PI V-783 Brings 310-Millimeter Travel to Mechanical-Bearing Wafer Automation
Direct-drive motors move the PI V-783 stage without the screws, belts or gear components that can introduce backlash and drivetrain…
USS Abraham Lincoln’s 200 Days at Sea Prompt Pentagon Review Request
More than 200 consecutive days at sea without a port call have triggered a request for independent scrutiny of the…
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Issued 17 Park-Outside Fire Recalls Covering 1.5 Million Vehicles
More than 1.5 million U.S. vehicles were covered by 17 “park outside” recall campaigns issued by the National Highway Traffic…
Ukraine Needs Patriot Missiles Before Winter, but New Production Could Take Years
Ukraine’s need for additional Patriot interceptors is measured in months, but the proposed industrial remedy is measured in years. Kyiv…
USS Doris Miller Steam-Catapult Plan Puts Half-Built $1.2 Billion Contract at Risk
A reliability-driven policy change could force the Navy to discard substantial completed work on the future USS Doris Miller. General…
Five-Foot Lake Mead Drop Could Cut Hoover Dam Power 70%
Five feet is the distance separating Lake Mead’s latest record low from a potentially severe constraint on Hoover Dam. Southern…
Palm Beach Airport’s New Name and Code Carry $5.5 Million Cost
A $5.5 million estimate now sits behind Palm Beach County’s completed airport identity change. The former Palm Beach International Airport…
Navy Reviews Ford-Class Tower Move That Could Add Billions and Delays
The U.S. Navy is reviewing whether to move the command tower on future Ford-class aircraft carriers toward the middle of…
Ford Plans U.S. Lincoln Production After China Imports Face 52.5% Tariff
Ford’s production calculus now carries a sharp contradiction: Import policy is making U.S. factories more attractive while simultaneously adding heavily…
Pentagon Signs $22.9 Billion Raytheon Deal to Raise Yearly Tomahawks From 60 Past 1,000
$22.9 billion is buying the Pentagon more than missiles. The seven-year Raytheon contract is intended to support a major expansion…
Stellantis Recalls 848,000 U.S. Vehicles Over Blank Backup Cameras
Selecting reverse normally triggers a tightly coordinated sequence: the rear camera activates, its video passes through the vehicle’s electronics, and…
Toyota Recalls 48,280 Tacoma Hybrids as Shock Reservoirs Could Detach
A metal flange is the critical retention point behind Toyota’s latest U.S. safety recall. On certain model-year 2024 Tacoma Hybrid…
Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command Lack Domestic Drone-Swarm Defenses
The commands responsible for defending North American airspace face a threat that reverses their traditional operating problem: numerous inexpensive drones…
FAA Proposes Boeing 787 Cowl Changes Over Two-Engine Shutdown Risk
An engine does not have to be the one that fails internally to be placed at risk. On certain Boeing…
NASA Keeps Voyager Probes Working Despite Two-Day Command Cycles
NASA can still command Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 nearly five decades after their 1977 launches. What it cannot do…
SpaceX Recovers Intact Starship After 24 Days for First Flight Inspection
SpaceX has guided Starship upper stage Ship 40 into calmer waters off Christmas Island after approximately 24 days at sea,…
Lockheed Martin Plans to Raise Missile-Defense Interceptor Output From 96 to 400
400 interceptors per year is the target Lockheed Martin has set for its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense production system,…
Navy Budgets $562 Million as USS Nimitz Leaves Frontline Service
USS Nimitz can still sail and conduct flight operations, but the Navy will not send the 51-year-old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier…