Electronics related to Military/Aerospace
Airbus is opening a new facility, the Airbus Launchpad, aiming to support UK space SMEs. The location is the company’s Stevenage site. The new hub will provide SMEs, startups and research organisations with access to laboratories, workspaces and testing facilities. It will operate a no-cost residency programme and the facility can accommodate up to 50 people. It aims to strengthen ...
Boasting 32 cores, the latest Kratos 3U VPX computing board is the hightest core-count Intel Xeon board available, says Concurrent. The SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) -compliant form factor increases performance compared to the original model, which has 20 cores. In addition to the 32-core (160W) Intel Xeon 6543P-B processor, suitable for data-intensive applications, the Kratos PIC (plug-in card) has ...
Fabless French FPGA company, NanoXplore has announced that its NG-Ultra FPGA, which is based on STMicroelectronics’ 28nm FD-SOI digital technology, is qualified for the ESCC 9030 for space missions. The radiation-hardened SoC FPGA combines a multi-core processor with programmable hardware on a single chip. It has been designed for low- and medium-earth orbit constellations and will be used in satellite ...
Providing power in extreme environmental conditions, in particular oil and gas applications, drilling or pipeline inspection, Ultralife has developed the SeaSafe Endurance battery module. It is, said the company an easy-to-configure battery system designed to fit inside pressure vessels. If required, two batteries can be placed on top of each other or a battery can be placed in an adjacent ...
Ground Control has launched its RockFLEET marine-grade antenna, which provides alternative navigation and timing data that doesn’t rely on GNSS. It addresses the problem of GPS jamming and spoofing for merchant shipping, says Ground Control. This is something increasingly faced by crews in parts of the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean Sea, highlights the company. It gives ships an independent, ...
The government is stalling on signing the contract for developing a new fighter jet with Japan and Italy. According to a plan agreed by the three countries, the contract was to have been signed in 2025. Asked earlier this month, Chief of Defence Staff Richard Knighton, said, “I do not have a date.” Signing will get full-scale development underway. Delay ...
David Lockwood, group chief executive of Babcock International, a UK defence specialist, has announced he is to retire before the end of the year. The company’s board has chosen Harry Holt, the current CEO of Babcock’s nuclear sector, as his successor. Holt will take the newly created role of deputy CEO and join the board in June as part of ...
Astroscale UK has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the agency’s IRUS (In-Orbit Refurbishment and Upgrading Service) project. The Phase A contract has a value of €399,000 (£350,000) and will involve an eight-month study. This is to develop the technical groundwork, and commercial case, for in-orbit refurbishment and upgrading services. Specifically, Astroscale team will explore how robotic ...
UK Space Agency (UKSA) funding is supporting a £20 million space innovation hub – the Westcott Space Hub – which has officially opened in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The R&D hub aims to provide cutting-edge facilities to help space businesses grow and is expected to create up to 300 jobs. Spanning 62,000 square feet, it has testing facilities, training spaces and commercial ...
Mouser is shipping the u-blox ZED-X20P high precision module, which is described as a professional grade all-band, all-constellation GNSS receiver. Basically, the module integrates all-band GNSS with signal modernisation and positioning algorithms. Signals processed comprise: GPS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, and NavIC. Possible use-cases include for UAVs, guidance systems, auto-steering and high precision positioning, for example within industrial and agricultural applications. ...
