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Blue Origin Rocket Reaches Intended Orbit on First Launch
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reached its intended orbit during the NG-1 mission completed on Jan. 16, 2025 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Named after John...
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Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda on Mobility, Sustainable Cities, and Rockets
At CES in 2020, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda announced that Toyota would build a city at the base of Mt Fuji. The giant laboratory would be where the automaker would...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Airbus Demonstrates Very High-Speed Optical Link Between Space and Earth
The French Space Agency (CNES) and Airbus have announced completion of the TELEO in-orbit demonstrator designed to prove that massive, rapid ground to space data...
INSIDER Software
The Future of Aerospace: Embracing Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies
As we look toward 2025 and beyond, the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry stands at the cusp of a significant transformation. Many programs in the...
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Toyota Says Woven City Innovation Incubator Is Ready for Residents
At the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Toyota announced that it has completed phase one construction of what it calls Toyota Woven City, a full-scale area...
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Honda and Nissan Merger Plans Could Accelerate EV R&D
After reports of a potential merger between the two automakers surfaced in recent weeks, Honda and Nissan have officially announced that both parties have signed a memorandum of...
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Company Says Tiny Motions Can Predict Big Problem: Impaired Driving
A five-year-old Israeli company says it has a software-only, AI-driven solution that can detect impaired drivers more quickly and with less intrusion than interlock devices, passive breath detection or other methods that rely on physical hardware. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Using Squeezed Light to Develop Sensors That Defy Defense Limits
Raytheon’s BBN Technologies is developing next-generation, compact, low-power, deployable photonic sensors that will provide users with better awareness of environmental...
INSIDER Materials
How Off-Gassing Keeps Divers, Submariners Safe From Toxin-Releasing Materials
Everyone knows that new car smell — the chemical odor wafting off the new plastics, fabrics and other materials in a vehicle's interior. Those smells are caused...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
DoD Signs New Strategy for Countering Unmanned Systems
The Department of Defense announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has signed a new, classified strategy for countering the effects of unmanned systems, also called...
INSIDER Data Acquisition
Atomic Fountain to Host Defense Research for Quantum Sensing
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) physicists are on track to bring the institution’s new atomic fountain online – the largest of its kind in the world – for applications to...
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Key ‘Plug and Charge’ Agreement Could Eliminate EV Charging-Payment Headaches
A persistent frustration of electric vehicle owners ─ trouble working with payment software at public chargers ─ could be eased soon after an SAE ITC-led...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Characterizing the Performance of Variable Emissivity Materials in Space
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by...
INSIDER Materials
Lockheed Martin Adds New Additive Manufacturing Machines to Texas Facility
Lockheed Martin recently added 16,000-square-feet of new additive manufacturing space to their facility located in Grand Prairie, Texas. This expansion includes some...
INSIDER Green Design & Manufacturing
Advancing Metal Alloy Systems and Processes for Defense Manufacturing
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Innovation Capability and Modernization (ICAM) Office, in collaboration with the National Center for Defense Manufacturing...
INSIDER Aerospace
New Anduril, Skydio Drones Start Field Testing in Romania
“Combat is moving into a very drone heavy type of warfare,” said Lt. Alexis Gavrillis, a 35A Military Intelligence Officer in 317th Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB), 3rd Brigade...
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Magna to Produce Its First Dedicated Hybrid Drive System for Chinese OEM
With OEMs rushing to create hybrid-drive vehicles amid a drop in EV sales growth, Magna has won a contract to produce what it’s calling a dedicated hybrid drive...
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Securing the Software-Defined Vehicle
Old car models with mechanical components are rapidly giving way to the increasingly software-defined vehicle (SDV) with features that not only allow drivers and passengers to stay connected to the...
INSIDER Design
GKN Aerospace Reinvigorates Supply Chain to Deliver First C-27J Nacelles to Leonardo in Over 5 Years
GKN Aerospace announced the successful delivery of the first two C-27J nacelles to Leonardo Aircraft since 2018, marking a significant...
INSIDER Government
German eVTOL Company Needs Buyers to Keep Manufacturing Operations Alive
Lilium, the Munich, Germany-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturer, has appointed financial services firm KPMG to conduct an open,...
INSIDER Defense
European Aerospace Companies Developing Prototype AI to Protect Aircraft Systems
A total of 28 European aerospace industry partners, start-ups and research centers have joined forces on the new Artificial Intelligence Deployable Agent...
INSIDER Software
Accelerating Climate-Compatible Aircraft Design with AI
The path to climate-compatible flying involves energy-efficient aircraft, low-emission engines and optimized flight paths. Digitalization can accelerate these developments, for example...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Toyota Tacoma’s Resin Seat Named SPE’s 2024 Best Automotive Plastic Innovation
The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) announced the winners of the 53rd annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala (IAG) in mid-November, naming Toyota’s...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Inside Tesla's Cybercab Future
For over a decade, the autonomous vehicle problem has been far more difficult than originally expected for every company involved. The landscape is littered with abandoned attempts.
News Energy
Honda Unveils Solid-State Battery Demonstration Production Line
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is taking the next step in bringing its proprietary solid-state batteries to production. The automaker unveiled its demonstration production line for...
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Volvo XC90 Line-Up Keeps Hybrid Futures Safe
Two years ago in Stockholm, Volvo staged a splashy unveiling of its electric EX90 SUV, and boldly claimed it would ditch gasoline cars entirely by 2030. Here in Gothenburg, Volvo boldly claimed...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Driving Success with the Software-Defined Product
Across industries, more and more products are becoming smart and connected devices. The cellphone is the quintessential example of this development. It has evolved beyond a single-purpose...
INSIDER Defense
Airbus Starts Operating 'Historic' First C295 Assembly Line in India
Airbus operates assembly lines and production sites around the world, but the Indian C295 program is the first time the company has deployed the entire production system...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
New Drones and Software Selected for DoD's Replicator 1.2
In a Nov. 13 announcement, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced additional capabilities selected for accelerated fielding as part of the Replicator initiative. This...
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