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We have lift off: battery packs successfully installed at NASA’s ISS
NEO Tech has announced that six Lithium-Ion Battery Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) that it assembled for Aerojet Rocketdyne were launched into space for the International Space Station on 9thDecember 2016, with the first three successfully installed in the International Space Station 6thJanuary 2017.
IFS acquires Mxi Technologies
IFS has signed an agreement with the owners of Mxi Technologies to acquire the company.Mxi is the leading provider of integrated and intelligent maintenance management software solutions for the global aviation industry. Mxi serves defence and commercial operators, third-party Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) companies, and OEMs with software, support and services. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Mxi is a global organisation with more than...
Cabin wireless access point receives FAA approval
It has been announced by Kontron that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given the company's Cab-n-Connect A100 Cabin Wireless Access Point (CWAP) its Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) Supplement for multiple aircraft models including Boeing 737-700, 737-800, 767-200, 767-300, Airbus A330-300, A320-200, and Embraer ERJ 190-100.
Vulnerabilities of the connected car
By 2020, three-quarters of cars shipped globally are expected to have internet connectivity. Connected cars also feature over 100M lines of code, that's ten times the amount found in a Boeing 787. The below infographic further explores thevulnerabilities of the connected car.
Green Hills leads performance scores on ARMv8-R architecture
Green Hills Softwareannounced industry-leading processor performance for the new ARMv8-R architecture. The Green Hills Optimising C/C++ Compilers achieved class-leading benchmark scores for ARM Cortex-R processors, as published by ARM Ltd., and certified by the EEMBC consortium. The Cortex-R52 processor is the first instantiation of the ARMv8-R architecture and targets a diverse range of systems that demand advanced safety features with real-time...
Companies partner to set the longest robotic cell in aerospace
In supporting Dynamatic Oldland Aerospace’s drive in securing a position as a key supplier to the aerospace sector, REM Systems have supplied an Erowa robot pallet cell.Here, the flexibility and efficiency of the manufacturing cell is helping the company consistently produce complex 5-axis machined components on time and to precise specifications.
Set-up time reduction sees a new twist
Shortening set-up time, increasing productivity and generally improving the bottom line for job shops and large manufacturers alike are easily achievable through quick-change modular tooling.The KM system from Kennametal, Latrobe, can provide high clamping strength and consistent accuracy in both spindle-mounted and static tooling applications.
NASA to shine lasers on future aircraft concept
As NASA aeronautics engineers prepare to develop a series of greener, quieter, faster X-planes, they are already testing concepts that could be candidates.One of those is a Blended Wing Body (BWB). A 6% scale model of a Boeing BWB is being tested for six weeks in the 14x22ft. Subsonic Tunnel at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
NASA selects next-gen spectrometre for SOFIA
A team from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has been selected to develop a third-generation facility science instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA.The principal investigator, Samuel Harvey Moseley will lead the team to develop the High Resolution Mid-InfrarEdspectrometre(HIRMES).
Cyber techniques support real-world material design
Multiple teams of Georgia Tech researchers are utilising cyber techniques to support accelerated materials design. Here are a few of the innovative efforts underway by research teams that include engineers, chemists, physicists, computer scientists, and others.