Gen III mission computers for the UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft, becoming...

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Defense

Rising Sun Breaks Cover on Japanese Defense Industry

For the first time since the Second World War, the Japanese aerospace industry has demonstrated a new defense air program overseas in an attempt to interest potential export customers. In...

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Electronics & Computers

Flight Vision System for Rotary-Wing Aircraft

Elbit Systems Ltd.'s Helicopter ClearVision is the rotary-wing version of its ClearVision next-generation enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for commercial aircraft. This system has been...

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Materials

Styrolution Targets Interiors for Styrenics Growth

Based in Frankfurt, Pierre Juan manages sales and technical teams across 19 countries as the Global Automotive Vice President at Styrolution. The company describes itself as the leading...

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Energy

Borla, Alphabet Energy Pursue Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery in Next-Gen Exhaust

Borla Performance and Alphabet Energy have partnered to jointly develop and commercialize a next-generation exhaust system for trucks that incorporates...

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Defense

Hindustan Aeronautics Selects L-3’s TACAN+ for Light Utility Helicopter Program

L-3 Aviation Products announced that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has selected its Tactical Airborne Navigation System, TACAN+, for its new Light Utility...

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Transportation

Scania Supplies 200 More Trucks to Indian Mining Company

Indian mining company BGR Mining & Infra recently placed an order for 200 Scania P 410 tipper trucks, adding to the company’s current fleet of 246 Scania vehicles. BGR Mining...

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Defense

Jet Aviation Geneva Approved to Service Gulfstream, Bombardier Aircraft in India

Jet Aviation Geneva recently received CAR-145 approval from the Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India to provide base maintenance services to...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Mercedes-Benz Begins GLA Production in India

Mercedes-Benz has expanded its local production portfolio at its Pune, India, assembly plant to six model series with the recent addition of the GLA compact SUV. The other models include S-, E-,...

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Defense

HondaJet Goes on Show

An important element in its recent world tour was the participation of the new HondaJet at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), held at Geneva, which was its first European appearance.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

New Pulse Lines for LEAP Engine Production

During the recent Paris Air Show, French engine manufacturer Snecma announced significant investment in a new assembly facility to meet the unprecedented level of customer demand for the new LEAP...

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Automotive

Additive Manufacturing Startup Added to Ford’s Research Roster

Ford is jumping on the additive manufacturing bandwagon, teaming up with a startup that claims its 3D manufacturing system makes parts 25 to 100 times faster than conventional...

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Transportation

Eicher Polaris Creates Personal-Utility-Vehicle Segment in India

Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd. recently launched what it claims is India’s first personal utility vehicle (PUV), the Multix, creating a new category in the automotive segment....

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Automotive

Deutz-Fahr Tractor Debuts Industry-First Hella LED Light Package

Deutz-Fahr collaborated with Hella to develop an industry-first LED light package for its line of 7 Series tractors. The Deutz-Fahr 7250 Warrior is equipped with 14 new Hella...

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Defense

Freudenberg-NOK Develops Lightweight, Fireproof Materials for Engine Nacelles

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies is currently developing two new materials that reportedly will help aircraft manufacturers save weight and production costs...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

JLR Reveals Some R&D Secrets

Watching the alpha and beta waves of one’s brain undulating across a screen while gripping a steering wheel, is one of the more bizarre experiences of automotive R&D. But that is what JLR (Jaguar Land...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Ford Expands ‘Split-View’ Camera Applications in SUVs, Trucks

Ford’s latest vehicle camera technology can help drivers see around corners. The optional “split-view” camera feature enables a view of traffic and obstacles that enter...

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Automotive

Faster, Lighter: Lotus Reveals Its Quickest Road Car Yet

With an all-new lightweight composite bodyshell, supercharged 336-kW (450-hp) V6 engine, and an open cockpit without windshield or doors, Lotus’s stark new no-nonsense 3-Eleven is...

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Automotive

Mounting Structure Stiffness Critical for Isolation Performance on Off-Highway Machines

Off-highway machine mounting systems, especially the cab mounting system, significantly affect the operator comfort in the cab by providing enough...

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Transportation

Mitsubishi Puts NVH in 2016 Outlander's Crosshairs

Two years after the third-generation Mitsubishi Outlander arrived in the U.S. market, the crossover utility vehicle was revised for the 2016 MY with new signature front-end styling and...

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Automotive

New SAE Book Examines Effects of Inflight Atmospheric Icing

SAE International has announced publication of the new book, Ice Accretion and Icing Technology by Robert J. Flemming. With proposed changes in the regulations for operation in icing conditions, universities and industry have been working hard to respond to the challenge. This is...

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Software

Dassault Systèmes on Everyone’s Side with 3D Visualization for Cabin Design

Dassault Systèmes announced just prior to Paris Air Show the launch of “Passenger Experience,” what it describes as a new aerospace and defense industry...

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Automotive

Hyundai Launches All-New Crawler Excavator

Hyundai's new HX520 L is powered by a 331-kW (445-hp) Scania D13 engine, which is compliant with the Stage IV emissions standards. Hyundai has chosen a combined EGR and SCR technology solution that it says results in a reduction of fuel consumption of 3 to 6% depending on work cycles.

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Automotive

John Deere Loads Updates into E-Series Articulated Dump Trucks

All three models of John Deere's new E-Series articulated dump trucks (ADT) were designed and built in Dubuque and Davenport, IA. John Deere’s new Tier 4 Final E-Series (370E,...

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Electronics & Computers

Accenture Demos Wearable Technology for Improving Manufacturing Processes

There was plenty of chatter at Paris Air Show about the need to increase efficiencies throughout the life of an aircraft, from its design and build all the way to it...

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Transportation

Airbus Helicopters Looks to the Future in Heavy-Lift Rotorcraft with the X6 Concept

Airbus Helicopter's announcement at the Paris Air Show about the beginning of the concept phase for a new helicopter, currently called the X6, didn't quite...

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Defense

Sierra Nevada Breathes Life into D328, Determined to Make It Fly Again, and Evolve

Some 10 years since being out of production (some might say even nearly 15 years if one considers the demise of the plane’s originator), the Dornier 328,...

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Power

Cat Designs Its 336F L XE Hybrid Excavator with Building-Block Technologies

Caterpillar says its 336F L XE Hybrid delivers an estimated fuel savings of up to 20% compared with its standard 336 counterpart with no compromise in performance...

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Defense

Flight Propulsion Goes Electric

Somehow, the sight of an airplane wing perching incongruously atop a big-rig truck tractor that’s rumbling across a dry lake bed at dawn might not seem particularly significant to the future of aviation....

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