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Phase three of DARPA’s ALIAS aircraft automation system continues

2018-10-30

The autonomous software and hardware, which was installed on an optionally piloted helicopter, executed various scenarios including automated takeoff and landing, LIDAR- and camera-based obstacle avoidance, LIDAR-based automatic landing zone selection, and low-level contour flying.

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SAE International Establishes New Committee to Address Blockchain in Aviation

2018-10-30

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GE Aviation debuts Affinity, first civil supersonic engine in 55 years

2018-10-29

GE Aviation engineers have completed the initial design of the first supersonic engine purpose-built for business jets. GE’s Affinity turbofan engine class integrates proven military supersonic experience, commercial reliability, and advanced business jet engine technologies.

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DATC Member Leonardo DRS Wins Award to Improve the Power Capabilities of the THAAD Weapon System

2018-10-29

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Gordon Murray Design iStream Superlight

2018-10-29

Gordon Murray Design iStream Superlight chassis design

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Canada’s RADARSAT constellation satellites receive thermal blankets, ready for launch

2018-10-29

The three satellites, now tucked in and awaiting launch on a single SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle, will launch together and introduce a more robust, flexible C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system that can be maintained at lower cost and provide greater near-real time data delivery.

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MBSE is transforming aerospace engineering, systems integration

2018-10-29

Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) is taking off in aerospace engineering and systems integration workflows worldwide. Editors in SAE International’s Aerospace Product Group had the opportunity to discuss MBSE trends, tools, and benefits, as well as any impediments to adoption and whether MBSE is likely to transform aerospace systems engineering and integration with Dave Shanley, vice president of segment & product marketing management at Jama Software in Portland, Oregon.

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Aerion AS2 supersonic bizjet on track for trans-atlantic crossing in 2023

2018-10-26

The AS2 industry team – comprising Aerion in Reno, Nevada; Lockheed Martin in Bethesda, Maryland; GE Aviation in Evendale, Ohio; and Honeywell in Morris Plains, New Jersey – has finished the conceptual design phase and launched the preliminary design phase, slated to conclude in June 2020, of the Aerion A2 supersonic business jet.

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Early growing pains have not stopped Pratt & Whitney’s GTF engine orders

2018-10-26

Qinqdao Airlines, a Chinese airline startup based out of Qingdao Liuting International Airport, is the latest airline to received aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1000G high-bypass Geared Turbofan engines.

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SAE International 2019 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium Registration is Open

2018-10-25

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What does NASA do with a space station originally developed for a now-cancelled mission?

2018-10-25

To prepare for the leap from low-Earth orbit habitation to deep space human exploration, NASA began developing a small space station or “proving ground” for placement in cislunar orbit.

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2018 Intel AV Future Study

2018-10-24

2018 Intel Autonomous Vehicle Study

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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.

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SAE Eye on Engineering: Honda's Smart Intersection

2018-10-24

SAE Eye on Engineering: Honda's Smart Intersection

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Air- or water-cooling resistors for EVs: the case for H2O

2018-10-24

Electronics-component specialist REO makes the case for water-cooling electric-vehicle components to maximize overall efficiency and potentially reduce cost and packaging constraints.

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Researchers work to uncover turboelectric propulsion’s unknown challenges

2018-10-24

Turboelectric aircraft propulsion and boundary layer ingesting propulsors may be a breakthrough technology for more-efficient air travel. Researchers are currently uncovering unforeseen hurdles to deploying the technology, but that’s not a bad thing. It’s just part of development.

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2050 aircraft engine designs go radical, part 1

2018-10-23

The search for ever-lower emission technology for future generations of aircraft engines is actively progressing on both sides of the Atlantic. Tucked away on a modest-size stand at this year’s Farnborough International Airshow was a highly varied collection of unconventional engine technology displays – a clear indication of radical innovation already being investigated as a part of Ultimate, the European Horizon 2020 research and innovation project.

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Maintaining the data-rich Pratt & Whitney GTF engine

2018-10-23

Today, Hartford, Conn.-based Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., incorporates more than 5000 sensors on its latest powerplant, the PW1000G high-bypass geared turbofan (GTF). The massive amount of data requires significant processing capabilities, but results in efficiencies for operators and maintainers.

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Registration Now Open for SAE International’s WCX™ World Congress Experience 2019

2018-10-23

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ULA selects Blue Origin advanced booster engine for Vulcan Centaur rocket system

2018-10-22

Engineers at United Launch Alliance (ULA), provider of spacecraft launch services to the US government, in Centennial, Colo., have selected the BE-4 engine from Blue Origin LLC in Kent, Wash., to help power the company’s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket system. The new Vulcan Centaur rocket design will incorporate: a pair of Blue Origin BE-4 engines in the booster stage, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 engine for the upper stage, Northrop Grumman solid rocket boosters, L 3 Avionics Systems avionics and electronics, and RUAG’s payload fairings and composite structures.