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2016 Camaro: GM unleashes its lighter, faster Mustang competitor

2015-05-18

Using the benchmark Alpha mixed-materials architecture that it pioneered on Cadillac ATS, GM takes over 200 lb out of the admittedly overweight 2015 Camaro and adds its first turbocharged four-cylinder powertrain.

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Lighter Volvo XC90 is engineered for "premium cool"

2015-07-15

The all-new 2016 XC90 is built on the mixed-materials SPA chassis and includes PHEV propulsion among its 4-cylinder-only powertrain packages. It shows the future direction of Volvo cars—including automated driving.

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Cloud PLM solution

2015-09-23

Infor Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Accelerate, powered by Aras, is a new PLM solution designed for automotive, industrial manufacturing, high-tech, and aerospace and defense customers.

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Mitsubishi's U.S. teams more involved with vehicle development

2015-06-10

Mitsubishi's top North American product planner talks about the 2016 Outlander and why his team is getting more design and engineering responsibility going forward.

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Daimler and Renault-Nissan marriage bears rear-engined offspring

2015-03-11

Collaborative projects between OEMs can be surprising, as evidenced by the Daimler and Renault-Nissan link and its latest A-segment products — said to be the first of more joint developments.

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Nvidia partners with AdaCore to secure self-driving firmware

2019-02-14

As mobility software becomes increasingly complex and connected, so does the risk of human error and system safety. To combat this, New York-based software company AdaCore will work with Nvidia Corporation of Santa Clara, California to apply open-source Ada and SPARK programming languages for select software security firmware elements in highly-complex, safety-critical systems like Nvidia’s DRIVE AGX automated and autonomous vehicle solutions.

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New Allison TerraTran off-highway transmission

2022-04-18

New Allison TerraTran off-highway transmission

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US Army tests avionics in effort to upgrade Black Hawk helicopters from analog to digital glass cockpit

2018-09-19

US Army officials and engineers continue work to modernize the defense organization’s fleet of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with a more modern digital cockpit, conducting a Limited User Test with two prototype aircraft at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. They selected for a Limited User Evaluation (LUE) a Crew Mission Station (CMS) aligned with The Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) technical standard that combines Core Avionics & Industrial Inc.’s (CoreAVI’s) compositor and graphics suite, Avalex smart display, Intel hardware, Wind River operating system, and Presagis server.

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Industry veteran and SAE member shares a lifetime of aerospace experience, from bombers to space suits

2019-08-08

Benjamin Franklin Jones III, an SAE committee member and recent centenarian spoke with SAE International and reflected on his career and contributions to the society of mobility engineering at large. His notable experiences include helping to develop the first space suit for the Mercury and Apollo astronauts.

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Aireon to launch free, real-time emergency aircraft location service

2018-08-22

Aireon LLC, a global aircraft tracking and surveillance company in McLean, Va., is inviting aircraft operators, regulators, search-and-rescue organizations, and air navigation service providers (ANSPs) to pre-register for Aireon Aircraft Locating and Emergency Response Tracking (ALERT). Aireon ALERT, operated by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), is being touted as the aviation industry’s first and only free, global, real-time emergency aircraft location service, which is slated to begin service in Q1 2019.

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HTX Labs adapts its VR platform for the Air Force Pilot Training Next initiative

2019-08-02

Houston-based HTX Labs, LLC was awarded with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II funding to continue adapting its EMPACT Virtual Reality (VR) platform for the United States Air Force’s Pilot Training Next program. The U.S. Air Force intends to use EMPACT to fast-track the creation of highly immersive VR simulations to accelerate pilot training.

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Toyota reveals 2023 GR Corolla

2022-04-01

Making good on a promise for more-exciting products, Toyota reveals a turbocharged, AWD compact 5-door hatchback due later this year.

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BAE Systems wins $4.7M from DARPA to integrate machine learning into signals intelligence platforms

2019-07-09

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials in Arlington, Virginia, have selected BAE Systems Electronic Systems in Nashua, New Hampshire, to integrate machine-learning (ML) technology, a subset of artificial intelligence (AI), into platforms that decipher radio-frequency (RF) signals. BAE Systems won up to $4.7 million in funding from DARPA to achieve key hardware delivery, integration, and demonstration milestones.

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The New Supplier Invasion

2017-03-17

The geographic and system expansion of the supply base includes an influx of China and India-based suppliers quietly setting up shop in North America – mainly in Mexico and the U.S.

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Engineering Fords new HF45 hybrid transmission

2022-04-04

Ford Powertrain engineers reveal the challenges of marrying their new in-house electric machine with the proven HF45 under aggressive vehicle program timing.

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Survey shows cyber and quality challenges of vehicle connectivity

2022-03-21

Addressing the challenges will require stronger collaboration within and outside the automotive ecosystem.

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Toyota reinvesting in collaborative safety research

2022-05-02

Working with a host of research partners, Toyota is continuing its investment in generating safety data, which it shares widely.

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US Government Accountability Office finds gaps in military helicopter mishap data

2018-08-24

This month, during an ongoing review of military training for rotary-wing aircraft, the GAO published a report highlighting gaps in the Department of Defense’s approach for collecting, reporting, and analyzing aviation mishap data to inform aviation risk-management decisions.

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SAE WCX 2022: OEM learnings from Level 2 ADAS

2022-04-07

Drivers and automakers are learning the parameters of automated driver assist technologies.

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2050 aircraft engine designs go radical, part 2

2018-10-24

In part two of a two-part series, Richard Gardner discusses various aerospace propulsion innovations and continued work by aerospace engineers and scientists to advance aircraft engine technologies to increase efficiency and lower emissions.