NeoPhotonics has announced a tunable high power FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous-wave) laser module and high power semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) chips. Both components are optimized to enable long range automotive lidar and high resolution industrial sensing applications. The FMCW Laser is C-band tunable and can be directly modulated to provide >21dBm (126mW) fiber
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The N11.17 billion Lagos-Calabar coastal railway project that was recently approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), though an ambitious project in the railway modernisation drive of the present administration, may be hampered by uncertainty over funding. The Lagos-Calabar coastal project has been in the pipeline for almost two decades, predating
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Federal Roads and Bridges Tolling Policy and Regulations aimed at reintroducing tollgates on Nigerian roads. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known to journalists after the weekly meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Mr Fashola, the policy and regulations
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Air Peace has deployed its three new Embraer 195-E2 airplanes for scheduled flight operations. The 124-seat capacity jets, which were delivered in the first half of 2021, commenced entry into service on Monday, July 19, 2021. Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, in a statement, said the acquisition of the aircraft is
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When traffic is clogged at a downtown intersection, there may be a way to reduce some of the congestion: Eliminate a few left turns. According to Vikash Gayah, associate professor of civil engineering at Penn State, well-placed left-turn restrictions in certain busy intersections could loosen many of the bottlenecks that hamper
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said the 430 million dollars highway project linking Enugu to Bamenda in Cameroon will be completed this year. The bank, in a statement issued on Monday, said that it was part of its investments in West Africa which currently stood at 16 billion dollars. The statement
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United Airlines said Thursday it will spend $3 billion to buy 15 supersonic, zero-emissions jetliners from aviation startup Boom Supersonic. The jet maker says its “Overture” model jets will fly at double the speed of today’s fastest airliners, carrying up to 88 travelers each from New York to London in 3.5
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Tuesday that it has recently signed a $200 million contract to provide unmanned aerial systems services to an unconfirmed country in Asia. The deal is related to IAI’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Heron, and marks the fourth major transaction announced by the company in
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has bemoaned the recent spate of attacks on the country’s rail lines, especially from Warri in Delta state to Itakpe in Kogi state, which the corporation had started using for haulage of pipes. The national oil company noted that destruction of pipelines and the growing
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The China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC), the contractor handling the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, is in a race to meet the June commissioning deadline by finishing at least seven stations The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, had last Saturday inspected the project where he frowned at the slow pace
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