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2018-03-22

LiquidPiston Inc. has developed a new engine that can run on multiple fuels, including diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline. This platform uses an optimized thermodynamic cycle and a new rotary engine architecture and could increases flight endurance over conventional UAV engines by greater than 50%.

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AKG R&D center boasts unique large-radiator thermal shock test stand

2018-03-14

AKG of America’s research and development center at its Mebane, North Carolina, facility hosted a grand opening in February that features a new water/glycol thermal shock test stand for product validation.

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Rolls-Royce to work with airframe manufacturers, seek partners for EVTOL project

2018-07-19

Rolls-Royce in London is unveiling a concept electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicle, including civil and military variants, that could take to the skies as soon as the early 2020s. The flexible design – able to be adapted for a variety of applications, including personal transport, public transport, logistics, and defense – is based upon technologies currently in use and under development.

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Safran completes first ground test of distributed hybrid electric propulsion system

2018-07-23

Safran engineers tested and validated several operating modes of the company's distributed hybrid electric propulsion system during this first series of tests, with the electric motors powered only by batteries or by a combination of batteries and turbo-generator.

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Martin UAV VTOL unmanned aircraft taps Persistent Systems Wave Relay data link technology

2018-07-18

Engineers at Martin UAV are incorporating Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network (MANET) technology from Persistent Systems into the company’s V-BAT small, vertical takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

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U.K. Space Agency partners with industry to advance spaceflight program

2018-07-16

U.K. Space Agency officials in Swindon, England, are partnering with Lockheed Martin in Bethesda, Md., to execute several strategic projects to support the U.K. Spaceflight Program, with a goal of building its first commercial spaceport in Scotland and achieving its first vertical space launch in the early 2020s.

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SAE International releases new process for measuring aerosols in aircraft exhaust

2019-03-05

SAE International has published a new recommended practice for assessing the amount of nonvolatile particulate matter (nvPM) that exits aircraft engine exhaust nozzles – ARP6481: Procedure for the Calculation of Non-Volatile Particulate Matter Sampling and Measurement System Losses and System Loss Correction Factors

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ZF introduces complete e-drive system for passenger, commercial vehicles

2022-12-01

ZF uses innovative motor cooling, winding technology and its transmission heritage to produce a more efficient and powerful drivetrain for electric vehicles.

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Alternative fuels and propulsion poised for growth in U.S. fleets

2022-05-26

Alternative fuels and propulsion poised for growth in US fleets

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Lucid Motors Airs on the side of innovation

2022-05-06

Lucid Motors’ home-grown technologies are setting the pace in electrification. Top engineers tell how and why they’re building a benchmark.

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GM heat pump system boosts EV range reduces charge times

2022-04-26

Every vehicle powered by Ultium batteries incorporates efficiency-enhancing energy recovery system based on heat-pump technology covered by 11 patents.

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Toyota new gasoline ICEs with 40% thermal efficiency

2018-04-04

Toyota engineers unveiled a new 2.0-L four-cylinder gasoline engine family at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show.

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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).

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Parker Aerospace wins Cessna Denali bleed air control system contract

2018-08-15

Having successfully completed the development-testing phase, Parker Aerospace’s BACS modulates high-pressure bleed air from the engine, which is used to draw cool ambient air from outside the aircraft as it takes off. Once the outside air pressure is too low to draw in and the bleed air temperatures are cooler, the BACS will transition to use only low-pressure bleed air to pressurize the cabin.

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Parker Aerospace and GKN Aerospace to develop passive cooling solutions for next-generation aircraft engines

2018-08-07

Parker Aerospace and GKN Aerospace sign development agreement for integrated thermal management technologies in next-generation aircraft engines.

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Ceramic matrix composites in aircraft engines projected to double over five years, Stratview Research predicts

2018-07-30

Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) use is up across the aerospace market, and among the fastest-growing trends in the global aviation industry. CMC material and component use in aircraft engines, specifically, is projected to double over the next five years, according to a new report from analysts at Stratview Research in Telibandha, India.

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Waste heat recovery issues, challenges to be discussed at SAE symposium

2018-04-01

The challenges of climate change and energy security require a continuous effort toward reduction of global environmental pollution and fossil oil consumption. To meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and to decrease oil dependency, overall energy consumption of vehicles must be substantially reduced.

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SwRI: CHEDE consortium closing in on 55% HD diesel-engine efficiency

2018-04-10

The four-year Clean High-Efficiency Diesel Engine (CHEDE) program is using a variety of new technologies and research findings to progress to a super-efficient, low-emitting heavy-duty diesel engine system with 55% brake thermal efficiency.

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Boeing debuts first hypersonic passenger aircraft concept

2018-06-29

Officials and engineers at Boeing in Seattle are offering a glimpse into their vision for hypersonic air travel. They have released, for the first time, images of one of the company’s hypersonic air vehicle concepts for potential military and commercial passenger transport.

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SaraniaSat wins $5M NASA InVEST contract for hyperspectral thermal imager

2018-08-01

SaraniaSat, an aerospace startup in Los Angeles, won a three-year, $5.1 million NASA In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) contract to test and advance the company’s Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI), being touted as a unique, disruptive technology for hyperspectral remote sensing, a technology also known as imaging spectroscopy used to detect and identify minerals, vegetation, and manmade materials.