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Army Discovers New Energy Source
Army scientists and engineers recently made a groundbreaking discovery – an aluminum nanomaterial they designed produces high amounts of energy when it comes in contact with water, or with any liquid...
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Pedestrian-Avoidance Using Smart Devices at Aug. 10 SAE SV Meetup
SAE’s informal “Innovations in Mobility” Silicon Valley meetup series continues on Aug. 10 with a presentation on advanced pedestrian avoidance using smart devices.
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IBM's AutoLAB Leverages Watson for Predictive, Personalized Vehicle Experience
As the automotive ecosystem becomes increasingly electronics-driven, software and technology companies are seeing the opportunity to leverage their own expertise...
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BharatBenz Delivers 50,000th Truck less Than Five Years After Market Launch
BharatBenz celebrated a milestone with delivery of its 50,000th truck less than five years after the brand's market launch.
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Blue Bird Adds Electric School Buses to Alt-Powertrain Portfolio
Blue Bird, a leading independent designer and manufacturer of school buses, is continuing to diversify its portfolio of alternative powertrains for its customers with the...
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Airbus D&S Designs New RF Filter for 3D Printing
Airbus Defence and Space has tested and validated what it claims is the first 3D printed metal radio frequency (RF) filter for use in a telecommunications satellite. The filter, a culmination...
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Dragonfly Study Yields Insight into Vehicle Autonomy
A predatory dragonfly’s ability to detect, track and anticipate the escape maneuvers of a juicy target may provide a link to making autonomous driving safer.
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Terabyte Data Storage by 2020 Will Drive Flash Usage
The amount of software and data used by more sophisticated digital systems is likely to surpass the capabilities of flash embedded on microcontrollers, forcing engineers to add discrete...
INSIDER Aerospace
Airborne Sense-and-Avoid Radar for UAVs
Widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within the National Airspace System is limited because of regulatory restrictions on their access to shared airspace. The Airborne Sense and Avoid...
INSIDER Transportation
Rising Temps Could Limit Aircraft Takeoffs
Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for many aircraft around the world to take off in coming decades, says a new study by Columbia University. As air warms, it spreads out,...
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Protecting Additive Manufacturing’s Digital Thread
According to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) data, counterfeit aircraft components have contributed to almost two dozen crashes since 2010. A review of the FAA records from...
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Bizjets Hope to Get a Lift from New Technology
The downturn in the business jet market has been a long while returning to a more optimistic outlook. The expected bounce-back is not here yet, and sales are still struggling, especially in the...
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Tata Advanced Systems Delivers First CH-47F Chinook Crown, Tailcone for India to Boeing
Aerospace company and manufacturer Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons focused on providing...
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Next-Gen Driving Simulator Uses Formula One Motion Control
Williams Formula One experience is helping to close the gap between objective and subjective vehicle simulator testing, often a contentious area for vehicle development engineers.
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Mercedes-Benz Reveals Production Version of X-Class Pickup Truck
Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz luxury-vehicle unit this week unveiled the production version of its X-Class, the first pickup truck to wear the Mercedes-Benz star. The X-Class is a...
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Sound-Off: How to Simulate the Impacts of an Exoskeleton
Over the past decade, warfighters’ personal loads have increased, leading to more injuries, pain, and discomfort. To relieve the burden, the military is investigating...
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Virtual Reality Is the New Reality for Automotive Engineering
The best way to understand how a new-developed vehicle and its parts will look, fit together and be built and serviced is through a full-scale prototype. Fashioning a prototype,...
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Raytheon Looks to Be at the Heart of Electrical Power Systems
Much has been written about the coming of the more-electric aircraft (MEA), especially in the context of Boeing’s leap into the innovative, higher-risk era with the 787...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Smart Sensors Drive Automated Systems in Off-Highway
Smart sensors are helpful in developing automated routines that can save a great deal of time for the operator and either increase efficiency or reduce setup time. Microcontrollers and...
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Army to Test-Fire Tactical Missile System
Field artillery soldiers will soon be ready to test-fire the modernized Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 20th Field...
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Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Nuclear Threat Detection Science
Taking inspiration from an unusual source, a Sandia National Laboratories team has dramatically improved the science of scintillators — objects that detect nuclear...
INSIDER Energy
Batteries That “Drink” Seawater Could Power Long-Range UUVs
The long range of airborne drones helps them perform critical tasks in the skies. Now MIT spinout Open Water Power (OWP) aims to greatly improve the range of unpiloted...
INSIDER Aerospace
Reconfigurable Radio Tracks Flights Worldwide
When Malaysia Air Flight 370 disappeared somewhere over the Indian Ocean in 2014, it had flown far beyond radar range. Under a new space-based air tracking system, no plane would ever be off the...
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Flight Deck “Ouija Boards” Go Digital
To make the jobs of aircraft handlers easier, the Navy developed the Deployable Ship Integration Multi-touch System (DSIMS), a mobile software package that features a digital touchscreen image of a...
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USAF Works Toward Smoother Landings, No Plane Required
As the U.S. Air Force (USAF) works toward developing assets like the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, the next T-X trainer, and possibly a new close air support aircraft, testing continues...
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Tesla Ready to Deliver First Model 3s, Projects 20K Monthly Manufacturing
Electric-vehicle developer Tesla's chief executive Elon Musk announced over the weekend leading into the July 4, 2017 holiday that the company will on July 28 make...
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Senate Proposes Funding Days Ahead of OA-X Experiment
On June 28, 2017, days ahead of the July 2017 U.S. Air Force light attack aircraft experiment, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed a preliminary vote for a proposed annual defense...
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Safran and Satair Sign Lifetime Contract for A340-500/-600 Engine Nacelle Supply Chain Services
Satair Group has signed its first major contract with Safran Nacelles, covering global lifetime supply chain services for engine nacelle parts...
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CAE Mastery Helped Achates Power Create Its New Engine
The Achates Power opposed-piston, two-stroke compression-ignition engine is making its way to market, boasting significantly improved fuel efficiency versus today’s standard...
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