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Core Ford, New Ford…One Ford?

2017-05-24

Engineers don’t get credit for simply delivering safe, durable and in many ways fun vehicles that delight customers. This is one root of the frustration that’s been growing within Dearborn’s “Core Ford” engineering groups.

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Engineering Chevy's lighter, stronger CUV

2017-04-26

Chevy is claiming a 400-pound mass reduction for the new Equinox base model versus the incumbent model. The chief engineer tells how the team did it.

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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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Heavy-duty off-road bus transports to hard-to-reach places

2018-09-05

Start-up company Torsus recently launched the world’s first purpose-built, heavy-duty off-road bus, the Praetorian.

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VR, COTS, NextGen and SESAR to take center stage at Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance Conference

2018-08-20

Hundreds of flight simulation experts from aerospace organizations worldwide – including airframe manufacturers, training device manufacturers (TDM), airlines, operators, and suppliers – will convene at RSi Visual Systems in Coppell, Texas, in September for the 2018 Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance Conference (FSEMC). Virtual reality (VR), motion cueing, ADS-B, pilot training for NextGen and SESAR, flight simulation training device (FSTD) technology insertion, and the pros and cons of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components top the list of discussion points for the annual conference.

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Unleashing AI in aviation will accelerate move to zero-pilot cargo and passenger aircraft

2018-10-03

Software has transformed every operational asset of everything in life; artificial intelligence (AI) will have as big an impact on life, predicts Mark Roboff, vice president, aerospace and automotive at SparkCognition during the 2018 SAE Aerospace Standards Summit at LMI in McLean, Va.

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Can product planning keep pace with technology?

2017-02-10

Rapidly emerging technologies are presenting huge challenges for even the best informed product planners.

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Transformation is happening—will you be an active participant or a passive bystander?

2017-08-17

There's a transformative supply-chain impact attached to powertrain electrification and other fast-moving engineering paradigm shifts; only those fast on their feet will flourish.

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Boeing completes assembly of the first 777X

2018-11-27

In a major production milestone called “final body join,” Boeing teams connected the major fuselage sections of the first 777X long-range, wide-body airliner in the company’s factory in Everett, Washington.

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Automation streamlines accreditation to speed aerospace and defense technology deployment

2018-12-07

Automated software tools are eliminating weeks, if not months, from the Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation process by virtually eliminating the time of the initial hardening while also providing the required documentation. By doing so, technology integrators can significantly reduce the time to build, test, and deploy new technologies in Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)-compliant environments.

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SAE International launches aerospace technology symposium at Japan Aerospace 2018

2018-11-27

SAE International, a global association committed to being the ultimate knowledge source for mobility engineering, is bringing together subject-matter experts from across the globe for the first SAE International Aerospace Japan Symposium, held November 29 and 30 in conjunction with Japan International Aerospace Exhibition 2018 at Tokyo Big Sight convention center in Tokyo.

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Lessons for PSA’s Opel-Vauxhall takeover team from Renault-Nissan

2017-08-10

The Franco-Japanese alliance continues to show the industry how to meld two OEMs successfully.

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NAIAS 2017: Stinger gives Kia a fast, nimble sedan

2017-01-09

Kia's racy 2018 Stinger is the brand's first rear-drive and AWD sedan.

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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: GM China imports

2016-11-29

While Donald Trump was blasting China for allegedly taking U.S. jobs, GM was quietly importing new China-made vehicles into the U.S.

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New Ford Fiesta claims B-car tech leadership

2016-11-30

Attention to detail in NVH reduction, build quality and overall refinement mark Ford's development focus for its global B-segment veteran.

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PACCAR's Sproull primed for SAE Commercial Vehicle post

2016-12-20

With a rich technical background from which to draw as SAE International's new 2017-2020 Commercial Vehicle Sector VP, Landon Sproull intends to bolster the society’s involvement in evolving industry regulations and to better cultivate cross-sector alliances.

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Magna’s CTO talks innovation and disruption

2016-12-05

Swamy Kotagiri will discuss how to foster an innovative organizational culture during a Leadership Summit roundtable, April 4 at the SAE WCX17 in Detroit. He spoke recently with Automotive Engineering on this topic at Magna’s Troy, MI, offices during the company's annual Innovation Awards activity.

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Smaller suppliers facing global challenges

2017-02-14

Are you willing and prepared to follow your customers around the world to support their global product initiatives?

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Challenges ahead: cybersecurity and the aerospace supply chain

2018-07-24

The same way technology opens the doors for speed, efficiency, and convenience, it offers the unintended opportunity for malicious cyberattacks, with threat agents becoming bolder. Supply chains, now being targeted as a pathway to the vital core of organizations around the world, have become a vital part of the industry’s cybersecurity strategy, says Kirsten Koepsel, author of SAE International’s latest book, The Aerospace Supply Chain and Cyber Security – Challenges Ahead, now available.

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NASA invests in aerospace start-up, university projects on CubeSat platform

2018-08-01

NASA Science Mission Directorate officials in Washington are funding three new projects selected from a pool of 25 received in response to the NASA Earth Science Technology Office’s (ESTO’s) solicitation for the In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) program element A.49 of ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) 2017, supporting the Earth Science Division (Solicitation NNH17ZDA001N).