Aerospace & Defence
The first Mars helicopter will fly with Swiss DC motors
Two years from now, the US space agency NASA will send a new rover to the Red Planet. This trip will include a small helicopter which will take the first aerial photos of Mars. The rotors will be controlled by robust DC motors from Switzerland.
Commercial Off-the-Shelf MIL-DTL-17 Cable Assemblies
Pasternack new line of military-grade MIL-DTL-17 RF cable assemblies that are ideal for avionics, military electronics, satellite ground stations and autonomous vehicles.
Flexible shafts in aerospace applications
In the aerospace industry, the importance of creating problem-solving technologies to meet the challenges of manufacturing highly complex, critically reliable machines cannot be overstated. By Steve Grimes, Director, Sales and Marketing, S.S. White Technologies
Humidity measurement devices for Mars ready for final testing
Pressure and humidity measuring devices are being delivered by Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), based on Vaisala's technology to NASA's Mars 2020 Rover. The pressure measurement devices were finalised earlier this year and now also the humidity measuring instruments are completed and ready for the final testing.
Solution helps accelerate aerospace FPGA development
It has been announced by Mentor, a Siemens business, that Leonardo has accelerated its field programmable gate array (FPGA) design cycle, using advanced verification techniques made possible with the Questa verification solution. Mentor’s Questa provides a comprehensive verification solution for integrated circuit (IC) design and verification.
Labels help technicians focus on airframe manufacture
Connectivity and sensor provider, TE Connectivity, has worked with Airbus to develop a highly customised set of labels for identifying wing components. Airbus wanted to take a visual and intuitive approach to identification labelling of complex subsystems and assemblies in aircraft wings to help its technicians to position identification labels quickly and accurately.
Connecting future soldiers with today’s tech
The US Army's initiatives for dismounted soldier systems are using real time digital communication technologies to network ground soldiers to a wealth of battlefield and data from smart devices to provide vital situational awareness.
Fixed attenuator offers power handling capability of 500W
The TT9 SMT series is a new DC – 20GHz wideband surface-mount fixed attenuator Series from Smiths Interconnect optimised to provide performance and power to applications in the defence market. Utilising more than 40 years of experience in refining attenuation solutions for defence, the TT9 offers a power handling capability of 500W while maintaining excellent impedance matching in an SMT package.
PVF self-laminating labels designed for extreme conditions
TE Connectivity is presenting its PVF self-laminating labels for aerospace and defence. The PVF labels can be used in a wide variety of applications where there is exposure to extreme temperatures. They operate between -40°C and 107°C, which makes them suitable for identification of wire and cable in environments where temperatures fluctuate widely such as during flights.
Custom flexible shafts for aerospace
Designer and manufacturer of flexible shafts and related assemblies, S.S. White Technologies, highlights bespoke flexible shaft solutions for aerospace applications. Flexible shafts transmit rotary motion much like a solid shaft, but can be routed over, under and around obstacles where a solid shaft cannot be used.