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Air Force Is Developing Mach 18 Wind Tunnel
The Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 team is conducting tests in support of risk reduction for a new test capability that will be revolutionary for AEDC and...
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Software Gives Bomb Techs X-Ray Vision
In the chaos that followed the terrorist attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon, bomb squads scanned packages at the scene for explosive devices. Two homemade pressure cooker bombs had killed three people...
INSIDER Aerospace
High-Tech UAV Performs Recon, Defends Brigade
Soldiers assigned to the Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) Platoon, Company D, 29th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, perform daily checks on...
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TULIPP Project Aims to Improve ADAS Image Processing
A new European research initiative to develop high-performance, energy-efficient embedded systems for image-processing applications has implications for next-generation automotive ADAS...
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Bridging the Automotive/consumer Electronics Product Cycle Gap
Vehicle owners increasingly expect to move seamlessly between homes, offices, and vehicles. That trend is forcing the entire automotive supply chain to focus on techniques for...
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KBB Survey: Most Consumers Would Accept SAE Level 4 Autonomy, but Think Safety Diminishes
Automotive vehicle valuation and shopping website Kelly Blue Book released results of a national survey regarding autonomous-vehicle technology and...
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PPG Primes Second Location for New Aerospace E-Coat Pilot System
PPG opened a new coatings research center in Marly, France, in September 2016, the company’s second investment for an Aerocron e-coat primer installation. Like its first...
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SAE and TARDEC Create New Military-Tech Consortium
Signaling a trend toward closer and more efficient technical collaboration between the U.S. government and private industry, officials from SAE International and TARDEC, the U.S. Army...
INSIDER Nanotechnology
Morphing Nanotubes into Tougher Carbon for Aerospace
Rice University materials scientists are making nanodiamonds and other forms of carbon by smashing nanotubes against a target at high speeds. The process will enrich the knowledge of...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Existing Navigation Data Can Help Pilots Avoid Turbulence
Detecting turbulence remains the Achilles' heel of modern-day aviation. The reports submitted by pilots, subjective and often very inaccurate, are the least expensive and the most...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Shines Lasers on Future Aircraft Concept
As NASA aeronautics engineers prepare to develop a series of greener, quieter, faster X-planes, they are already testing concepts that could be candidates. One of those is a Boeing blended wing...
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New Valeo Clutch Disc a 'Downspeeding Enabler'
Methods to improve fuel economy, even if incrementally, is a pervasive topic at the booths of global truck and bus OEMs and their suppliers at the IAA Commercial Vehicles tradeshow in Hanover,...
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SAE 2016 Convergence: Touch Screens, Speech, HUD the Likely Future of In-Car Interface
Touch screens are far from perfect and the state of speech-recognition remains marginal, but those are the two driver-interface technologies consumers...
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Connected Car, Autonomy Disruptions to Ripple Through Supply Chain
Many factors are making the next few years one of most disruptive eras the automotive industry has ever seen. Diverse dynamics such as connectivity and autonomy will...
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Debating Government's Role in V2X
While U.S. regulators were preparing the first policy guidance on autonomous-vehicle testing and development, released Sept. 20, OEMs were discussing whether they can achieve broad usage of...
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SAE Battery Standards Committees Prepare for Next-Gen Chemistries
“We’re just at the beginning of a steep growth curve for both electric vehicles and energy storage, and SAE International is going to play a huge role in that by setting...
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Steel Piston and Coating System Reduce Cost of Ownership for CV Engines
Requirements for heavy-duty diesel engines are driving a system approach for Mahle’s piston and coating development. The MonoLite piston combined with a new...
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Evaluating Real-World Aerodynamics for a Class 8 Tractor-Trailer
Researchers from Exa Corp. and Navistar compared a model in wind tunnel (WT) testing to computational fluid dynamic (CFD) WT over the entire yaw curve. Their study also...
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Cyber Assurance Test Bed for Heavy Vehicle Controls
To help connect security researchers to heavy trucks, a remotely accessible test bed is prototyped by researchers at the University of Tulsa, Colorado State University and Synercon...
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Insurers Look to Partner with OEMs, App Providers to Meet Connected-Car Challenges
The connected car’s emergence is as disruptive for insurance companies as it is for automakers. Usage based insurance (UBI) holds a major role in future...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Standing Still May Improve Antennas That Scan in All Directions
Antennas often need to trace circles in the sky. For example, radar arrays atop air-traffic control towers rotate to sweep signals in all directions. But spinning large objects...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Alternative Found for Nuclear Weapon Detection
One of the most critical issues the United States faces today is preventing terrorists from smuggling nuclear weapons into its ports. To this end, the U.S. Security and Accountability for Every...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Shrinking the Inside of an Explosion
Testing explosions is epic science. The most detailed studies of explosive charges have been conducted at national laboratories using a gun as big as a room to fire a flat bullet – the flyer plate,...
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Mahindra Connects Vehicles Via Cloud-Based Technology Platform
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) has launched DiGiSENSE, a technology solution that connects Mahindra vehicles, tractors, trucks and construction equipment to the cloud....
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Thumbs up for Gesturing with Time-Of-Flight Cameras?
Time-of-flight (ToF) cameras are ready to let drivers control some of the many options of today’s infotainment systems with a mere wave of their hand. ToF-based systems can also monitor...
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Self-Piercing Rivets Shoot for Vehicle-Lightweighting Applications Beyond Aluminum
Growth of lightweight vehicle body and closure panel applications in the coming years, and particularly greater use of aluminum, is driving increased use of...
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Growing Pains (And Gains) of P&W's Pure Power Engine
After many years of flat-lining in the supply of new commercial jet engines—with improved models, but with designs dating back to the late 1990s, relying on a continuous path of...
INSIDER Aerospace
Lattice Structure Absorbs Propeller Vibrations
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a lattice structure capable of absorbing a wide range of vibrations while also being useful as a load-bearing component in propellers, rotors, and...
INSIDER Materials
NASA’s Pressure-Sensitive Paint Tests Aircraft Designs
NASA’s bright pink Pressure-Sensitive Paint (PSP) is helping to test new aircraft designs. A thin coat of PSP is sprayed onto the model that will be tested in the wind tunnel and...
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