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ESA’s Future Low Earth Orbit Cargo Return Service Spacecraft
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a new €25 million contract with Thales Alenia Space to demonstrate a complete cargo delivery service to and from space stations in...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
German Air Force Starts Flight Testing New Heron ISR Drone
The German Air Force has started a six month flight testing program with its new German Heron Turboprop (TP) drone, according to recent updates published by Airbus and the...
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Tested: 2025 Mercedes-Benz G 580 Spins up a Winner
I’m used to spinning wheels while testing cars, but the 2025 Mercedes-Benz G 580 is making a spectacle.
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The Fiat 500e Is Back
After a hiatus of five years, Fiat is reintroducing the 500e to the U.S. The all-new EV, which is new to the U.S. in 2024, has been sold in Europe for the past four years. So, what’s new? We spoke with Stellantis to...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Four Quantum Computing Aviation Applications Being Researched by Airbus
Airbus recently published an update on some of the latest research and development that the Toulouse, France-based airplane maker has been exploring around the use of...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
Air Force Researchers Design, Build and Fly Drone in 24 Hours
In an open area of the Eglin Air Force Base range known as B-70, a group of Air Force field grade officers and black-shirted innovators huddled together above an eight-pound...
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Boeing Starliner Launch Delayed to Test Helium Leak Repair
Boeing, NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are targeting a May 21 launch date for the crewed flight test of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
INSIDER Aerospace
Chevron Waiver Unlocks New Era for BVLOS Commercial Drone Operations in US
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on May 8, 2024 issued a first-of-its kind exemption to Pennsylvania-based drone maker American Aerospace Technologies, Inc....
INSIDER Aerospace
Army Starts Testing Prototype Modular Turreted Mortar System
In a potentially significant stride forward in military technology, Yuma Proving Ground is testing a cutting-edge Modular Turreted Mortar System, or MTMS.
INSIDER Aerospace
Two Tactical Edge Hydrogen Generation Trailer Prototypes in Development
The Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O), Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC PAC), and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have partnered to...
INSIDER Materials
Directed Energy Deposition Enables Rocket Engine Additive Manufacturing Breakthrough
The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Rocket Propulsion Division recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block...
INSIDER Power
UK Selects Companies for New Domestic Hypersonic Development Framework
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected 90 companies and organizations from across its domestic industry and academic landscape to compete for contracts that...
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Strategic Dialogue Crucial to Advancing Fleet Electrification
In the actively changing landscape of transportation, the electrification of fleets has emerged as a pivotal step towards a sustainable and clean energy future. Electrification...
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Biden-Harris Administration Invests $54 Million to Expand Clean Transportation Across American Communities
The Communities Taking Charge funding opportunity extends access to electrification opportunities beyond existing Joint Office–supported programs to more communities across America. Funding is available to academic, non-profit, for-profit, and government entities for planning, demonstration, and/or deployment projects that drive innovation in equitable clean transportation.
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SAE International Announces CEO Termination
SAE International’s Board of Directors today announced the dismissal of Dr. David Schutt from his role as CEO. The decision, reached yesterday and voted on unanimously by the board, follows a formal investigation that revealed behaviors and actions inconsistent with the organization’s code of conduct, culture, and values.
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Millennium Space to Build Eight 'FOO Fighter' SDA Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a $414 million contract to Millennium Space Systems, Inc., to build eight new satellites as part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
FAA Adopts New Aircraft Engine Emission Standards for Non-Volatile Particulate Matter
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) adopted a new rule that will set a limit on carbon particles emitted by subsonic aircraft engines, according to...
INSIDER Defense
Navy Receives First T-54A Training Aircraft
The U.S. Navy received the first two operational T-54A multi-engine training system aircraft last week at Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.
INSIDER Design
Two Prototypes Selected for Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program
The U.S. Air Force has selected Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) to continue into the next phase of detailed designs, manufacture, and...
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WCX 2024: The Technologies That Will Define Future Mobility
The migration to vehicle electrification and autonomy is ushering in product development changes with software coding and artificial intelligence (AI) performing disruptor roles....
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SAE ITC EVPKI Consortium™ Welcomes New Member Rivian
We’re thrilled to announce that Rivian has joined the Electric Vehicle Public Key Infrastructure Consortium (EVPKI Consortium)
INSIDER Materials
Embraer Completes First Flight of E-Freighter Jet
The first E190F, a converted jet from passenger transport to freighter (E-Freighter), recently completed its first flight in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The Embraer team flew the...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Lilium Starts Production of eVTOL Jet Batteries
Lilium, the Munich, Germany-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer, has started the production of the lithium-ion battery packs that will power the Lilium Jet.
INSIDER Data Acquisition
Radar and Weapons Upgrades for Netherlands Air Force MQ-9A Reapers
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is adding a series of modifications to its fleet of MQ-9A Reapers.
INSIDER AR/AI
AI Pilots X-62A in First Aerial Dogfight
The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have reported another major breakthrough for the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms or "agents" that have...
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Cloud Simulation Assists Active-Safety Development for Electric Refuse Truck
North America’s first electric, fully integrated custom cab and chassis refuse collection vehicle — slated for initial customer deliveries in mid-2024 — is...
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WCX 2024: Volunteers Sought for SAE’s AWIM Student Challenges
Raise your hand if you want to get kids excited about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Connecting fun and STEM skills is a key aspect of being an industry...
INSIDER Aerospace
New Reverse Bleed System for LEAP-1A Engines is Ready to Fly
CFM International has started shipping its first production LEAP-1A Engines equipped with a new reverse bleed system (RBS) to Airbus, with entry into commercial service expected...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
OPINION: How Artificial Intelligence Eliminates Risk from Aerospace and Defense Quality Teams
The complexity of aerospace and defense (A&D) supply chains has outstripped the capabilities of human processing.
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