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Atlas Copco Takes Smart-Manufacturing Tools and Systems on Tour
Wireless tools and production systems intertwined to the Industry 4.0 manufacturing revolution are featured in Atlas Copco’s recently-launched traveling roadshow.
News Unmanned Systems
ACM President and Michigan DOT Director Steudle Keynote Kicks off SAE ADAS Event
Michigan’s Department of Transportation Director Kirk Steudle’s keynote address kicked off SAE’s 2018 “From ADAS to Automated Driving” event in...
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Autonomous Vehicles Present Passive-Safety Challenges
Reclined and rotated seating positions are commonly depicted for autonomously driven vehicles. But for the Autoliv engineers tasked with developing occupant safety for tomorrow’s...
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Bye Aerospace’s Solar-Electric Prototype Completes First Flight
Bye Aerospace of Englewood, Colo. recently completed the first flight of its solar electric technology demonstrator prototype. The first flight – on August 20 – and...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Demand up for Composite-Grade, High-Performance Plastics Across Aerospace, Automotive
Demand for high-performance plastics (HPPs) is up across the aerospace industry, driven by such key trends as growing performance requirements, increased...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Hardide Coatings Awarded Two Major UK Aerospace Funding Grants
Today, Oxfordshire-based Hardide Coatings of Hardide plc in the United Kingdom (UK) was awarded funding from the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP)...
News Test & Measurement
Ford Shifts to Vehicle Architectures
Ford Motor Company is going from nine global platforms to five flexible vehicle architectures with a strong emphasis on sharing modules. The automaker’s revised product development process is...
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The Only Department of Defense-Owned, Human-Rated Centrifuge Gains Full Operational Capability
The only human-rated centrifuge in the Department of Defense just gained full operational capability (FOC). The centrifuge, located at the Air...
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Audi Confirms E-Tron EV to Use Cameras Instead of Side Mirrors
In what is claimed to be the world’s first series-production application of camera technology to replace exterior side-view mirrors, Audi announced that its upcoming e-tron...
News Test & Measurement
2018 Toyota Corolla
What do you get for $20,000 these days? How about a Toyota Corolla—one of the most proven and reliable compacts whose nameplate stands on over 40 million units sold to date. While this year’s big Corolla news focuses...
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Engineering, Simulation, Test Tools Help Bombardier Business Jet Achieve Milestones, Exceed Expectations
The Global 7500 business jet from BombardierInc. in Montreal appears to be on the fast track to entering service, thanks in large part to...
News Electronics & Computers
Chassis Brakes International Debuts First NA-Produced Products
One of the world’s largest producers of automotive brakes and calipers debuts its first North American manufactured products in 2018.
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Martinrea's New Tech Center Focuses on Subframe Innovation
A new North American technical center is the product development centerpiece for Martinrea’s new mixed-material vehicle subframes currently under development.
News Aerospace
NASA Picks Lockheed to Build Low-Boom X-Plane
In April, NASA took another major step toward reintroducing supersonic flight with an award to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to design, build, and test a supersonic aircraft to reduce...
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Simulation 'Libraries' Will Support Testing of High-Level Vehicle Autonomy
The challenges of validating autonomous vehicles designed to operate at SAE Level 4 and 5 are a major focus of driving-simulation specialist rFpro. The advent of...
Articles Automotive
A Secret Weapon for Roof-crush Testing
Evaluating how school buses and other commercial vehicles perform in crash-test scenarios is regular practice at the Center for Advanced Product Evaluation (CAPE) in Westfield, Indiana. The center, a...
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Virtual Validation on the Rise, but Physical Testing Remains Crucial
The more vehicles do to take control and perform safety-related maneuvers without driver input, the smaller will be their margin for error. Ensuring that all the sensors,...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
GM Pushes for Industry Standards as It Readies More EVs, AVs
General Motors’ electrified, autonomous vehicle future is about to hit overdrive—with related industry standards playing a vital role in the transformation.
News Test & Measurement
Uber, Toyota Suspend AV Testing After Arizona Fatality
In the immediate aftermath of what is believed to be the first fatal collision between an autonomous vehicle (AV) and a pedestrian, Uber suspended public-road testing of its...
News Materials
Made in Space to Increase Material Portfolio After Two Years of Printing in Space
Made In Space, Inc. (MIS) is celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) printing onboard the International Space Station...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
UAV Turbines to Tackle 200-Hp Class UAV Engines for U.S. Army
With successes in the 50-shp class gas turbine engine class for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV Turbines has reached an agreement with the U.S. Army’s Reliable Advanced...
Articles Test & Measurement
Steering Toward Lower NVH
As regulations on automotive noise have become more stringent over the years, engine noise has been reduced significantly. This trend has increased with the rise of EVs and hybrid vehicles, modern quiet ICEs and...
News Unmanned Systems
Soft Tests for Autonomous Vehicles
There is enormous pressure on the entire automotive industry to achieve and demonstrate unprecedented levels of validation to gain and maintain public confidence in the safety of autonomous vehicles.
News Unmanned Systems
Seats and Instrument Panel in Faurecia's Autonomous Vehicle Sights
A power swivel seat and a shape-shifting instrument panel are transformative technologies being developed for autonomous vehicle interior environments.
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Rolls-Royce Sees a Future in Connected Engines
Richard Goodhead, Senior Vice President Marketing, Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce, sees the changes that will result from the company’s IntelligentEngine, launched as a concept in early...
News Aerospace
OA-X Contender Moonlights as AFRL Testbed
Months have passed since the United States Air Force (USAF) finished the first phase of its light attack aircraft experiment. The OA-X assessment, which took place at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
China Flies with ADS-B In
With air traffic in China steadily growing, efforts to update air-traffic-management systems are vital to maintaining air safety. The path to modernized, networked, NextGen air-traffic communications, aviation...
News Test & Measurement
Lights Communicate Hella's Autonomous Vehicle Messages
Imagine autonomously driven vehicles communicating with the human drivers of other vehicles by non-verbal, easy-to-understand messages. It’s a scenario that has lighting supplier...
Articles Test & Measurement
TA Revolution for Testing
What’s the solution for significantly reducing highway fatalities and injuries? The consensus is to ‘unscrew the nut behind the wheel.’ But to achieve that goal, as well as to expand mobility options for...
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance