Materials/Manufacturing

Magnets for Army Drones Mark 10th American Military Contract for Vulcan Elements

DURHAM, N.C., September 23, 2026 – Marking its tenth U.S. Department of War contract, Vulcan Elements announced its competitive selection by the U.S. Army to supply high-performance neodymium iron boron magnets for the Army’s drone initiative to produce small unmanned aircraft systems. The initiative is the Army’s vertically-integrated effort to produce small drones that aims to produce one million drones per year in the United States, at the Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania. […]

Electromagnetics

Surging Data Centers Drive Reliance on Magnetic Technology for Cooling 

As AI adoption and cloud computing drive rapid expansion of data centers, managing the growing heat load in cavernous buildings stuffed with electronics is driving fresh reliance on the use of magnetic technology for cooling the sensitive equipment. Examples are plainly evident at recent data center events, HVAC shows, new product developments – and recent orders from data center operators. More powerful and reliable HVAC systems are being designed with compressors having oil-free active magnetic bearings, while embedded in the server racks liquid immersion cooling systems using sealless mag-drive pumps are bringing a new paradigm to data center cooling.  […]