Aerospace & Defence

TTI, Europe, a specialised distributor of electronic components and authorised distributor of TE Connectivity (TE) for connectors, switches, passive components, and relays, now carries their broad portfolio of sensor technologies for HVAC, rail, industrial, and medical solutions, as well as new space, urban mobility, eVTOL, and vehicle electrification.

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Chloe Smith, announced the £20 million funding from the UK Space Agency – the biggest investment into these types of services to date – to support the development of future telecommunications technologies and aerial connectivity projects, which would be used onboard drones or high-altitude platforms to provide wireless coverage.

Infineon Technologies and Teledyne e2v have developed a reference design for the implementation of compute-intensive space systems.

A European mission to explore how gravity, dark energy and dark matter has shaped the universe has launched following £37 million UK Space Agency funding.

The maiden launch of Starship, which ended in rather spectacular fashion, was one of the key events in the space sector for 2023. Looking back on the launch, one might ask if it was worth it all, what went wrong, and what’s next for Musk and his Mars-bound company.

Electronics intended for space missions face unique conditions and challenges – specialised integrated circuit (IC) packaging can help mitigate some of those challenges.

Littelfuse, an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, announces the availability of its latest C&K product – the MDMA Micro-D Connector with removable crimp contacts.

The ‘Galactic 01’ spaceflight successfully carried 13 research payload and three crew members from the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council of Italy.

ODIN Space, has successfully demonstrated the operation of its space debris sensor technology in orbit, as part of the recent SpaceX Transporter 8 mission.

Aitech Systems (Paris Air Show: Hall 4, stand BC85), a specialist provider of rugged boards and system level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, has collaborated with FlySight Srl to bring improved situation awareness into SWAP-constrained military applications.