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Industry Focus Areas, Medical

The top medtech trends in 2024

January 31, 2024

Via: MedTech Dive

The medical device industry is set up for an eventful year after weathering numerous challenges for the past four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other macroeconomic factors. Last year, device companies found some stability as those pressures eased, […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas, Regulations

Texas Oil Regulators Ask State to Sue EPA Over Methane Rule

January 30, 2024

Via: Transport Topics

Texas regulators on Jan. 30 formally asked the state’s attorney general to challenge the Biden administration’s rule that seeks to lower emissions from the oil and gas sector. The Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees the state’s massive oil and gas […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

A New Department of Energy Rule Endangers U.S. Transformer Manufacturing

January 25, 2024

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

Distribution transformers are an essential part of our modern electrical grid, performing the final voltage transformation needed to carry electricity from the distribution grid to our homes and businesses. They’re mounted on utility poles or locked in steel cases somewhere […]


Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Joby to Install First Electric Air Taxi Charger in Greater New York City Region

January 24, 2024

Via: ASD News

Joby Aviation, Inc., a company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Helo Holdings, Inc., (“HHI”), to install the first air taxi charger in the greater […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Airbus Boosts ‘Make in India’, Awards Additional Manufacturing Contracts to TASL, MASPL

January 22, 2024

Via: ASD News

Demonstrating on its ‘Make in India’ commitment, Airbus has signed contracts with Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Mahindra Aerospace Structures Private Limited (MASPL) to procure commercial aircraft components. Under the contract, TASL and Mahindra Aerostructures will manufacture metallic detail […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Joby and Atlantic Aviation Collaborate to Electrify Infrastructure in New York and Southern California

January 18, 2024

Via: ASD News

Joby Aviation, Inc., a company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, today announced it is collaborating with Atlantic Aviation to electrify existing aviation infrastructure in New York and Southern California, paving the way for […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas, Process, R & D

Space Force selects universities for In-Space Operations research

January 17, 2024

Via: Electronics Weekly

Working in partnership with the the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the University of Cincinnati and Texas A&M University will receive a combined total of $49.9 million funding. Areas of In-Space Operations they will address include Space Access, Mobility, and […]


Industry Focus Areas, Workforce Development

The necessity of skill building in the manufacturing industry

January 12, 2024

Via: Manufacturing Tomorrow

Thanks to advancements in robotics, the manufacturing industry is undergoing a significant transformation, and workers need to adapt quickly to keep pace. But there’s an ever-growing skills gap that’s posing problems. Skilled workers are exceeding supply, forcing every US organisation […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

A step on the road to better eco-friendly thermo-electrics

January 11, 2024

Via: Electronics Weekly

To be a good thermo-electric material (TEM), something has to have low thermal conductivity (to prevent heat leaking through) as well as converting heat to electricity effectively. The university cites heavy metal chalcogenides Bi2Te3 and PbTe as high-performance TEMs, while […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Solar-powered capacitor

January 11, 2024

Via: Electronics Weekly

The idea is to combine Epishine’s solar cells and Nichicon’s LTO-batteries in an integrated solderless autonomous power product which is an alternative to disposable and re-chargeable Solar-powered capacitorbatteries, reducing time-to-market and cutting down on product development costs. “We’ve created a […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Hydrogen Energy Back in the Vehicle Conversation at CES

January 10, 2024

Via: Transport Topics

While electric vehicles are gaining the lion’s share of the attention for carbon-neutral technology at CES 2024, hydrogen energy has sneaked its way back into the conversation thanks to two automotive giants. Hyundai spotlighted its plans for utilizing hydrogen energy […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Yet Another Report Finds that the U.S. Defense Industrial Base is in Real Bad Shape

January 10, 2024

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

At the start of the Korean War, the United States found itself low on the supplies it needed to help South Korea beat back an invasion by North Korea. But this was 1950 — and the heavily industrialized United States […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Milani nanosatellite moves closer to Planetary Defender role

January 9, 2024

Via: Electronics Weekly

Milani has successfully passed its Test Readiness Review, Tyvak International has announced. The craft represents two firsts: it will be the first to orbit an asteroid, Dimorphos; and it will be the ESA’s first deep-space nanosatellite. Hera It is a […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

EV-Charging Firms Could Struggle With Finances in 2024

January 8, 2024

Via: Transport Topics

U.S. electric vehicle charging installations fell significantly last year as companies grappled with financial challenges, according to a BloombergNEF report. U.S. public charging installations were 76% below BNEF’s forecast in 2023 and they are expected to lag behind China and […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Cathode innovation makes sodium-ion battery an attractive option for electric vehicles

January 8, 2024

Via: Phys.org

New cathode material for sodium-ion batteries is inspired by earlier work at Argonne that led to the lithium-ion batteries in the Chevy Volt and Bolt. It could help the supply of low-cost and abundant elements for electric vehicle batteries. As […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Xiaomi makes an EV

December 29, 2023

Via: Electronics Weekly

Xiaomi, the Chinese phone company, has come out with an EV called SU7 with SU standing for Speed Ultra. Top speed is 265 kph and it can go from 0 to 100 kph in 2.78 seconds. One version has a […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Airbus Delivers 1st Aircraft from New Toulouse Final Assembly Line – an A321neo to Pegasus Airlines

December 28, 2023

Via: ASD News

Airbus has successfully delivered its first Airbus A321neo assembled at its newest A320 Family Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse. The A321neo, which will be operated by Pegasus Airlines, the leading low-cost carrier (LCC) in Türkiye, is the first delivery […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Bombardier Announces Firm Order for 12 Challenger 3500 Jets

December 27, 2023

Via: ASD News

Bombardier today announced that the company has received a firm order for 12 Challenger 3500 aircraft. The transaction for the firm order is valued at US$326.4 million based on list prices. The customer has chosen the super-midsize market leader for […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Joby, NASA Simulation Demos Up To 120 Air Taxi Operations Per Hour in Busy Airspace

December 21, 2023

Via: ASD News

Joby Aviation, Inc., a company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, today announced it has successfully completed a series of air traffic simulations with NASA’s Ames Research Center that evaluated how air taxi operations […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

The Engineering Unlocking America’s Energy Potential

December 20, 2023

Via: Industry Today

Ask the average person today about new engineering feats in the energy world and they’re most likely to bring up renewables. While these new and promising forms of energy are undoubtedly deserving of attention, incredible progress in established energy sources […]