Aerospace Manufacturing and Design NASA has completed the first developmental test series on the RS-25 engines that will power the agency’s new Space Launch System rocket on missions deeper into space than ever before.

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Industry Week Boeing has won a $1.49 billion contract to build 13 additional P-8A maritime surveillance aircraft and provide parts for 20 other aircraft of the same type.

PR Newswire Kohara Gear Industry Co., Ltd. of Kawaguchi, Japan is proud to announce the opening of its first wholly owned distributor in the United States, KHK USA Inc. In operation for almost 80 years, Kohara Gear is renowned for its excellence in supplying high-quality, stocked, metric-dimensioned gears to industrial automation companies worldwide.

Industry Week How much can ergonomics make a difference in productivity and preventing injury? A lot, it turns out. Since 2003, for example, Ford has reduced its assembly line injury rate by 70 percent by applying ergonomics research to assembly improvements and lift-assist technologies. These photos show how manufacturing companies are applying the latest ergonomic technology, culling approaches and technology from orthopedics, virtual reality, exercise physiology, and the book of common sense.

StateImpact For the first time since the shale gas revolution began, natural gas production from shale formations in the U.S. will decline next month, according to the Energy Information Administration. The federal government predicted Wednesday that gas production in the country’s largest shale formations will decrease in September to 44.9 billion cubic feet per day. That’s a drop of 1.5 percent below a peak of 45.6 billion cubic feet per day in May.

Manufacturing Business Technology A veteran computer scientist hates sitting in his car at stop lights, so he creates software that makes the experience less annoying. A former engineering professor wants to double the range of today's electric vehicles. And an aeronautics expert believes flying cars shouldn't be science fiction. It's no secret that technology is changing the car industry. The major automakers, as well as tech giants such as Google and possibly Apple, are laying the groundwork for the first driverless cars. Meanwhile, a number of engineers and entrepreneurs have started their own companies to tackle other automotive challenges.

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design Stratasys Ltd., a global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, along with its subsidiaries GrabCAD and MakerBot, have named the winners of the CubeSat Challenge after a month-long, highly competitive engineering competition.

Canadian Manufacturing Responsible for optimizing a facility’s energy performance, energy managers are becoming an increasingly important part of a plant’s operations staff. The role involves everything from identifying savings at the machine level to pitching ideas to senior management and spearheading plant-wide energy-saving initiatives.

Manufacturing Business Technology The fabled Goodyear Blimp is retiring. But don't fret, blimp fans. That big, cigar-shaped thing you've seen floating over sports events all your life will still be there. It just won't be, well, technically, a blimp.

Mining.com A new lithium project in northern Mexico has received the first seal of approval to supply the Tesla Motors Gigafactory.

ReCharge SwissEnergy and subsidiary United Energies are looking at building a wind turbine manufacturing facility in the northeastern state of Piaui in Brazil, according to the local government there.

Industry Week Hoist Liftruck Mfg., Inc., a manufacturer of high-capacity material handling equipment, announced earlier this month that it plans to expand its manufacturing operations into Indiana, creating up to 500 new jobs by 2022.

Street Insider.com American Superconductor announced that it has received an approximately $40 million order for wind turbine electrical control systems from Inox Wind Limited, part of India's Inox Group of Companies.

Crain's Cleveland Business With the help of a federal grant, community colleges across the state are taking steps this year to better prepare the next generation of workers for manufacturers and other industries.

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Manufacturing Business Technology This Engineering Newswire looks at highlighting space station benefits to humanity, diagnosing brain injuries with color changing film, and sailing across the Atlantic on an autonomous ship.

Industry Week French oil company Total announced Thursday that it had agreed to sell a North Sea gas terminal and two pipelines in a deal worth more than $900 million in a move to help offset falling oil prices.

Zacks General Motors Company announced the production of the 1 millionth unit of a 1.4-liter engine at its Flint Engine Operations. The plant will stop producing this engine and will start manufacturing the new global engine for the next-generation Chevrolet Cruze and Volt instead.