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Saab and General Atomics flight test early-warning radar on MQ-9B drone
Saab's LoyalEye radar system was flight tested aboard the uncrewed MQ-9B aircraft, successfully tracking air and sea targets at long range. The test is a step toward airborne early-warning capability on unmanned platforms.
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SAE Functional Safety Committee Releases New Recommended Practice for Rust Programming Language
Standards News Room, 1 September 2026.
NHTSA and Transport Canada Honor SAE’s William “Bill” Gouse with International Vehicle Safety Award
Standards News Room, 18 October 2026.
NHTSA and Honda Among Keynotes at SAE’s WCX-World Congress Experience in Detroit, April 14–16
SAE International will host the 120th WCX World Congress Experience in Detroit, featuring keynote speakers from NHTSA and Honda. The event brings together engineers…
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Rolls-Royce leads EU hybrid-electric aircraft project
Rolls-Royce Deutschland will head the pan-European Elevate project developing hybrid-electric propulsion technology for aviation. The initiative is part of broader EU-funded research into cleaner…
Source: Aerospace Testing InternationalBoeing-led Spain project tackles eVTOL jamming and spoofing
A Boeing-led consortium in Spain will research methods to detect satellite-navigation jamming and spoofing threats affecting autonomous air taxis. The work targets a key…
Source: Aerospace Testing InternationalAutomotive Testing Must Shift From Coverage to Risk Focus
As test programs expand across SIL, HIL and full-vehicle levels, coverage metrics keep rising while confidence in system safety often does not improve at…
Source: Automotive Testing Technology InternationalFraunhofer automates X-ray inspection of EV batteries
Fraunhofer IIS has developed software that automatically screens X-ray images of complete EV battery packs for mechanical faults. Developed under the AIR research project,…
Source: electrive.comNew Noise Models Aim to Shape Supersonic Aircraft Certification
German researchers are developing higher-fidelity aerodynamic models to predict sonic boom and airport noise from supersonic aircraft. The work is intended to inform international…
Source: Aerospace Testing InternationalBye Aerospace eFlyer 2 cleared for flight testing
Bye Aerospace has received a Special Airworthiness Certificate for its all-electric eFlyer 2 trainer, allowing the flight-test program to begin. The milestone marks a…
Source: Aerospace Testing InternationalAI co-driver converts spoken test notes into structured data
Softwarehelden has added a conversational AI assistant, Cluu Co-Driver, to its vehicle testing platform, letting test drivers speak observations that are automatically sorted into…
Source: Automotive Testing Technology InternationalBMW begins prototype testing of hydrogen-powered iX5 SUV
BMW has started testing prototypes of its upcoming hydrogen fuel cell SUV, part of a five-powertrain lineup for the next-generation X5. The iX5 Hydrogen…
Source: electrive.comNew Python API unifies aerospace test automation workflows
dSPACE has launched a Test Automation SDK offering an open Python API that reuses test cases across SIL and HIL environments. The tool also…
Source: Aerospace Testing InternationalKeysight and University of York team up on AI safety for SDVs
Keysight Technologies and the University of York's Centre for Assuring Autonomy are collaborating on research to validate AI safety in automated driving and software…
Source: Automotive Testing Technology InternationalKeysight and University of York team up on AI safety testing
Keysight Technologies and the University of York's Centre for Assuring Autonomy are collaborating on research to validate AI safety in advanced driver assistance and…
Source: ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle InternationalVector adds AI agents to CANoe test and validation tool
Vector has added AI-driven automation and Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to its CANoe development and test environment, allowing engineers to trigger complete workflows…
Source: automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.comNew best practice guides training for remote AV assistants
The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC), a program of SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (SAE ITC), has published a new best practice addressing remote assistance…
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