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Communications

Scientists Demonstrate Data Teleportation for Secure Communications

Teleportation, a long-standing staple in the world of science fiction, has become a reality for scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in terms of battlefield data and...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

Synthetic Aperture Sonar Can Help Navy Hunt Sea Mines

Since World War II, sea mines have damaged or sunk four times more U.S. Navy ships than all other means of attack combined, according to a Navy report on mine warfare. New sonar research...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Mixed Signal Chip Helps Trim Cost of Adding Display Screens

The number of LCDs in vehicles is growing, prompting engineers to look at ways to cut costs associated with video displays. Intersil is focusing on this trend, unveiling a...

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Software

Chrysler Group LLC and Messring Partner to Create Crash Test Facility (Video)

Recently, with increased vehicle safety requirements, vehicle manufacturers are installing cutting-edge testing equipment in their own crash test...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

DOE Issues RFI on Fuel Cells as Range-Extenders for EV Fleets

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office has issued a request for information (RFI) to the research community and relevant stakeholders, according to a...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Market for 8-Bit Chips Remains Strong

Powerful 32-bit microcontrollers often manage new features and functions, but the market for simple 8-bit controllers is holding up nicely. These devices give design teams the flexibility to get to...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Self-Parking Vehicle Via Valeo Valet

A Valeo-developed autonomous valet parking system enables an SUV to park itself as the driver watches from outside the vehicle.Standing a few feet from a driverless 2014 MY Range Rover Evoque, a Valeo...

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Transportation

Volkswagen Group of America Names New EVP of Group Quality

Volkswagen Group of America has named Stefan Schüller as its new Executive Vice President of Group Quality, effective July 1.

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Formula E Racers Zap Expectations

On a global scale, racecars burn an irrelevant amount of fuel, so racing series’ interest in fuel-saving technology has nothing to do with saving the planet from racecars’ environmental impact.

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Test & Measurement

Camber to Lead Integration for Lone Star UAS Test Site

Camber Corp. signed an agreement with Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) to be the lead systems and business integrator for the Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center (LSUASC)...

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Design

Chrysler Names New Head of Product Planning

Chrysler recently announced the appointment of Benjamin Winter as the new NAFTA Head of Product Planning. With this appointment, he is also named to the Chrysler Group Leadership Team. The...

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Transportation

Harley-Davidson Debuts LiveWire Electric Motorcycle Project

Harley-Davidson has for a number of years dispatched an engineer to SAE's annual Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Symposium for the purpose of gathering intel and making contacts in...

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Power

Readying Ferrari Car for Endurance Racing

In just two racing seasons, a Ferrari racecar logged more than 21,748 mi (35,000 km) competing at tracks in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Pro-Am class.

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Design

Ford Reveals Five-Row Side-Curtain Airbag, an Industry First

Ford Motor Co. debuted this week the only five-row side-curtain airbag in the automotive industry, according to a company release. The airbag, which is featured in the 2015...

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Automotive

Partnership to Facilitate Flow of Innovation from Silicon Valley to Auto Industry

The Autotech Council announced Thursday in a release that it is joining the AutoHarvest Foundation as a strategic partner.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

IEEE Forms Study Group for Greater Ethernet Capability

IEEE has announced formation of the IEEE 802.3 Single Twisted Pair 100 Mb/s Ethernet Study Group to explore the market opportunities and needs for a 100 Mb/s speed for Ethernet in automotive networking. Many vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers desire IEEE 802.3 standards-based...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Oak Ridge Unveils Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has launched its new Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, which aims to accelerate discovery,...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

ATK to Provide UltraFlex Solar Arrays for Upcoming Mars Mission

Lockheed Martin Space Systems awarded a contract to ATK to provide UltraFlex solar arrays for NASA's InSight Lander mission, which will place a lander on Mars in 2016 to study...

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Manned Systems

Saab Developing New Methods for Optimizing Flight Efficiency

The NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) awarded Saab a cooperative agreement to prototype and test a new tool for the optimization of air traffic across multiple phases of...

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Defense

Tools Reduce Cycle Time

BENZ Inc. has four new tooling systems: the LinA and LinS broaching tools, C-axis Angle Head, and Mini Flex-Angle Head. Both the BENZ LinA and LinS broaching tools perform I.D. and O.D. broaching with one tool. I.D. and O.D. keyways, splines, torx, and hex shapes can be machined with the same tool. Use of the LinA and LinS...

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Propulsion

Chrysler Expands Stop-Start to 200, Jeep Cherokee

Chrysler is cascading its stop-start system in the NAFTA region to certain versions of the Jeep Cherokee and Chrysler 200 later this year, promising fuel-economy improvements of up to 3%...

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Design

Clegg to Lead GM's North America Manufacturing

General Motors announced Tuesday several personnel changes in leadership. Cathy Clegg was appointed Vice President of North America Manufacturing, effective July 1. Clegg will lead more than...

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Design

SAE Pursues Standard for Engine-Off Airbag Deactivation

SAE International is gauging interest in development of an SAE recommended practice addressing the relationship between engine status and airbag functionality. Keith Wilson, Technical...

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Power

New Aramco Research Center in Detroit to Advance Fuels and Engine Development

The automobile and petroleum industries have a history or working toward common goals. Examples from history include gasoline with the additive tetra-ethyl-lead...

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Aerospace

NASA Tests New Rocket Booster Connection to its Limits

A critical connection between NASA's new rocket and its twin solid rocket boosters that will help it get to space proved it could withstand millions of pounds of launch stress during a...

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Test & Measurement

Mobile Robots Help Technicians Manufacture Airplanes

A new mobile assistant is being developed to support technicians in the airplane manufacturing industry when applying sealant, measuring, and testing — without putting them at risk. In the...

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Software

New Displays Could Lower Risk of Small Aircraft Midair Collisions

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed new modifications for technology that helps pilots of small aircraft avoid midair collisions. The modified tools...

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Defense

Boeing Opens Research Center in Brazil to Develop Aerospace Technologies

Boeing opened a new research and technology center to work with Brazilian researchers and scientists to develop aerospace technologies. The new Boeing Research &...

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Defense

GE Aviation Breaks Ground on West Jefferson, NC, Facility

GE Aviation recently broke ground for its new machining factory in West Jefferson, NC. The new 80,000-ft² expansion will allow for increased capacity as the shop assumes additional...

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