World automakers launch drive to unify safety requirements Leading automakers around the globe have taken the first official step in a fresh effort to harmonize rules for vehicle safety and testing. They have asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to let them choose to use...

Efficiency of today's internal combustion engines continues to improve, while pollution and cost continue to drop. Most applaud these trends in engine refinement, yet some want more. Truly significant improvements, they argue, demand a radical--not incremental--departure from traditional engine...

The last production fighter Boeing built was the P-26 Peashooter, an open-cockpit monoplane with wire-braced wings that first flew in 1932. During the opening weeks of the Pacific theater in WWII, Mitsubishi Zeros rapidly swept the handful of Peashooters still flying from the skies. Now Boeing is...

Simulations and analysis software is coming into its own as more companies are using these technologies, says Scapa. Design News: How has industry changed over the last five years? Scapa: One of the biggest changes is in the dramatic increase in the use of simulation. Engineers are asking, "How can...