US Army's 'i-Tactical Wheeled Vehicle' has been inspired by the iPhone

The US Army's next truck should be smart, flexible, user-friendly, partially autonomous and affordable. In other words, the automotive equivalent of a gadget from Apple. At a trade conference in Virginia, Brig. Gen. Stephen Farmen, the chief of US Army transportation, held up an iPhone. "How do we put the kind of power and technology like this into a wheeled vehicle and hit the right price point?" Farmen asked, according to a report by National Defense.

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Telemetry Lost During Hypersonic Test Flight

The U.S. Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are setting up an engineering review board to investigate the loss of the second, and final, Hypersonic Test Vehicle (HTV-2) shortly after launch from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on Aug 11.

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Lockheed Martin optimizes assembly, integration and test processes with Dassault Systemes simulation solutions

Dassault Systemes announced that Dassault Systemes’ DELMIA solutions are being used for product and process simulations at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. The DELMIA solutions are also a major software component of the new Lockheed Martin Collaborative Human Immersive Lab (CHIL) opened at the end of 2010.

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Quickstep Technologies selects FiberSIM software to manufacture composite parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter newest generation

VISTAGY, a leading provider of industry-specific engineering software and services, announced the sale of FiberSIM software to Quickstep Technologies, a subsidiary of Quickstep Holdings Limited, for use in manufacturing a variety of composite parts for the newest generation of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the F-35 Lightning II.

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