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GE Aviation Breaks Ground on Jet Engine Assembly Factory in Indiana

GE Aviation recently hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new $100 million jet engine assembly facility in Lafayette, IN. The 225,000-ft² facility will assemble the...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

GKN Aerospace to Lead Research Collaboration into Additive Manufacturing

GKN Aerospace is leading a consortium of U.K. companies in a 3½ year, £13.4 million research and development program called Horizon (AM) that builds on GKN...

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Manned Systems

Kia Announces New Interior Features for 3rd-Gen Sorento

Kia has released details of the new improvements made to the third-generation Sorento’s cabin. A new modern, wrap-around dashboard has been added, as well as soft-touch materials and...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Continental Acquires Emitec, Becomes Provider of Exhaust-Gas-Treatment System

Continental announced Thursday in a release that it has acquired 100% ownership of Emitec, an exhaust technologies specialist.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Horton Introduces New WindShift Fan Blade

Horton recently introduced its most efficient fan blade, the WindShift WSE, according to a company release. It has been computer-optimized to allow for increased airflow and reduced operating noise....

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Defense

Simple Connection for Shielded Cables

The SAB 32 shield connection clip from Conta-Clip provides a quick, simple connection when cables require shielding from interference. With low-interference systems, the point where the cable shielding...

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Power

Testing Audi’s New E-Booster Reveals Turbocharging's Future

The car: Audi RS5 TDI V6 3.0-L 283-kW (379-hp) bi-turbo Concept.

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Automotive

Air Catcher Headlamp Feeds 2015 Challenger SRT's Hellcat V8

A patent-pending headlamp on the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT doubles as a cool air intake for the supercharged 6.2-L "Hellcat" Hemi V8 that produces an SAE-certified 707 hp.

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Automotive

Cetim, Momentive Develop Composite Crashbox Concept

To use composite materials in primary structures of vehicles and mobile equipment, it is necessary to control their crash behavior. Solutions exist in sports cars to reach an energy...

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Defense

Hybrid-Electric Distributed Propulsion Explored

Recent advancements in electronics, computers, and power distribution have made distributed propulsion feasible, but major challenges remain.

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Defense

3-D Printing in Aerospace: Not Just Winging It

The demand for innovative manufacturing technology that produces lighter parts with stronger material grows each day in the competitive aerospace industry. 3-D printing, also known as “additive manufacturing,” is at the center of this innovation.

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Defense

Embry-Riddle to Offer Master’s in Unmanned Systems

Unmanned systems coursework will examine the application, development, management, and policies of unmanned systems and address issues including regulation; systems design; policy and ethics; education and training; and human performance and machine interaction.

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Defense

Sikorsky, NREC Partner for Matrix Application to Demonstrate U.S. Army Autonomous UGV Delivery

The project is an 18-month program sponsored by the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) through the Robotics Technology Consortium.

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Defense

Designing Quieter Aircraft via Acoustic Simulation

Greater fuel efficiency and low emission requirements have grown into such an urgent imperative in aircraft design that it often overshadows an equally significant factor in air travel—noise. Airbus shows that it’s possible to infuse acoustic simulation into design processes from beginning to...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Tesla and Panasonic Expand Cooperation on Battery Cells

Panasonic will handle the cell-making activity at Tesla's coming battery manufacturing facility dubbed the Gigafactory, the two companies announced July 31. Panasonic already supplies...

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Electronics & Computers

Next-Generation Infotainment System Envisioned by Mitsubishi Electric

Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America has developed a demonstration vehicle that uses Ethernet as the audio-video bridging architecture to enable any media on any...

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Connectivity

Cybersecurity Gets Input from Students, Others

Finding ways to prevent cyber attacks on vehicles has the attention of the global automotive industry as well as a few high school and college students.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

New Effort Launched for Better Vehicle-To-Grid Integration

The Electric Power Research Institute has announced a collaboration with 8 automakers and 15 utilities to develop and demonstrate an open grid integration platform for plug-in...

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Design

Cornell Wins Iron Team Award as Baja SAE Series Concludes (Video)

Each year, SAE International sponsors the Collegiate Design Series (CDS), a series of competitions around the country where teams of student engineers are given a chance to...

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Automotive

Using CAE to Assess Whining Noise of Electric Powertrains

Engine sound is a characteristic feature of passenger cars, and the well-balanced adaption to vehicle design and driving dynamics is a must for premium cars. The noise and sound of...

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Design

ZF Friedrichshafen AG Expands China, Asia-Pacific Headquarters

The company will expand its space for offices, laboratories, and test benches to 54,000 m² (581,000 ft²), an increase from the current 11,000 m² (118,000 ft²).

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Software

No Shortcuts for Verifying, Validating Aerospace System Designs

Product designs are increasingly being tested multiple times as they move forward, not just when versions are completed. Verifying the integrity of designs and ensuring that...

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Connectivity

Pratt & Whitney Enlists IBM to Capture Value of Big Data

Pratt & Whitney is teaming with IBM to enhance the engine fleet management and health solutions Pratt & Whitney offers to customers. Pratt & Whitney, with IBM's help, will...

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Defense

Lockheed Martin to Open Space Technology Office in U.K.

Lockheed Martin is opening a space technology office in Great Britain to explore partnership opportunities with U.K. businesses and universities to support the U.K.'s goal of...

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Propulsion

2015 Ford Edge Boasts New 2.0-L EcoBoost Engine

Ford Executive Vice President of Marketing Jim Farley says he knows what happened to the once-popular personal luxury coupe market in the US: those drivers are now buying crossover SUVs like...

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Automotive

Nanotechnology Reduces Friction in the "Film Industry"

Automotive lubricants are under attack, besieged not only by advancing requirements to reduce friction losses across many aspects of the powertrain but also by the impact of associated...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Hydrogen Fueling Protocol Spelled out in New SAE International J2601 Standard

SAE International recently published J2601 “Fueling Protocols for Light Duty Gaseous Hydrogen Surface Vehicles,” the light-duty hydrogen-fueling protocol that...

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Transportation

WABCO Opens Second Application Engineering Center in India

WABCO recently opened a new Application Engineering Center in Pune, the supplier’s second such facility in India. The new center will allow WABCO’s team of application and test engineers to work closely with global commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturers in India to jointly develop...

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Automotive

Teams from Kansas and Brazil Top Fields at Dual FSAE Events to Wrap up CDS Season

Student engineers gathered at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, NE, on June 19-21 to compete at SAE International's Formula SAE–Lincoln/Formula SAE–Electric.

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