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Norsk and SAE International collaborate on world’s first directed energy deposition specification

2019-02-18

Norsk Titanium’s proprietary “Rapid Plasma Deposition” (RPD) additive manufacturing (AM) process is distinguished in the aviation industry for producing complex, titanium structural and safety-critical components for many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). But today, through a partnership with SAE International, Norsk’s RPD process and material requirement specifications are available to a wider, global base of manufacturers.

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SAE International Honors Five with the 2019 James M. Crawford Executive Standards Committee Outstanding Achievement Award

2019-02-15

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Techstars and Starburst start new space technology business accelerator

2019-02-15

In order to help the next generation of entrepreneurs enter that market, Boulder, Colorado-based Techstars and Paris-based Starburst Aerospace have joined forces to start a new Los Angeles-based business accelerator for space technology companies.

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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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Northrop Grumman will develop next-gen navigation system for U.S. Air Force

2019-02-13

Northrop Grumman Corporation, based out of Falls Church, Virginia, will proceed with the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-Modernization (EGI-M) contract for the U.S. Air Force.

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Curtiss-Wright and Honeywell team to develop the cloud enabled flight recorders of the future

2019-02-12

Curtiss-Wright Corporation and Honeywell International, Inc. will co-develop a next generation “black box” device with real-time data streaming and cloud-upload capabilities. The new flight recorders device will meet an upcoming 2021 European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) mandate requiring aircraft to store a minimum of 25 hours of voice recordings.

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Safran and MTU Aero Engines will co-develop the engine for the sixth-generation FCAS fighter

2019-02-11

Paris-based Safran SA and Munich-based MTU Aero Engines AG will partner to develop, produce, and support a new turbofan engine for “New Generation Fighter” (NGF) aircraft being developed by Airbus SE and Dassault Aviation SA. The NGF is a manned, sixth-generation fighter and a component of the future Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) architecture.

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Airbus and Dassault Aviation will start development of the “New Generation Fighter” for European FCAS program

2019-02-08

Later this month, Dassault Aviation SA and Airbus SE will begin work on a first-ever joint concept study (JCS) to develop a new highly capable, manned “New Generation Fighter” (NGF) aircraft for France and Germany’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program. The aircraft concept is currently categorized as a “sixth-generation” fighter.

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SpaceX tests Raptor engine, prepares for Starship “hop”

2019-02-07

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has test fired its Raptor rocket engine at its Rocket Development and Test Facility, in McGregor, Texas. The Raptor is designed to power the Super Heavy first stage and Starship second stage launch vehicles.

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New Swarm and Search AI Challenge combines machine learning and UASs to help map wildfires

2019-02-06

The Swarm and Search AI Challenge: 2019 Fire Hack challenge will culminate in a March 2019 showdown and explore methods for planning complex UAS or “drone” swarm operations.

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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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The GE T901 will be the U.S. Army’s next gen helicopter engine

2019-02-05

While GE Aviation’s T700 turboshaft engine has powered the U.S. Army’s Apache and Sikorsky helicopters for more than 46 years, the U.S. Army will replace the T700 with GE Aviation’s fully modular T901-GE-900 engine as part of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program.

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GDCA Inc. partners with Abaco Systems to help avoid embedded end-of-life, support legacy systems

2019-02-04

Aerospace and defense, industrial automation and robotics, rail transportation, and other organizations which often struggle to support long-life platforms and systems stand to benefit from a new approach to obsolete and end-of-life (EOL) components. GDCA Inc. in Livermore, California, is working with Abaco Systems Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama, “to provide a sustainment path for customers with very long equipment life cycles,” GDCA CEO Ethan Plotkin explains.

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Researchers reduce graphene-enhanced composite development time using neural networks

2019-02-01

Nano Graphene Inc. dba GrapheneCA (“GrapheneCA”) has cut the time and cost of developing graphene-enhanced advanced composites by using neural networks to extrapolate material data from a single sample.

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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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SAE International Publishes Four New Book Titles in January 2019 – Aviation, Asset Management, Electric Aircraft, and Crash Reconstruction

2019-01-30

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Blue Origin aims for crewed New Shepard launch in 2019

2019-01-29

Kent, Washington-based Blue Origin successfully completed the tenth launch of its suborbital launch vehicle New Shepard. The New Shepard is designed to be a crewed, space tourism vehicle, and although the launch was unmanned, statements made during Blue Origin’s launch broadcast suggest that the company has its first crewed launch test flight targeted for the end of this year.

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NATS will test AI at Heathrow to reduce weather-related flight delays

2019-01-28

By processing ultra-high-definition (UHD), 4K resolution camera images with state-of-the-art AI and machine learning systems at a new £2.5 million ($3.3 million) “digital tower laboratory,” NATS is investigating whether these technologies can improve Heathrow’s landing capacity during low-visibility periods and reduce flight delays.

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The future of autonomous vehicle engineering now starts in middle school

2019-01-25

Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are pervasive in nearly all aspects of the mobility engineering, from vehicle design, manufacturing, operations, and maintenance. To prepare the next generation of the workforce, educators are beginning to incorporate AI courses into curriculum starting as early as middle school. Teachers at David E. Williams Middle School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania have developed the United States first middle school-level AI program.

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The F-22 Raptor gets its first metallic 3D-printed part

2019-01-24

Maintainers from the U.S. Air Force 574th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) have installed the first titanium additively manufactured titanium component on an operational Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.