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GE Aviation | August 04, 2016

GE's CEO Jeff Immelt is a highly admired role model to a lot of people. And the guy that he admires? Amazon's Jeff Bezos."I think Amazon is an amazing company. Jeff Bezos is one of the guys I really look up to," Immelt recently told Vanity Fair....

The Engineer | February 28, 2019

Bat wings bend, twist and deform in response to turbulent airflow, generating lift, thrust and other forces associated with flight. When a bat wing flaps, it forms little doughnut-shaped pockets of air known as vortex rings, expelled behind as the animal moves through the air. Modelling these and the bat’s other aerodynamic forces accurately has proved difficult until now.The new model, described as a variational aeroelastic framework for 3D turbulent flow and flexible multibody interactio...

dvidshub | April 17, 2019

Jena Salvetti, a human factors engineer with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center’s Systems Simulation, Software and Integration Directorate, has always had an interest in creating art. From a young age, I could be found drawing, painting and sculpting,” Salvetti said. “Anything crafty or artistic was my activity of choice when I had free time.”Salvetti, who creates military- and superhero-inspired art, gleans much of her ins...

Spirent Communications plc | September 20, 2021

Spirent Communications plc, the world leader in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) test and assurance solutions, today announced the launch of Spirent GNSS Foresight, an innovative cloud-based solution that lets operators know in advance where and when GPS or GNSS positioning is reliable for unmanned and autonomous journeys. GNSS Foresight accurately predicts where and when unmanned vehicles, air taxis, and drones can operate safely and dependably beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), espe...