Aerospace & Defence
Sensitive IR instrument is ready for the NASA Telescope
The ultra-sensitive, highly precise Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb telescope) beat its most stringent requirements during Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) testing, which is now complete. Lockheed Martin built the instrument for the University of Arizona and NASA to serve as both the primary science instrument and the primary mirror-alignment sensor aboard the telescope.
Self-driving warship helps reduce naval operating costs
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been employed in military applications for some time. However, in a major advancement, driverless military vehicles may soon be a common sight on the world’s oceans as well as in the skys.
Slimmed down aircraft wings reduce fuel & emissions by 50%
Every bit of weight on an aircraft increases the fuel, emissions and money required to put it in the air. NASA and Boeing have been working together to design a longer, thinner and lighter wing – so different from typical commercial transport aircraft wings that it requires a brace, or truss, to provide the wing extra support.
'World's first' personal aerial vehicle
The 'world's first' certified Multicopter, e-volo’s Volocopter VC200, marks a step forward in urban mobility. The Volocopter is a personal aerial vehicle designed to be so easy and safe to fly that anyone can drive it. Due to its electric propulsion, it has no tailpipe emissions and is impressively quiet.
The next big thing in space is really, really small
Going into space is now within your grasp. A tiny spacecraft being developed at Arizona State University is breaking the barrier of launch cost, making the price of conducting a space mission radically cheaper.
David takes on Goliath in the defence industry
Electronic Specifier Editor Joe Bush talks to Hugh Griffiths, CEO of Inzpire, a training and mission systems provider to the military aviation sector, about how the company’s ethos and experience is helping it take on some of the big primes in the industry.
Accelerating factors in capacitor life testing
Ed Jones, Product Manager and Sandy Campbell, Associate Product Manager KEMET Corporation, explain the need for commerical-off-the-shelf (COTS) components to be screened and qualified for use in military projects.
Products support U.S. Navy’s Trident II D5 Missile Program
Microsemi Corporation extends its congratulations to Lockheed Martin on the U.S. Navy’s 158th, 159th and 160th successful test launches in March of the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM). Microsemi has supported Lockheed Martin, the Navy’s strategic missile prime contractor, with a number of strategic designs and product offerings catered to this national defense program.
World's first full sized hybrid aircraft
BOC and a long-standing player in the lighter-than-air sector as partner to many of the world's largest aerospace assemblers and manufacturers, is sponsoring the First Flight of the Airlander, the world's first full sized hybrid aircraft. The vision of UK-based manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the Airlander is one of the largest and one of the greenest aircraft in the world.
Wet electrolytic tantalum capacitors deliver high CV
Expanding its high-reliability TWA series, AVX has introduced high voltage COTS Plus axial-leaded, wet electrolytic tantalum capacitors. Featuring a high capacitance cathode system that enables high CV levels in DSCC-compatible case sizes and new ratings as high as 4700µF/25V, 3000µF/50V, 2200µF/60V, 1000µF/75V and 750µF/100V, the capacitors are suited for use in high-reliability defence, avionics, radar and power su...