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Super-Strong 'Glassy Carbon' is Elastic and Electric
A new compressed form of glassy carbon opens up possibilities for applications requiring low weight and high strength — from aerospace parts to football helmets.
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IAC Expands with New Engineering Center in India
Automotive interior components supplier International Automotive Components opened a new regional and global engineering center in Pune, India on June 15.
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Expert Advice: How to Handle a Cyber Disruption
The essence of automotive cybersecurity's current state of capability: It’s possible to thwart most—but not all—cyber incidents.
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NASA Flight-Tests Flexible, Twistable Wing Flaps
NASA has conducted a series of flights investigating the benefits of twistable, flexible wing flaps to improve flight efficiency. The Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE II) flights...
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Reaching Forward and Back: 3D Printing Innovates While Breathing Life into Traditional Aero Manufacturing
The first China-built commercial airliner—the Comac C919—took its maiden flight on May 5, 2017 at Shanghai Pudong International...
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Lockheed Martin Shows Big Support for Metamaterial Technologies’ Smart Materials Research
Metamaterial Technologies Inc. (MTI), which recently signed a $5.6M agreement with Lockheed Martin to further develop its metaSOLAR product, looks...
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Eye Tracking Technology Improves Imposter Detection Training
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) screens nearly one million people every day and secures and manages 328 ports of entry all over the country, including in remote areas....
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Robot’s Speed-of-Light Communication Could Protect You From Danger
Cornell University researchers are developing a system to enable teams of robots to share information as they move around, and if necessary, interpret what they see. This...
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Heads-up Display Improves Soldiers’ Situational Awareness
A novel technology called "Tactical Augmented Reality," or TAR, is now helping soldiers precisely locate their positions, as well as the locations of friends and foes. It even...
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Removing Bumps on the Path to Fully Automated Driving
Without a properly educated engineering workforce, the road to automated vehicles could be a rocky one.
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Paccar Introduces New Vocational-Truck Axle in North America
Paccar is adding a new proprietary front axle for a range of Kenworth and Peterbilt vocational vehicles in the third quarter of 2017. The new 20,000- and 22,000-lb wide track...
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Concept Enables Solar UAV “Autonomous Soaring”
Naval Research Laboratory engineers want to improve the ability of unmanned platforms to support a 24/7 information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission. A new concept being...
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U.S. Sues FiatChrysler over Diesel Emissions
The U.S. Justice Department announced on May 23, 2017, that it filed a civil lawsuit against FiatChrysler Automobiles alleging that FCA used “software functions that were not disclosed to...
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DARPA's ALIAS Successfully Lands a Boeing 737 Simulator
Aurora Flight Sciences has demonstrated its automated flight capabilities with various successful flight scenarios in a Boeing 737 simulator. The work, part of the Defense Advanced...
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Honda to Build New Wind Tunnel in U.S.
Honda will spend $124 million to build a state-of-the-art, multifunctional acoustic wind tunnel in East Liberty, OH, on the grounds of the Honda-owned Transportation Research Center and close to the...
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Nissan Sees 2023 "Tipping Point" for EV Costs
A lot has happened in the electric-car segment since 2014 when the Nissan Leaf was the world's best-selling BEV. The advent of Tesla's Model S, X and Model 3, along with GM's Bolt EV and...
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3D Printing Helps Speed Concept-Car Development
Engineers who have literally sweated the rigors of concept-vehicle development will understand the scope of Bill Walsh’s professional life. As Group Engineering Director at Envisage, a...
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A New ESupercharger for City-Car Engine Boosting
Richard Wall believes an e-supercharger could be the only boost technology required for small, downsized city car engines in traffic dense urban environments, particularly those in China. As...
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Lightweight Artificial Hair Sensors Could Enable “Fly by Feel”
The Air Force Research Laboratory was inspired by the hairs on bats and crickets in creation of artificial hair sensors that could assess the external environment and change...
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NASA Tests Prepare Space Launch System for Liftoff
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) may experience ground wind gusts of up to 70 mph as it sits on the launch pad before and during liftoff for future missions. Understanding how...
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Workhorse Group Unveils W-15 E-REV Fleet Truck and Partners with Ryder
Ohio-based technology manufacturer Workhorse Group has unveiled its latest vehicle for fleet customers, the electric W-15 pickup truck. The truck is designed to provide...
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NASA to Establish New Space Technology Research Institutes
NASA has selected proposals for the creation of two multi-disciplinary, university-led research institutes that will focus on the development of technologies critical to extending...
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Incremental Improvements Can Lead to Huge Benefits for Aircraft Programs
Today, virtually all commercial aircraft possess sophisticated systems that contribute to a comfortable—not to mention safe and healthy—environment for passengers....
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Mobile High-Energy Laser Shoots Down Drones
A Stryker combat vehicle equipped with a 5kW laser and an array of sensors spent several minutes scanning the horizon for a wayward "enemy" drone. On a television screen in a nearby tent off...
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Drop of Mock Nuclear Weapon Is First of New Flight Tests
From a distance, the drop of a mock nuclear weapon — containing only non-nuclear components — was a mere puff of dust rising from a dry lake bed at Nevada’s Tonopah Test Range....
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AMRDEC Technologies to Improve Air and Missile Defense
Engineers at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) are working on a trio of technologies to explore improving existing air and missile...
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Creating the Future: A Better Way to Map Terrain
Mark Skoog, an aerospace engineer at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, led the development of new software that stores terrain data in a more efficient and accurate way. The achievement,...
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Tata Motors to Supply Safari Storme 4x4 to Indian Armed Forces
Tata Motors has signed a contract to supply 3192 units of the Tata Safari Storme 4x4 to the Indian Armed Forces under a new category of vehicles known as GS800 (General Service...
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Volvo Buses Launches B8R Chassis Globally
Volvo Buses has started the global launch of its latest chassis powered by the 8-L Volvo engine. The Volvo B8R and B8RLE replace the top-selling Volvo B7R and B7RLE, which saw a production run...
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