Navy, Marines Rethinking How to Build Future Fleet with Unmanned, Expeditionary Ships By: Megan Eckstein September 26, 2019 5:38 PM USS America (LHA-6) transits the Pacific Ocean near Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in 2018. US Navy THE PENTAGON – Though the Navy had already advertised it was updating its desired fleet size and […]

Hydrogen-powered VTOL launches with 15-hour flight time By Paul Ridden September 23, 2019 MMC UAV is claiming its Griflion H drone has a much longer range than others in the marketplace China’s MMC UAV launched a new hydrogen-powered vertical take-off and landing drone – or hydrone – at InterGEO 2019 in Germany last week, that has […]

Shock-absorber technologies for automated applications AUGUST 7, 2019 BY LISA EITEL  Design engineers who employ advanced damping and vibration isolation can vastly improve the performance of their industrial-automation machinery. By Larry Cavalloro • ACE Controls A top objective for designers of industrial-automation machinery is to build and tune axes for minimal vibration (free or forced); gently and precisely slow […]