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A CMV-22B Osprey lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in 2024.
Sensors

Navy orders five more CMV-22B tiltrotor aircraft and avionics with radar for carrier-on-board-delivery

April 2, 2025
The V-22 Osprey uses tiltrotor technology to combine the vertical performance of a helicopter with the speed and range of a fixed-wing aircraft.
Airbus
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Commercial Aerospace

Airbus tapped to design and build systems for ExoMars lander

April 2, 2025
After entry and descent through the Mars atmosphere and a parachute assisted braking phase, the landing platform provided by Airbus will ensure a safe landing on the surface of...
Army National Guardsmen load charges into the tube of an M-109A6 Paladin 155-millimeter self-propelled howitzer at National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif.
Sensors

Army asks Northrop Grumman to turn 155-millimeter artillery rounds into precision-guidance smart munitions

April 2, 2025
The Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) transforms existing 155-millimeter artillery shells into affordable satellite-guided precision weapons.
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Uncrewed

UC Berkeley engineers create sub-centimeter wireless flying robot

April 2, 2025
The robot is shaped like a small propeller and includes two small magnets. Under the influence of an external magnetic field, these magnets are attracted and repelled, causing...
The Cetec ERP enterprise resource planning software tool is to efficiency, traceability, and quality management for aerospace manufacturers.
Computers

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that helps adhere to industry standards introduced by Cetec ERP

April 2, 2025
Cetec ERP’s Drag-and-Drop Gantt Chart Scheduling Tool simplifies work order management for forward and backward scheduling, with visual scheduling.
Cameras

Guernsey Coating Laboratories Inc

April 1, 2025
Durable Metal Coatings. Specializing in vacuum deposited thin-films for over 40 years from the UV to the NIR. R&D to high volume production. Coatings on glass, metals, plastics...
Oscillators/synthesizers

VIAVI Solutions Aeroflex

April 1, 2025
A global leader in avionics, communications, and synthetic test, monitoring, and control for commercial, government, and military applications. The company's integrated, portable...
Navigation

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía

April 1, 2025
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía's flight control solutions are used by a variety of Tier 1 aerospace manufacturers in a wide range of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) - also known...
Communications/network controllers

Projects Unlimited

April 1, 2025
Is a contract manufacturer of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) for circuit-card assemblies, box build electronics systems, and cable and wire harness systems for aerospace...
Optical test and measurement

Kingfisher International Pty Ltd

April 1, 2025
Manufactures fiber-optic test equipment. Products include optical power meters, laser LED light sources, optical loss test sets with ORL meter, optical talk sets, variable optical...
Data buses and networking - Network interface controllers

Cleanroom Connection

April 1, 2025
Manufactures and distributes cleanroom supplies including cleanroom wipes, cleanroom clothing, cleanroom gloves, cleanroom swabs, paper, tacky mats, esd products, disinfectants...
Calibration equipment

Cortec Corp

April 1, 2025
Cortec® Corporation is the global leader in environmentally friendly Vapor phase Corrosion Inhibitor (VpCI®) and Migrating Corrosion Inhibitor (MCI®) Technology. Cortec has been...
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Commercial Aerospace

GITAI secures JAXA contract for lunar rover robotic arm study

April 1, 2025
GITAI's Inchworm arm can perform various crucial tasks, from resource extraction to infrastructure development.
The Air Force EC-37B Compass Call aircraft offers electromagnetic attack (EA) capabilities in support of U.S. and coalition air, surface, and special operations forces.
Computers

Lockheed Martin to develop airborne electronic warfare (EW) software that runs on SOSA-aligned computers

April 1, 2025
E-Gon computers will comply with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA), Open Mission systems (OMS), and Big Iron open-systems standards.
United Airlines
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Commercial Aerospace

United gains FAA approval for Starlink-equipped Embraer 175

April 1, 2025
The FAA issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Embraer 175, and United plans to install the system on its United Express regional jets at a rate of about 40 aircraft...
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Rydberg-based technologies have high sensitivity, fragility, and technical complexities, and have problems that have impeded rapid maturation.
Sensors

Honeywell to develop atomic vapor sensors for millimeter-wave communications, imaging, and RF electrometry

April 1, 2025
EQSTRA seeks to build on the DARPA Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies program to advance the capabilities of imaging, and communications.
Gogo
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Commercial Aerospace

Gogo announces Gulfstream GV and G550 STC for Plane Simple tech

April 1, 2025
The Ka-band antenna is built to optimize compatibility with Viasat next-generation GX satellites, AviationPros reports.
The AAEON BOXER-6647-MTH fanless embedded computer is for automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots
Computers

Rugged Intel Core-based embedded computing for industrial autonomous mobile robots introduced by AAEON

April 1, 2025
Users can use the computer with cameras, light detection and ranging (lidar), inertial sensors, and actuators.
Integrated circuits, analog - Passive components

PICO Electronics Inc

March 31, 2025
Pico Electronics, for over 60 years, manufactures the industry’s most compact and reliable electronic components. Miniature and ultra-miniature transformers, inductors, ...
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PICO High Voltage DC-DC Converters
Power electronics - Power supplies

High Voltage DC-DC Converters

March 31, 2025
Pico Electronics offers high-quality High Voltage DC-DC converters for aerospace, defense, and commercial applications. These compact, reliable converters provide output voltages...
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PICO AC-DC with PFC Modules
Power electronics - Power supplies

AC-DC with PFC Modules

March 31, 2025
Pico Electronics offer a variety of Power Factor Corrected (PFC) modules designed for aerospace, defense and commercial applications. These compact, reliable modules feature universal...
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PICO DC-DC Converters
Power electronics - Power supplies

DC-DC Converter Transformers

March 31, 2025
Pico Electronics DC-DC Converter Transformers are ultra-miniature in size as the energy driver to the switch-mode power supplies. They are power efficient in reducing core losses...
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PICO Power Inductor
Power electronics - Power supplies

Power Inductors

March 31, 2025
Pico Electronics Power Inductors are ideal for noise filtering, spiking, and output filtering applications in power supplies and switching regulators. Low core losses, these inductors...
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PICO Audio Electronics
Power electronics - Power supplies

Audio Transformers

March 31, 2025
Pico Electronics Audio Transformers provide galvanic isolation, signal gain/loss, match impedances between two interfaces, can be used as a reference and to provide feedback signal...
Navy sailors conduct undersea warfare operations aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115).
Sensors

Navy asks Northrop Grumman for advanced undersea warfare sonar signal processing for anti-submarine warfare

March 31, 2025
Project will push state of the art sonar perception and exploitation by developing specialized algorithms for autonomous sensing.
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Communications

Astroscale, BAE Systems complete study on in-orbit satellite upgrades

March 31, 2025
The project envisions a servicing satellite that can rendezvous with and upgrade modular client satellites built by BAE Systems.
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Many bus-based military systems are vulnerable to cascading implicit trust attacks, and system recovery is hindered by the lack of available forensic information
Trusted Computing

Researchers ask industry to develop trusted computing defenses for embedded computing against cyber attacks

March 31, 2025
Red-C seeks to explore algorithms to construct self-healing systems, by retrofitting firmware for bus components to function as forensic sensors.
Boeing
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Commercial Aerospace

Korean Air selects GE Aerospace engines for its new Boeing fleet

March 31, 2025
The airline also utilizes GE Aerospace’s Flight Data Monitoring system, Safety Insight, to enhance operational safety and efficiency.
FAA
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Commercial Aerospace

FAA says laser strikes on aircraft remain high

March 31, 2025
Pilots reported 12,840 laser strikes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last year, Aviation Pros reports.
The LVCM-013-019-02 has 4-40 UNC-2B threaded holes in the center of the housing and the coil end, and the LVCM-013-019-02M has M3X0.5 threaded mounting holes.
Power

Miniature linear servo motors for laser beam steering, test, and vibration absorption offered by Moticont

March 31, 2025
Two brushless high speed linear servo motors with a 0.75-inch long stroke, have a high-force-to-size ratio of 2.9 ounces and a peak force of 9 ounces.
Draper Lab is a longtime supplier of navigation and guidance systems for U.S. strategic conventional and nuclear weapons
Sensors

Navy asks Draper Lab for Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic inertial, GPS, and electro-optical guidance

March 28, 2025
Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) boost-glide hypersonic missile has a two stage rocket motor, hypersonic glide body, and kinetic-energy warhead.
Universal Avionics
A graphic showing a commercial aircraft flying with supporting technologies superimposed above it
Commercial Aerospace

Universal Avionics secures FAA certification for Wi-Fi-enabled flight management system

March 28, 2025
The Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate (AML STC) supports the integration of Universal’s Connected Avionics technology across multiple Part 25 aircraft models.
NASA/Daniel Rutter
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Communications

NASA and SpaceX work to improve coordination of space traffic

March 28, 2025
The first step in improving coordination was to develop a reliable way to signal maneuver responsibility between operators, Tara Friesen writes for NASA.
Q-Track HD offers high-density sensing with an 80-meter diameter range, a 360-degree horizontal field of view (FOV), and a 70-degree vertical FOV for large-scale security applications
Sensors

Lidar for surveillance and perimeter security, crowd control, and tailgating prevention offered by Quanergy

March 28, 2025
Lidar and software are for data centers, critical infrastructure, transportation hubs, shopping centers, and other high-security environments.
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Resources

VITA & Open.Tech: Solutions for Space & Density Challenges

March 27, 2025
Join hosts Steve Brahosky and Gia Hayes as they dive into the world of VITA and Open.Tech with Amphenol Aerospace’s Catalin Brandas, exploring cutting-edge solutions for high-...
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Resources

High-speed VPX switches and their position within the VITA/SOSA ecosystem

March 27, 2025
Steve Brahosky and Gia Hayes talk with Stephanie Fritz about high-speed VPX switches, their role in the VITA/SOSA ecosystem, and the push for greater interoperability in electronics...
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Resources

Amphenol Aerospace: High-Speed VPX Switches and Interoperability

March 27, 2025
Steve Brahosky, TTI Business Development Manager, and Gia Hayes, TTI VP Aerospace & Defense, discuss with Stephanie Fritz, AAO Senior Marketing Manager, the high-speed VPX switches...
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Resources

R-VPX Evolution 2.0 Backplane Connectors

March 27, 2025
Unlock superior performance with Amphenol R-VPX Evolution 2.0 Backplane Connectors, designed for data rates over 25Gbps. Built to VITA 46.30 standards, these connectors offer ...
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Resources

Amphenol Aerospace/TTI Space Connectors

March 27, 2025
Amphenol Aerospace offers a wide range of connectors, including Circular, MIL-SPEC, and Fiber Optic Connectors, supporting high-performance designs for military, aerospace, and...
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Resources

TTI Podcast Series – Episode 1: “Series 5 – Make No Compromises”

March 27, 2025
Gia Hayes, Steve Brahosky, and Peter Cook discuss Amphenol Aerospace’s innovative Series Five Connector— a lighter, more compact evolution of the 38999 Series, designed for higher...
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Resources

Tech Specs: Amphenol Aerospace Series Five Connectors

March 27, 2025
Amphenol Aerospace’s Series Five Black Zinc-Nickel Circular Connectors shrink the classic 38999, making them up to 20% smaller and 50% lighter while handling higher voltages. ...
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Resources

Series Five Black Zinc-Nickel Circular Connectors

March 27, 2025
Amphenol Aerospace Series V Black Zinc-Nickel Circular Connectors offer a compact, lightweight alternative to traditional 38999 connectors while maintaining high voltage ratings...
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Resources

Amphenol Aerospace: Series Five - Make No Compromise

March 27, 2025
Gia Hayes, VP Aerospace & Defense, and Steve Brahosky, Business Development Manager, discuss the new and innovative Series Five Connector with Peter Cook, Amphenol Aerospace Product...
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White Papers

13 Lens Considerations for Your Thermal Imaging Solution

March 27, 2025
Choosing the right IR camera lens is crucial for a tailored thermal imaging solution. From waveband to resolution and scalability, every detail matters. Ensure optimal performance...
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Motor Drive in Mission Critical Systems

March 27, 2025
Get analog design tips on how to optimize BLDC motor control in mission critical systems. This white paper explores key commutation methods, PID controllers, and PWM control principles...