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DARPA awards $988K to CMU Robotics Institute for autonomous flight system for Transformer program

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The TX vehicle envisioned by DARPA would be capable of transporting four people and 1,000 pounds of payload up to 250 nautical miles, either by land or by air. The TX vehicle envisioned by DARPA would be capable of transporting four people and 1,000 pounds of payload up to 250 nautical miles, either by land or by air. Earlier post.).

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DARPA Awards $1M to Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne To Design Engine for Transformer Vehicle

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a contract, with a value up to $1 million, to design an engine for the Transformer (TX) , a vertical take-off and landing, road-worthy concept study vehicle. The TX vehicle, still in its conceptual phase, will be designed to carry up to four people.

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Antonov Tracking to Bring TX-6 Transmission to Production in China

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Antonov, the UK-based automatic transmission specialist, reports significant progress being made to bring its TX-6 gearbox into production in China. Antonov TX-6 transmission in its final production form. million vehicles in 2012 and the TX-6 offers a competitive proposition for manufacturers in this market segment.

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Antonov Signs Cooperation Agreement with Lifan and Landai on TX-6 Transmission

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Following previous announcements by Antonov regarding the possible formation of a manufacturing joint venture in China relating to its innovative TX-6 automatic transmission ( earlier post ), the UK-based transmission specialist has signed a cooperation agreement with Chong Qing Landai Industries and Lifan Industry Group.

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Yellow Cab Chicago Awards Clean Energy 10-Year Contract to Build and Operate Two CNG Fueling Stations

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Clean Energy owns and operates two LNG production plants, one in Willis, TX and one in Boron, CA, with combined capacity of 260,000 LNG gallons per day and designed to expand to 340,000 LNG gallons per day as demand increases. Tags: Brief. Clean Energy also owns BAF Technologies, Inc.

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Verizon Contracts BAF to Convert 501 Service Vans to CNG in 2010

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The BAF CNG vehicle up-fits for Verizon will be completed at Steelweld Equipment Company in Hemet, CA, and Temple, TX; and at North American Equipment Upfitters in Hooksett, NH. Tags: Brief. Steelweld and North American were jointly selected by BAF and Verizon to execute the installation of the BAF CNG vehicle systems.

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Testing of Scuderi Engine at Part Load Shows Consistent Combustion

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Testing of the naturally aspirated, one-liter gasoline engine at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX, continues to meet or exceed the initial computer simulations. Tags: Brief. Intake air is compressed in the compression cylinder and transferred via a gas passage to the power cylinder for combustion. Earlier post.).