Aerospace & Defence

Expanding its portfolio of broadband GaN RF power transistors for electronic warfare and battlefield radio applications, NXP Semiconductors has announced six driver or final-stage amplifiers that have frequency coverage as broad as 1 to 3,000MHz.

  On stand 4/H40 at the Farnborough International Airshow, Fintek will show how even minor improvements in surface finishing can yield significant gains in part performance for aerospace component manufacture.

Aimed at military, airborne and aerospace applications, DATEL has announced the introduction of its ADS-429 Series - a new line of multi-channel analogue-to-digital converters that offer 12-bit resolution and are housed in a 16-pin plastic TSSOP package.

A company championing the use of ultra-low emission hydrogen fuelled vehicles, has delivered the world’s first hydrogen dual-fuel bin lorries to Fife Council in Scotland. The lorries are converted to run on dual hydrogen/diesel fuels, and will deliver reduced carbon emissions as well as improving air quality for the local community. The new bin lorries are planned for use in densely populated urban areas, where improving air quality is a hu...

The mISSion imaginaTIon design challenge from Texas Instruments has been won by five seventh graders from the Hyde Park Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The national competition asked students from across the country to propose solutions to challenges astronauts would face on a journey to Mars. 

Molex, LLC has introduced its Mini-MRP (Modular Rack Principle) System, which improves reliability and reduces failure rates for modular rack systems in aerospace applications and other harsh-environment industries. Unique angled rear insulators eliminate the ingress of dew and water, significantly reducing short circuits, while also simplifying access and delivering the smallest possible PCB footprint.

To assist with aircraft maintenance and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Affinity Flying Training Services has selected the IFS Applications 9 and IFS Managed Cloud from enterprise applications company IFS.

Pickering Interfaces is pleased to announce the launch of a high-density 2A PXI Relay Module configured with 83 SPDT relays. This Relay Module was originally designed for applications in Aerospace and Defense requiring a higher density 2A alternative to Pickering’s current 52 SPDT Module (model 40-139). This Relay Module is suitable for applications requiring medium power switching with very high density. It features a 2A current capacity a...

For the first time in aviation history, a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has successfully tested a cloud-seeding payload during an experimental flight in Nevada. Flown at Hawthorne Industrial Airport under the state’s FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site designation, the Drone America Savant aircraft reached an altitude of 400ft and flew for approximately 18 minutes on April 29th, 2016.

AVX has revealed that it is the first, and currently only, company to be recognised as a qualified supplier of space-level BME (Base Metal Electrode) X7R dielectric MLCCs for use in aerospace designs and US military applications under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) S-311-P-838 specification.