Aerospace & Defence
De-risking electrical compliance in the aerospace industry
Tony Nicoli, Aerospace & Defence Director, Mentor’s Integrated Electrical Systems Division, speaks to Electronic Specifier about the company’s new automated design-for-compliance methodology that will impact the aerospace industry.
ExoMars rover science laboratory fitted
The ExoMars rover’s Analytical Laboratory Drawer (ALD) was integrated into the rover at Airbus, Stevenage, UK in May 2019. The video is shown at 18 times real speed; in reality the sequence of events took around 11.5 minutes.
Developing electronics for missions to Mars and Jupiter
Specialists in visualisation in debugging technology for electronic circuits and systems, Concept Engineering, has announced that NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will use Concept Engineering’s E-engine and EEvision system visualisation software to develop electronics for space missions to Mars and Jupiter moon Europa.
Ultra-long life screw-terminal capacitors
It has been announced that New Yorker Electronics is distributing the newest Exxelia Sic Safco Long-Life Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor. The Felsic HV family of aluminium electrolytic screw terminal capacitors provides great performances in energy density combined with an ultra-long lifetime.
The system that enabled scientists to see the black hole
A technology and quality-driven Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, Digicom Electronics, has announced that its Reconfigurable Open Architecture Computing Hardware (ROACH) System (the spectrometer system it builds for worldwide astronomers) was instrumental in collecting the data used to capture the first-ever photo of a black hole.
Automated honeycomb potting in the aerospace industry
An intelligent and fully automated complete solution for honeycomb potting in the aerospace industry reduces the weight of the end product, significantly reduces labour and material consumption, and provides consistent, repeatable dispensing results.
Solar solution for stratospheric flight At Xponential
HALE (High Altitude Long Endurance) UAVs and HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites) are massive aircraft, often with wingspans as large as a Boeing 747, that rely on solar power to remain aloft for multiple weeks, or even months, at a time. The stratosphere, at an altitude of 20km, poses engineering challenges to aircraft due to its harsh conditions.
The first image of a black hole
This week, the world had a first view of the ground-breaking discoveries brought forth by Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) – an international scientific collaboration aiming to create a virtual Earth-sized telescope. The images of the event horizon of a black hole were constructed from data gathered by observatories all over the globe. Guest article written by Andreea Volosincu, Wind River.
Precision tracking resolver-to-digital converter
Independent supplier of embedded electronic and computing systems, North Atlantic Industries (NAI), has announced an initial contract award from General Dynamics Land Systems (GD) to provide a Resolver-to-Digital Convertor (RDC), Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Mezzanine Card (PMC) (RDC PMC) for the Abrams M1A2 System Enhanced Package (SEP) Version 2 (V2) M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank.
Converters designed to meet DO-160G specifications
Especially designed for commercial avionics, SynQor has announced its new AeroQor product line, composed of next generation, high efficiency, isolated power factor correction modules (APFIC) and AC filters specifically designed to meet the most stringent commercial airline specifications (RTCA/DO-160G, Boeing and Airbus).