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In-Vehicle Software and Services Are Transforming the Industry
The auto industry is undergoing its most dramatic transformation in more than a century, and tomorrow’s vehicles will not only be electrified but as directly linked to the...
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Airflow Concept Presents Chrysler EV Direction
In a far corner of the main exhibition hall of the 2022 New York International Auto Show, its display flanked by the latest products from Ram and Jeep, Stellantis rolled out a second edition...
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GM: Ultium Heat-Pump System Boosts EV Range, Reduces Charge Times
On the same day that General Motors president Mark Reuss confirmed there will be a fully electric version of the company’s Corvette along with a hybrid model, the company...
INSIDER Design
Developing Design Tools for Outer Space Structures
Achieving affordable space exploration will require lightweight structures for vehicles, solar arrays and antennas. Lightweight materials also will be used for components of structures like...
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GA-ASI Installs First V-Tail from GKN Aerospace onto MQ-9B RPA
The first V-tail from GKN Aerospace has been received by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and installed onto an MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft...
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NASA Builds Welding Test Article for SLS Exploration Upper Stage
NASA completed manufacturing of a hydrogen tank barrel that will be tested as a weld confidence article for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s Exploration Upper Stage...
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Homing in on STEM Innovation
Constraints are sometimes just new ways to open doors. High school senior Victor Cai (above), an 18-year-old from Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, learned this lesson working on a short-range, narrow-bandwidth...
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SAE WCX 2022: Driveline Flexibility Is Key for Electrification
The electrification of light-vehicle powertrains is now not just probable, it is inevitable. OEMs and suppliers around the world are looking at all possible means to reduce the...
INSIDER Propulsion
Purdue Strengthens National Security Focus with New Propulsion Lab
Purdue University’s work in national security took another giant leap forward with university trustees’ approval of a state-of-the-art high-speed propulsion laboratory,...
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Scientists Work to Enhance Faster-Than-Sound Jet Engines
Almost 75 years ago, U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Engineers have been pushing the boundaries of ultrafast flight...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Abort Motor for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Successfully Tested
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Lockheed Martin successfully performed the final full-scale ground test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System...
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SAE WCX 2022: EV Cybersecurity Threats
With war in Europe, a waning pandemic and inflationary and supply pressures rampant, you’d think there was plenty to worry about. Those lucky enough to attend the 2022 SAE WCX panel “Cybersecurity...
INSIDER Defense
DEVCOM Tests Airdrop System for Rapid Deployment in the Field
For U.S. Army soldiers on the move, getting a vehicle in the field increases their survivability and mobility. Safely airdropping the vehicle and quickly de-rigging it is...
INSIDER Aerospace
Next-Generation Polar is Indispensable in Highly Contested Space
On the battlefield, snipers rarely work alone. Snipers act as part of a system with a spotter who surveys a wide area to identify potential targets.
INSIDER Weapons Systems
How AI And Supervised Autonomy Will Change Combat
In the cockpit of a fifth-generation fighter, somewhere high over the ocean, an Air Force pilot gets a heads-up: hostile fighters are airborne and closing. The call didn’t come over the...
News Regulations/Standards
SAE WCX 2022: The Road to Zero Emissions Has Many Lanes
Emissions are currently one of the hottest macro topics across the automotive industry. Governments around the world are ramping up regulations over the coming decades to reduce the...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
SAE WCX 2022: Sustainability Is a Lifecycle Mindset
“Going green” is a mantra that most if not all automotive OEMs and suppliers profess to follow. SAE International is also committed to the dialogue, with its recently announced Office...
News Regulations/Standards
SAE WCX 2022: OEM Learnings from Level 2 ADAS
Drivers behave differently when a driver assist technology is engaged. They tend to drive faster, look away from the road more often and for longer periods of time, and they engage in...
News Unmanned Systems
SAE WCX 2022: Vehicles Are the Gateway to Data, Data, and More Data
The mobility ecosystem is bursting with data from the passenger vehicles, buses, ride-share vehicles, delivery vans, and other transportation modes using driver assist and...
INSIDER Transportation
Lockheed Martin Delivers 500th C-130J Super Hercules Airlifter
Hercules history was made once again when Lockheed Martin delivered its 500th C-130J Super Hercules airlifter. This Super Hercules (Lockheed Martin aircraft #5934) is a...
INSIDER Aerospace
Optical Flow Visualization Applied to Jet Engine Testing
Working together with a local business and academic professionals at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) team members at Arnold...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
Autonomous Freight Aircraft Achieves Design/Development Milestones
Natilus, Inc., the U.S. company working to democratize global freight transport by making air cargo more competitive, recently announced major milestones in the design and...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Powertrain, Propulsion Lead Tech-Paper Topics at SAE’s WCX 2022
For 2022, advanced powertrain/propulsion-related topics continued to dominate the categories of published SAE technical papers, more than doubling the number of papers in...
News Energy
Launching Aerospace Battery Tech for EVs
Advanced materials and energy storage company Nanoramic Laboratories is in the early stages of a 30-month project to develop a low-cost/fast-charge Li-ion battery for electric vehicles using its...
INSIDER Propulsion
Boeing Demos MOSA Progress on Apache Attack Helicopter
Boeing recently used its Crewstation Advanced Technology Testbed to demonstrate progress toward implementing a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) on the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter...
INSIDER Energy
Airbus’ High-Voltage Battery Technology Prepares for Flight Test
In June last year Airbus successfully performed the EcoPulse™ wind tunnel testing at its facility in Filton, UK. These tests evaluated the performance characteristics of...
INSIDER Software
Air Force Awards $100 Million to Continue B-1 Digital Engineering Program
The B-1 System Program Office (SPO) recently awarded a six-year, $100 million follow-on contract to Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation...
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Survey Reveals Cyber, Quality Challenges of Vehicle Connectivity
Cybersecurity is viewed as the number one challenge to solve for next-generation vehicles, according to findings from a global survey of automotive industry insiders. The...
INSIDER Defense
First Annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology USA
SMi is proud to present the 1st annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology USA conference, taking place on the 5th and 6th of May 2022 in Arlington, VA.
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