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New Web-Based Software Enables Quick Drone Design
A Utah State University aerospace engineer is offering the public a free software tool that could revolutionize the drone industry. Doug Hunsaker, an assistant professor of mechanical and...
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New Ice-Repellant Material Could Improve Aviation Safety
Icy conditions can be deadly when flying into bad weather. Researchers at the University of Houston have discovered a material that can be applied to any surface to repel ice. The...
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Aircraft Arrival Technology Will Reduce Flight Delays
Flight Deck Interval Management (FIM) promises to safely increase the number of airplanes that can land on the same runway at busy airports by more precisely managing the time, or...
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Refining Ride Quality at Lower Cost
Achieving product differentiation without adding significant cost is on the wish list of all automakers.
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Need for Cybersecurity Awareness for Managers Grows
Automotive security has rapidly evolved from door locks and remote keyless entry to the complex world of cybersecurity. Top executives and engineering managers must quickly get up to speed...
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Continental’s First Production 48-V System on 2017 Renault Scenic
The industry’s race to deploy 48-V hybrid systems has begun. Renault is the latest OEM to announce incorporation of the “mild” low-voltage hybrid technology,...
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LA Show 2016: Jaguar Reveals Electric I-Pace, Ford Shows EcoSport for U.S.
The 2016 Los Angeles auto show kicked off with Ford confirming longstanding speculation the company will sell a version of its EcoSport subcompact crossover in North...
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Tech Start-Ups Maneuver to Work with OEMs
Lengthy development and production cycles in the automotive industry have long prevented automakers and startups from working together. That’s changed a bit as digital technologies gained in...
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U.S. EV Charging Infrastructure Set to Accelerate
If you build it, will they come? The prospect of coast-to-coast travel in a battery-electric vehicle may have brightened with the Obama Administration's recently announced details to create...
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Audi's New Compact Q2 Blends 3-Cylinder Efficiency, Agile Chassis
Audi continues to expand its SUV line-up as the latest, the Q2, enters global markets joining the Q3, Q5 (a new, Mexico-built generation is about to be launched), and Q7.
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Nissan Debuts New Series-Type Hybrid for 2017 Note
Nissan’s recently unveiled 2017 Note, a Japan-market 5-door, is powered by what the company claims is the world’s first series-type hybrid propulsion system in a compact automobile. The...
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CAE Tools Advance for Engine Design
Gamma Technologies, maker of the well-known GT POWER modeling tool for engines and its GT SUITE for powertrain and vehicle-level simulations, has seen the growing complexity in off-highway engines over...
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First Stryker Vehicle Prototype With 30mm Cannon Delivered to Army
The first prototype Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle, outfitted with a 30mm cannon, has been delivered to the U.S. Army. The upgraded Stryker vehicle will be known as the...
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‘Nano-Kebab’ Fabric Breaks Down Chemical Warfare Agents
Researchers have created a fabric material containing nanoscale fibers that are capable of degrading chemical warfare agents (CWAs). Uniform coatings of metal-organic frameworks...
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Fragment Tracking Gives Insights Into What Happens In Explosions
A bang and a swirl of dust from detonating 9 pounds of plastic explosive in the desert signaled the beginning of tests that — thanks to advances in high-speed cameras,...
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Centimeter-Accurate GPS for Self-Driving Vehicles
The list of technologies that could deliver the expected level of real-world performance and safety for robotic cars and trucks is long. Beyond today's advanced driver assistance systems...
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Cameras Are Focal Point at ZF TRW's New Global Tech Center in Michigan
With its newest work space designated a center of excellence for cameras, ZF TRW underscores the critical role that vision-systems technology plays in automated driving.
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Composites Self-Heal at Very Low Temperatures
Scientists developed a method of allowing materials, commonly used in aircraft, to self-heal cracks at temperatures well below freezing. A healing efficiency of more than 100% at temperatures of -60...
INSIDER Aerospace
Navigation System Uses Existing Cell Signals – Not GPS
Researchers developed a highly reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, rather than the Global Positioning...
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NASA’s Folding Wing Reduces Drag and Increases Efficiency
NASA’s Spanwise Adaptive Wing (SAW) concept permits the outboard portions of the wings to move to the optimal position during operation. This could increase efficiency by...
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Nanotechnology May Lead to Huge Advances in Engines of the Future
When it comes to designing new civilian and military engines that will meet all the future dreams and demands of the aerospace industry and those who regulate it, there is a...
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Dassault Aviation, Reliance Infrastructure Form Strategic Partnership
France's Dassault Aviation and India's Reliance Group announced in late September 2016 the creation of a joint venture (JV) in India called Dassault Reliance Aerospace.
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Additive Manufacturing, Virtual Reality Add to Aerospace Design Repertoire
Images of exciting and futuristic-looking aircraft might capture the imagination of the next generation of would-be aerospace engineers, but the most spectacular...
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Wireless Re-Charging Technology to Keep Drones Flying Perpetually
Scientists from Imperial College London have demonstrated that they can wirelessly transfer power to a drone. The technology uses inductive coupling, a concept initially...
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Additive Manufacturing Today, Growing Airplanes, Literally, Tomorrow?
If 3D virtual reality and additive manufacturing (AM) are indicative of one direction that disruptive developments are taking the aerospace engineering sector, then...
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Bosch Expands Development Activities in India
Global technology and services supplier the Bosch Group is strengthening its presence in the Indian growth market. In 2016, Bosch plans to invest more than 100 million euros in its Indian...
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Indian JV Offers Engineering Services for BIW Weld Shops
Pinnacle Industries and VDL Groep, of Eindhoven, Netherlands, partnered in August 2016 to establish VDL Pinnacle Engineering India in Pune, India. The joint venture will provide...
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Fiber Laser Sensor Technology for Structural Health Monitoring
According to Dr. Geoffrey Cranch, a research physicist from the Optical Sciences Division of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), none of the U.S. military services are...
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Nexteer Opens Manufacturing Plant in Pune
Nexteer Automotive opened a new manufacturing plant in Pune, India in late September, which makes it the third manufacturing plant in India for the China-owned steering and driveline supplier....
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