Military/Aerospace Electronics

In partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA),  mixed-signal ASIC specialist EnSilica, will design and develop a key silicon component to enable multi-band GNSS capabilities. The ESA, NAVISP Element 2 programme helps to increase the competitiveness of participating European states in the global market for satellite navigation and enables these countries to be well positioned to capitalise on emerging market ...

The Westcott Drone Test and Development Centre (DTDC) is benefiting from a major upgrade to its facilities. Funding of £1.4 million from Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The new upgrades for the site include sensor test ranges for flexible drone testing, support for testing of tethered drone systems and expanded workshop spaces. There will also be a drone cage flight ...

Amphenol has released the QEPT 4-TRX 200G NRZ, a 200Gbit per second high-speed optical pluggable transceiver module. The QEPT (Quad Embedded Pluggable Transceiver), capable of 56Gbit per second at distances up to 70m over the full temperature range of 0 to +70°C. The aggregate performance is 200Gbit per second over four channels. The module is in response to faster data ...

Magdrive, a UK space tech startup, has successfully raised $10.5 million in seed funding. The round was lead by the VC Redalpine. Balerion, Alumni Ventures, Outsized Ventures, 7percent, and Entrepreneur First also contributed to the round. And the investment will be used to drive R&D, build a manufacturing facility in the UK, and establish a US office. Magdrive Based in ...

The VITA 100 standard will build on VPX’s legacy but “leapfrog” to meet increased processing and power demands. Providing a progress update, VITA 100 chair Steve Devore (pictured), described it is a continuation of VPX, supporting evolving power and data processing demands. One requirement is to double the density of today’s VPX connectors while maintaining the maximum current connector length. ...

The range of load cells and strain gauges available from Charcroft Electronics has increased with the acquisition of Sensor Techniques. Charcroft is a privately-owned,  distributor and manufacturer of electronic components, including passive, interconnect, electromechanical and optoelectronic components, load cells and strain gauges, power supplies and rugged semiconductors. Sensor Techniques is a distributor of load cells and strain gauges for use ...

Nordic Semiconductor will be demonstrating the forthcoming space comms capabilities of its nRF9151 low power System-in-Package (SiP) at GSMA’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in March. Specifically, the 3GPP compliant, low earth orbit (LEO), Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity capabilities of the system. These will be made available by a future firmware release. The company will be highlighting its role for IoT, ...

With global defence spending only set to increase in coming years, Leonardo is highlighting increased employment around its nine UK sites. The defence company hired an additional 1,400 people to work at its UK locations in 2024. This was including 450 on early careers schemes such as its Apprenticeship programme. Young talent It came out of the company’s preliminary full-year ...

ATMOS has secured €13.1 million in funding from the EU’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator programme in order to develop its PHOENIX 2 space capsule. The EIC Accelerator is part of the European Union’s wider Horizon Europe framework. It aims to target companies developing “high-impact innovations” with the potential to help create new markets. In ATMOS’s case, it’s innovation around ...

As the aerospace industry strives for greater efficiency and sustainability, ground power units have become pivotal for aircraft operations on the ground, says Eric Bearton. Ground power unit (GPU) systems for aerospace engineering are sophisticated systems that provide power to aircraft when the engines are off, ensuring that critical systems such as avionics, air conditioning and cabin lighting remain functional ...