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Diesel engines continue to evolve to stay relevant while the industry intensifies its pursuit of zero emissions

2022-02-02

Diesel engines continue to evolve to stay relevant while the industry intensifies its pursuit of zero emissions

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GM CEO Barra promises 30K Chevy Equinox EV SUV by fall 2023

2022-01-10

GM CEO Barra promises 30K Chevy Equinox EV SUV by fall 2023

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Light vehicle horsepower hits historic high in 2021

2022-02-08

The U.S. EPA data say engine horsepower is the highest ever, while average displacement remains near an all-time low.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will acquire Bombardier’s regional jet program

2019-06-26

Under the definitive agreement – signed at Le Bourget during the 53rd International Paris Air Show – MHI will acquire maintenance, support, refurbishment, marketing, and sales activities for all Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) family of aircraft.

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Can the Air Force reach a 24-hour launch window?

2019-06-13

In a “sources sought” notice titled Rapid Space Launch Initiative, the service is reaching out to American space launch companies to identify technical risks and challenges and develop demonstrations that would result in a launch within 24 hours of a “call up,” versus weeks or months.

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SAE International 2019 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium Announces Technical Program

2019-01-14

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SAE course delivers an introduction to the latest aviation cybersecurity essentials

2019-06-11

SAE International’s two-day course, DO-326A and ED-202A: An Introduction to the New and Mandatory Aviation Cyber-Security Essentials, introduces attendees to industry best practices for real-world aviation cybersecurity risk assessment, development, assurance.

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Late Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch company cancels launch vehicle projects

2019-01-21

Months after founder Paul G. Allen’s death, Seattle-based Stratolaunch Systems Corporation will abandon several launch vehicle projects. The news comes days after a brief social media update on the massive Stratolaunch composite aircraft’s latest high-speed taxi test at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California.

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Rolls-Royce’s race to develop the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft

2019-01-08

The goal is a zero-emission, all-electric aircraft that must reach or exceed a target speed of 300 miles per hour (480 kilometers per hour) by 2020. The team plans to build, test, and commercialize the aircraft in a market that does not yet exist all within a 24-month span.

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Vertical Flight Society applauds eVTOL innovation, Bell Nexus UAM concept

2019-01-10

The electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) revolution is gaining momentum, as evidenced by the unveiling of the Bell Nexus hybrid-electric VTOL air taxi concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), affirms Mike Hirschberg, executive director at the Vertical Flight Society (VFS), a non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Boeing partners with Aerion to speed development and testing of next-generation supersonic aircraft, accelerate supersonic travel

2019-02-05

The AS2 from Aerion in Reno, Nevada, will be the first supersonic business jet to market, Boeing officials in Chicago predict. Boeing (NYSE:BA) is providing engineering, industrial, and financial resources in partnership with Aerion to accelerate technology development and aircraft design, with the goal of bringing supersonic air travel to new markets.

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Collins Aerospace will provide avionics and synthetic vision for the supersonic X-59 QueSST

2019-01-31

The X-59 utilizes a long and slender airframe to achieve supersonic speeds without causing a high decibel sonic boom. The unconventional design precludes the use of a forward-looking window or viewport. Collins Aerospace is providing a dual multi-spectral enhanced vision system to give pilots a forward view of the airspace.

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AVIO engineers evolve Vega rocket design, enhance avionics and propulsion

2019-01-16

Hardware and software engineers at AVIO, a global aerospace company engaged in the construction and development of space launchers and solid and liquid propulsion systems for space travel, with facilities in Italy, France, and French Guyana are actively enhancing the design of the Vega space launcher, with a focus on evolving the design with enhanced avionics and propulsion technologies while also maximizing subsystem reuse and reorganizing production processes for a more efficient production chain.

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Unique Helmholtz induction feeds 2023 Corvette Z06

2021-12-15

Unique Helmholtz induction feeds 2023 Corvette Z06

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Cummins Isuzu Electric Truck Collaboration

2022-02-11

Medium-duty demonstrator intended for the North American market will feature a Cummins PowerDrive6000 drive unit mated to an Isuzu’s F-Series chassis.

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EV motor development is on the move

2022-02-18

With EVs on the path to high-volume market penetration, automaker and supplier traction-motor production strategies come into focus.

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GM details new and mighty flat plane Corvette LT6 V8

2022-03-02

GM’s Small Block engine experts pull out all the stops for the world’s most-powerful normally aspirated V8.

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Where key EV minerals come from

2022-03-03

EV production relies on imports from China, Chile, Argentina, Norway, Gabon and Canada.

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ZF debuts ADAS deal and flexible inverter tech at CES 2022

2022-01-14

ZF debuts ADAS deal and flexible inverter tech at CES 2022

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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.