Aerospace & Defence

Artemis Optical, the designer and manufacturer of optical filters including laser protection filters used by the American military and others, has entered into a ten year agreement with BAE Systems to supply Head-Up Display (HUD) assemblies.

The proprietary case management software, iipax, has been delivered to a major authority within the defence and security sector as part of an agreement with Ida Infront, a subsidiary to Addnode Group.

The Ministry of Defence has signed a licence agreement with ASV Global allowing for the use of its Advanced Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Capability technology.

A master supply agreement between e2v and GaN Systems establishes e2v as the global supplier of GaN Systems’ 100V and 650V hi-rel GaN transistor products and customer care for the A&D market.

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. This finding bolsters other Hubble observations suggesting the icy moon erupts with high-altitude water vapour plumes. The observation increases the possibility that missions to Europa may be able to sample Europa’s ocean without having to drill through miles of ice.

Initially focused on military applications, the uncooled IR cameras market has grown significantly into new market segments during the last ten years. Yole Développement’s analysts have identified three main applications – thermography, automotive and surveillance & security – that could reach 1.5mn units by 2021.

Showcasing the functionality of ePTFE technology, W. L. Gore & Associates, will be featuring products from both GOREMilitary Fabrics and GORE Cables and Materials at 2016 AUSA, 3-5th October, Washington, D.C., Booth 2733.

The successful Juno spacecraft mission has so far included its orbit insertion at Jupiter, and the mission will soon be turning towards the data collection phase. After an almost five year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, the spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit.

Most of us will be familiar with the error message ‘No GPS signal’ on our smartphones and satellite navigation systems. We may think loosing our GPS signal is a matter of life and death, but for the military and the emergency services it really could be the difference between life and death.

  The founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, Peregrine Semiconductor Group and e2v have introduced the PE97640, an ultra-low phase noise FRAC-N Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) for commercial space applications.