1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (551+ words) The expansion is being done to meet growing demand for complex engine parts and to support defense programs. GKN Aerospace has started a $16 million expansion of its North Charlestown, New Hampshire, facility as rising demand drives the company to increase…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (480+ words) The new ‘robot ambulance’ will deliver engineers and replacement humanoids to keep robots working when breakdowns strike. Japanese tech giant GMO Internet Group (GMO Air) has just unveiled what has been dubbed Japan’s first “robot ambulance.” Effectively a kind of…...

4+ day, 35+ min ago   (516+ words) A full-size reactor canister survived a 100-foot descent and retrieval as Deep Fission tests its underground nuclear concept. Deep Fission has successfully lowered a 20-foot reactor canister 100 feet underground and retrieved it using commercial drilling equipment, testing a key part…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (529+ words) Sixty-six million years later, a dinosaur’s fossilized poop is rewriting evolutionary history. It is rare for paleontology to find feathers at all. Finding them inside the belly of a beast is a miracle of preservation. An apex predator ate a…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (262+ words) The U.S. Army is investing $472 million to modernize the CH-47 Chinook, upgrading its avionics and digital systems as the 1960s-era helicopter heads toward the 2040s. The CH-47 Chinook first flew in 1961 and entered U.S. Army service in 1962. More than six decades later, the…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (189+ words) Interesting Engineering Inside the U.S. Navy’s 25,000-Ton Amphibious Warship That Carries an Entire Assault Force The U.S. Navy’s San Antonio-class LPDs are 25,000-ton amphibious warships built to deliver Marines, vehicles, landing craft and helicopters from sea to shore without relying on…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (185+ words) The VHPK transforms the Series 1 Elise with a central driving seat, carbon bodywork and a rebuilt K-Series engine. Analogue Automotive has unveiled the VHPK, its most ambitious reinterpretation of the original Lotus Elise. The road-focused machine combines a central driving…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (190+ words) Interesting Engineering 286 Days Without a Port: Inside the USS Abraham Lincoln’s Record Deployment The USS Abraham Lincoln spent 286 days at sea, breaking a modern Navy endurance record while supporting Middle East operations. Now, its crew is finally getting a long-awaited…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (182+ words) Interesting Engineering Turkey Is Sending Ukraine 12 Deadly M270 MLRS Launchers. Here’s What It Can Do Ukraine is set to receive 12 M270 MLRS launchers from Turkey, adding tracked mobility, long-range precision rockets and potential ATACMS capability to its battlefield strike arsenal. Ukraine is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (465+ words) The 100 MW/200 MWh Citrus Flatts battery can store electricity and sell it when ERCOT prices rise. Equinor has started commercial operations at its largest battery energy storage project in the U.S., bringing 100 megawatts (MW) of flexible power capacity to South Texas....