TOKYO—The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Toyota Motor Corp. recently formalized a three-year joint research agreement for the development of a manned, pressurized lunar rover. The vehicle will utilize fuel cell electric vehicle technologies.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Sandia National Laboratories has developed a 3D-printable material for enclosures that changes color when it has been tampered with. The material is made of metal ion microspheres.
MOLINE, IL—A new economic study by the Illinois Manufacturer's Association shows the manufacturing industry in Illinois generates more than $300 billion in output each year, and that the average manufacturing salary in Rock Island County is more than $76,000.
CIBOLO, TX—A supplier for Toyota and other automakers is expected to break ground in September on a new assembly plant here that will provide 900 full-time jobs.
MOBILE, AL—Airbus has begun manufacturing A220 aircraft at its assembly plant here, a key milestone in growth plans that will see the company add a second assembly line and hire more than 400 new workers at the site.
AUBURN HILLS, MI—Flint, MI, and Greensboro, NC, are among the cities in contention to land Mahindra Automotive North America’s second U.S. assembly plant.
LEXINGTON, TN–Containment systems manufacturer S. Bravo Systems, also known as Bravo, announced on Monday it plans to open a second manufacturing facility in western Tennessee.
GREENSBORO, NC– Last week, Honda Aircraft Co. broke ground on its 82,000-square-foot building here–a $15.5 million expansion to the company’s Research and Development campus at Piedmont Triad International Airport.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced two winners for the final prize of the American Inventions Made Onshore (AIM Onshore) Prize Competition.