Sentences with phrase «propulsion technologies for»

Clean Fuels Grant recipients were awarded competitively based on the project's ability to help communities achieve or maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone and carbon monoxide while supporting emerging clean fuel and advanced propulsion technologies for transit buses.

Accion Systems is developing revolutionary ion beam propulsion technologies for satellites, that are light, powerful, and affordable.

Topic 2.1: Green ship design and building — propulsion technology for hybrid ships (sail and high efficiency diesel) and emissions reduction technology

Not exact matches

Engine technology developer Orbital Corporation has been named the preferred supplier of engines and propulsion systems for Boeing's ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

Earlier this year, the company unveiled Prospector X, a tiny robotic spacecraft that'll sit in low Earth orbit testing technologies for future asteroid prospecting missions, including water - powered propulsion and optical navigation systems.

Plasma propulsion is an important and efficient technology used to control spacecraft for Earth observation, communications and fundamental exploration of outer space.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

The Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington D.C. UCLA is responsible for overall Dawn mission science.

Developed in conjunction with Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, FINDER is based on remote - sensing radar technology developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to monitor the location of spacecraft JPL manages for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in WTechnology Directorate, FINDER is based on remote - sensing radar technology developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to monitor the location of spacecraft JPL manages for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Wtechnology developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to monitor the location of spacecraft JPL manages for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

When SMART - 1, the European Space Agency's first mission to the moon, launched in September 2003, astronomers hailed it as the testing ground for a revolutionary and efficient solar - electric - propulsion technology.

Bethany Ehlmann, a planetary geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena who isn't involved in the mission, says it promises «data we've not had for Mars before.»

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Opportunity mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

The asteroid initiative will incorporate advanced solar electric propulsion technology as a power source for spacecraft, offering greater flexibility to the spacecraft and mission planners.

A CubeSat's utility in space seems limited only by its size and the imagination of its designers and users — governments, universities and private companies increasingly rely on them for everything from broadband remote monitoring of Earth to performing on - orbit science experiments as well as test - flying novel propulsion and communications technologies.

Its stated purpose is to test and develop new technologies for spaceflight, such as NASA's Space Launch System heavy - lift rocket, its Orion deep - space crew capsule and an advanced solar - electric propulsion engine suitable for long - haul cargo trips.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

When we crunched the numbers, we found that electric propulsion — via an ion drive or related technologies — could dramatically reduce the launch mass required for human missions to asteroids and Mars.

Secondly, parts of their lab had to be moved to two locations in the city, which as Tittel explains was particularly tricky for the measurement station at City Hall which included state - of - the - art superconducting single - photon detectors developed by the National Institute for Standards and Technology, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project and Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

The most promising of these options include renewable sources of a variety of types, advanced fossil - fuel technologies that can capture and sequester carbon, and hydrogen - powered fuel cells for vehicle propulsion and dispersed electricity generation.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, a division of the California Institute of Technology, manages the U.S. participation in the Rosetta mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

«The combination of these technologies, we think, will enable us to grow considerably larger than the [Curiosity]- size payloads,» said Ian Clark of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., principal investigator for the agency's Low - Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project.

The mission is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, and Junocam was developed by Malin Space Science Systems, Inc., of San Diego, CA, under a $ 3.8 million contract with JPL.

Engineering the space - time metric - Develop next - generation aerospace propulsion technologies, using a concept referred to as metric engineering, which uses advanced math modelling techniques, providing a technology base to the Aerospace Division for future products.

The discoveries were made using instruments fitted to telescopes at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego: the Robo - AO adaptive optics system, developed by the Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics in India and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and the PALM - 3000 adaptive optics system, developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and Caltech.

KAMUELA, Hawaii — With data collected from the mighty W. M. Keck Observatory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomer Mike Brown — known as the Pluto killer for discovering a Kuiper - belt object that led to the demotion of Pluto from planetary status — and Kevin Hand from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have found the strongest evidence yet that salty water from the vast liquid ocean beneath Europa's frozen exterior actually makes its way to the surface.

«Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP): A Proven Growth Technology for Human NEO / Mars Exploration Missions» By Stanley K.Borowski, David R. McCurdy, and Thomas W. Packard 2012 At: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120003776.pdf

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

Blume also ruled out the possibility of any kind of electric propulsion for its halo model, claiming that current plug - in hybrid technology recently announced in the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid will not be suitable for a car such as the 911 due to packaging constraints.

Weight is still an issue for electric propulsion, though, and it'll play a bigger part in the smaller models this hybrid technology could reach.

UP FOR DISCUSSION: - Could nanoFlowcell technology be the future of propulsion?

As for propulsion, all engines both gasoline and diesel on offer now use BMW's TwinPower turbo technology for upping power without upping fuel consumption and XDrive intelligent all - wheel drive is now standard or an option on 12 different models.

DaimlerChrysler and GM to Develop Hybrid Propulsion Systems In a cooperative effort that's said to advance the state of hybrid technology, DaimlerChrysler AG and General Motors Corporation plan to work together to develop a two - mode full - hybrid propulsion architecture for use in GM, Chrysler, and Mercedes - BenzPropulsion Systems In a cooperative effort that's said to advance the state of hybrid technology, DaimlerChrysler AG and General Motors Corporation plan to work together to develop a two - mode full - hybrid propulsion architecture for use in GM, Chrysler, and Mercedes - Benzpropulsion architecture for use in GM, Chrysler, and Mercedes - Benz vehicles.

«Working with Jaguar Land Rover to deliver a leading AWD experience in the new Range Rover Velar, BorgWarner once again reaffirms its position as a global leader in clean and efficient technology solutions for all types of propulsion systems,» he added.

The key game - changing technology behind that prospect is the electric motor - a relatively simple and compact propulsion system which allows automakers to eliminate the hood and the ample room underneath needed for a bulky internal combustion engine, an engine cooling apparatus, and complex transmission gears.

Dana Incorporated introduced the Spicer Electrified family of fully integrated motor, control, and e-drive technologies that advance electric propulsion systems for light - duty, commercial, and off - highway vehicles.

Unlike competing systems, Honda's two - motor hybrid technology works without the need for a conventional automatic transmission, with the electric propulsion motor directly powering the drive axles.

Author info 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA 2 Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway 3 National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA 4 Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA 5 Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

«Germany, Sweden and China are all having good success with a new technology, called Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) for diesel - electric submarines.

My purchase of a Volt is, to me, putting my money exactly where my mouth is, as it is the first (and an excellent) mass - produced example of exactly the «best of both worlds» PHEV technology we at CalCars have been working so hard to get into the marketplace to help empower the shift to electric propulsion without having to wait for EVs and their infrastructure to be capable of satisfying all driving needs.

The New York State Alternative Fuel Vehicle Research Laboratory will conduct testing for advanced and emerging technologies such as fuel cell propulsion systems, alternative fuels, and greenhouse gas reduction technologies.

I would like to add that Conventional transportation technologies usually involve the use of fossil fuels for vehicle propulsion.

Headed by Berrien Moore, the vice president for weather and climate programs at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, the GeoCARB mission will be executed in partnership with the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto, California; SES Government Solutions Company in Reston, Virginia; the Colorado State University in Fort Collins; and NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (the leading robotics and spacecraft design and manufacturing NASA center), Art Center College of Design, the Pasadena Playhouse, California School of Culinary Arts Pasadena and the Norton Simon Museum of Art.

However, while Mosquet expects many gas - powered cars to adopt some form of hybrid power in the years to come, there are some breakthrough technologies for internal combustion engines that could give electric propulsion a real run for the money.