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Cultivating the Next Generation of Engineers
To say that Ramesh K. Agarwal, Ph.D., is prolific is an understatement. Over a distinguished career spanning 40 years, he has worked in various areas of computational science and engineering,...
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Peer-Reviewed Study: Steel-Intensive Vehicles Emit Lower GHG Emissions over the Lifecycle
A vehicle lifecycle assessment study shows that cars extensively using advanced high strength steels (AHSS) emit lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Made in Space to Increase Material Portfolio After Two Years of Printing in Space
Made In Space, Inc. (MIS) is celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) printing onboard the International Space Station...
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Jaguar, Waymo to Partner for Automated Driving with New I-Pace EV
Alphabet’s Waymo automated-driving unit aLand Rover announced prior to the 2018 New York auto show the two companies will partner with Jaguar Land Rover to develop...
News Propulsion
Lincoln Aviator: New Rear-Drive Platform, Plug-In Option
Just prior to a 2018 New York auto show that promised to headline virtually no new models that weren’t crossover SUVs of some sort, Ford’s Lincoln premium-vehicle brand unveiled...
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UAV Turbines to Tackle 200-Hp Class UAV Engines for U.S. Army
With successes in the 50-shp class gas turbine engine class for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV Turbines has reached an agreement with the U.S. Army’s Reliable Advanced...
News Unmanned Systems
X Marks the Spot
LiquidPiston Inc., an advanced internal combustion engine (ICE) technology company, has reimagined combustion engines with a new platform that can run on multiple fuels, including diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline. This...
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Former FCA ‘Viper’ Plant in Detroit to Become Multi-Use Facility
FiatChrysler announced in mid-March that its “sundowned” Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit will be converted to a new multi-use display and meeting space. The...
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Mahindra Automotive Debuts First North American Off-Road Vehicle
Although it derives from the Mahindra Thar on-road vehicle sold in India and elsewhere in Asia, the Roxor is strictly an off-road vehicle for North America.
News RF & Microwave Electronics
EU to Deploy UAV Traffic Management System by 2019
The Geneva-based body that navigates international air services for Switzerland and certain bordering countries, skyguide, joined forces with AirMap unmanned traffic management (UTM) to...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
BAAM Gets Bigger
At the end of 2017, Additive Engineering Solutions (AES) took delivery of a second “big area additive manufacturing” (BAAM) machine and two CNC machining centers: a large-format, Thermwood 5-axis router and a...
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Connect Them All
Traditionally, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design was focused on airframe and propulsion system integration. UAV ground control systems were often thought of as a tool for flight-testing, sometimes after-the-fact. The...
News Unmanned Systems
Seats and Instrument Panel in Faurecia's Autonomous Vehicle Sights
A power swivel seat and a shape-shifting instrument panel are transformative technologies being developed for autonomous vehicle interior environments.
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rolls-Royce's Next Move
It seems that every large Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) aerospace group has now realized that over the long term, there is enhanced profitability to be gained by offering customers a total package that...
News Materials
Breaking Bonds
Bonded composite airframe structures offer a potential to achieve more affordable manufacturing and more efficient structures, ultimately meeting United States Air Force (USAF) goals to increase range and reduce fuel...
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2018 Geneva Auto Show: Porsche Unveils 600-Hp Electric Crossover
Although a production version of its battery-electric Mission E concept sedan remains nearly two years away, Porsche unveiled a stunning companion at the 2018 Geneva motor...
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Boeing Unveils New Unmanned Cargo Air Vehicle Prototype
Amazon continues to push ahead with unmanned aerial delivery vehicles as part of its Prime Air service. Start-up company Zipline is delivering medical supplies across East Africa with...
News Connectivity
A Career in Aviation and Advocacy Takes Flight
For as long as he can remember, Ryan Gibson has wanted to work in the aircraft industry. Raised in an aviation family—his grandfather trained pilots during World War II, his father was a...
News Robotics, Automation & Control
Muñoz, 2018 SAE Foundation Honoree, Discusses Importance of STEM Education
Nissan’s Chief Performance Officer, José Muñoz, will be amongst those honored at the SAE Foundation 2018 Annual Celebration on May 18. He will receive the Industry...
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Roush to Support the Aerospace Industry with the King of Metal 3D Printers
Roush—the Michigan-based product developer—is the first service supplier in North America to install the Concept Laser Xline 2000R, the largest powderbed metal...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Faster, Lighter, Stronger: Aerospace Composites Join Together Advanced Materials
Boeing and Airbus forecast a worldwide demand for up to 40,000 new aircraft over the next two decades. With a 10-year production backlog and new aircraft...
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Sharks on a Plane? Skin Scales Lift Aircraft Design
To improve a flying vehicle, sometimes you have to turn to a reliable model that has been operating for hundreds of millions of years.
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Military, Suppliers Focus on Long-Term Technical Advances, Compatibility
Equipment developers are moving quickly to ensure that military users will have long-term access to boards and modules that provide higher performance, easy...
News Manned Systems
NASA Nears Testing on Fission Reactor for Missions to Moon, Mars
The notion that NASA is currently developing a nuclear power system might not seem that Earth shattering. The agency has flown a number of missions powered by radioisotope...
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Rolls-Royce Sees a Future in Connected Engines
Richard Goodhead, Senior Vice President Marketing, Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce, sees the changes that will result from the company’s IntelligentEngine, launched as a concept in early...
News Aerospace
Designing Composite Engine Cowling for Improved Heat Resistance
When a helicopter is hovering, there is little airflow passing through the engine cowling and hot stagnant air will gather in the engine compartment. During extended hover...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
OA-X Contender Moonlights as AFRL Testbed
Months have passed since the United States Air Force (USAF) finished the first phase of its light attack aircraft experiment. The OA-X assessment, which took place at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in...
News Connectivity
SAE Government/Industry 2018: AT&T Reaffirms Mobile 5G Trials, DSRC ‘Still Alive’
In Washington, DC, at the 2018 SAE Government/Industry meeting this week, cellular-communications giant AT&T affirmed in a session on...
News Connectivity
China Flies with ADS-B In
With air traffic in China steadily growing, efforts to update air-traffic-management systems are vital to maintaining air safety. The path to modernized, networked, NextGen air-traffic communications, aviation...
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