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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

Source: Xwing A joint program by the U.S. has demonstrated fixed-wing cargo-carrying capability in a point-to-point flight between two airbases using a specially modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. Air Force and Xwing Inc. kg) payload.

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Nature-inspired tech to move transport towards net-zero

E&T

To drive down harmful emissions, engineers are taking inspiration from nature to come up with greener technologies, including helping current forms of transport, from cars to planes, evolve and move towards net-zero. The photovoltaic cells needed for a tree have been lab tested and a working prototype is in development.

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Molder Emphasizes Circularity in Molding, Extrusion, Automation and AM

Mold Making Technology

Source | KraussMaffei KraussMaffei comes to NPE2024 with the motto “Make plastic green — with high quality and efficiency.” A further highlight is an aircraft window plug that is currently undergoing certification efforts for aircraft passenger-to-cargo conversion activities at NIAR.

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Is hydrogen the fuel of the future?

E&T

Birmingham was the first university to show that hydrogen is a viable fuel and energy source for rail applications in certain environments, and its Centre of Excellence in Rail Decarbonisation (CERD) developed the prototype HydroFLEX train, a hydrogen battery train with a pantograph, in partnership with rolling stock company Porterbrook.

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India’s EV Revolution: E2W and E3W show the way

Dinesh Mishra

Another important role of retired batteries is as a source for mining raw materials for locally manufacturing new batteries for EVs. are prototyped and being validated by many companies. India doesn’t have the lithium and cobalt reserves to make lithium ion batteries. These products are expected to hit the market very soon.