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Insitu ScanEagle SUAS Boosts Coast Guard Mission Effectiveness
U.S. Coast Guard officials are expanding their deployment of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, after...
News Design
A New ‘Works’ Is in the Works
This week, Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), announced the establishment of GatorWorks, a newly formed prototyping arm that will focus on the rapid and agile development...
News Regulations/Standards
Additive Manufacturing Adoption Up, Growing Rapidly in Aerospace
The 3D printing materials market will experience high double-digit growth in the aerospace industry through 2024, as manufacturers of aircraft and spacecraft vehicles and...
News Manned Systems
ONERA and DLR Shake up the Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Aircraft
The first five Airbus BelugaXL aircraft are slated to enter service in 2019. But, to reach that milestone, an exhaustive schedule of test and certification work must be completed.
News Aerospace
SAE International Issues First Technical Standards for Aerospace Additive Manufacturing
The Aerospace Material Specification committee on Additive Manufacturing (AMS-AM) at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, has released its first...
News Transportation
Equipmake's 'Cool' Motor Technology
There is a subdued hum in the emerging world of the EV: the sound of several types of electric motor vying for top podium position within the industry.
News Electronics & Computers
Chassis Brakes International Debuts First NA-Produced Products
One of the world’s largest producers of automotive brakes and calipers debuts its first North American manufactured products in 2018.
News Defense
A State-Of-The-Art Coordinate Measurement Instrument
The next generation of civil aircraft are intended to achieve greater fuel efficiency, with natural laminar flow wings. They will also have to be built more quickly and at reduced cost,...
News Materials
Martinrea's New Tech Center Focuses on Subframe Innovation
A new North American technical center is the product development centerpiece for Martinrea’s new mixed-material vehicle subframes currently under development.
News Propulsion
Ford Gives 2019 Raptor Smarter Shocks, New Trail Control Electronics
Electronically controlled shocks and a new Trail Control system that automatically adjusts power and braking at each wheel lead the 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor’s suspension...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
OEM Sourcing Trends Show More Program Discipline Needed
The drive by OEMs to get the best parts price is always in play, yet an industry study finds no correlation between an automaker’s pricing pressure and good OEM-supplier working...
News Manned Systems
As Early Autonomy Questions Roil the Industry, Toyota Hews to Driver-Enhancement Philosophy
At a recent industry conference, Toyota’s lead for autonomous driving research said the company will continue to focus on a strategy of driver...
News Power
Porsche Names First-Ever Electric Car: ‘Taycan’
In a somehow-ironic decision on a day Porsche chose to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its 911 sports car, Porsche also announced the official name of its first-ever battery-electric...
News Imaging
AFRL Demos Advanced Multipurpose Robotics for Aerospace
Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Manufacturing Technologies Division successfully demonstrated the capabilities of a new multi-purpose maintenance and...
News Test & Measurement
The EVTOL Disruption Goes Viral
(This article is part two in a series by Richard Gardner. To read part one, please click here). Even at the early stages of this new era of urban air mobility, there is already a scramble amongst well-known...
News Data Acquisition
Big Data Takes to the Skies
Growing up in a small town in Ohio, Rhonda Walthall frequently passed Neil Armstrong’s farm, where he’d retired after his accomplished career as an astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval aviator, test...
News Regulations/Standards
Recognizing a Distinguished Leader in the Global Aerospace Industry
Respect. Esteem. Distinction. All words that define “honor”—and that demonstrate the significance of SAE International’s prestigious Medal of Honor, an award that...
News Aerospace
Embraer X EVTOL Debuts Design at Uber Elevate 2018
Autonomous flying cars and air-taxis have been the subject of science fiction movies for decades, but Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer has now announced plans to develop a...
News Defense
Can Tech Prevent Drunk-Driving Fatalities?
Despite the introduction of active and passive safety systems installed on new vehicles, the U.S. motor vehicle death rate remains high, currently some 40,000 persons. Although this number includes...
News Unmanned Systems
'Function on Demand' Brings Opportunities, Security Challenges
The motorist is on a vacation in his leased car, a minimally-equipped vehicle for which the low price was an incentive. But now he temporarily would like some of the features...
News Defense
NASA Invites Proposal from Space-Based Large-Scale 3D-Printing Company
The International Space Station (ISS) is the most collectively expensive object built by humans. The total estimated cost is believed to be close to $150 billion. Aside...
News Electronics & Computers
Nano-Based Ultracap Tech Boosts EV Power Density
French nanomaterials specialist NAWA Technologies is aiming to bring a new dimension to the automotive industry’s use of the word “hybrid.” It is aiming to link high efficiency new...
News Manned Systems
First Operational Use of Aurora’s AACUS System
Last week, Aurora Flight Sciences’s Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) achieved a major operational milestone when it successfully delivered cargo to US Marines in the...
News Aerospace
Rolls-Royce and Superdielectrics Explore Supercapacitor Technology
Last month, Rolls-Royce signed a collaboration agreement with UK-based technology start-up Superdielectrics Ltd to create next-generation, high-energy storage technology....
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Boeing to Broaden Its Services Portfolio
June 2017 marked the launch of Boeing’s third major business unit Boeing Global Services. The new unit, which combined aspects of Boeing’s previous Commercial Aviation Services and Global Services...
News Electronics & Computers
Studies Seek to Reduce Range Impact of EV Cabin Conditioning
If the battery-electric vehicle (BEV) is to enter the affordable mainstream, it has to overcome the challenge of 50-60% loss of range from the impact of cabin heating, ventilation...
News Power
GE Aviation Delivers Improved Turbine Engine During U.S. Army Preliminary Design Review
An updated version of GE Aviation’s T901-GE-900 turboprop engine used in the AH-64 Apache attack and UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters...
News Aerospace
NASA Picks Lockheed to Build Low-Boom X-Plane
In April, NASA took another major step toward reintroducing supersonic flight with an award to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to design, build, and test a supersonic aircraft to reduce...
News Electronics & Computers
OA-X Phase Two Kicks Off
Yesterday, the sound of turboprops was heard again over Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
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