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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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For every kJ of chemical energy in the fuel for a spark ignition internal combustion engine, 73 % is sacrificed to chemical and thermal losses. Only 22% remains to power the vehicle. Crane also mentioned that one-quarter to one-third of the cost of a battery system is the packaging, integration and electronics. State of Charge.

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

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This war is a war of drones, they are the super weapon here,” Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, told Newsweek earlier this year. But a technologically powerful country needn’t count the cost; the United States certainly didn’t. “We says it will defend.

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

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A Navy unit used a remote-controlled vehicle with a mounted video camera in 2009 to investigate suspicious areas in southern Afghanistan. As a result, warfighter demands become exceedingly complex, especially since the potential costs of failure are unacceptable. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Patrick W. Mullen III/U.S.

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