Aerospace & Defence
Standalone small form factor ethernet switch
Aitech Systems, a provider of rugged boards and system level solutions for military, aerospace and space applications, now offers the space industry’s first standalone small form factor (SFF) Ethernet switch designed and tested for near earth orbit (NEO) and low earth orbit (LEO) missions.
IWD: 5 women who made the Apollo 11 landing possible
In the lead up to Internationl Women's Day, AptonPlant acknowledges the achievements of the five women that made the Apollo 11 landing possible.
NASA, ULA launch NOAA’s newest earth observing satellite
NASA successfully launched the third in a series of next-gen weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 4:38pm.
Rad-tolerant NAS With up to 1 TBytes in 2.5-inch SSD
Aitech Systems, a provider of rugged boards and system level solutions for military, aerospace and space applications, has released the most compact network attached storage (NAS) device available for use in near earth orbit (NEO) and low earth orbit (LEO) space applications.
RSK led research achieves results in an 'Edison moment'
Nature magazine has published results showing that, for the first time ever, an object buried below ground has been identified using quantum technology as a sensor.
Axiom to discuss private astronaut space station mission
NASA experts will join a virtual news conference hosted by Axiom Space to preview the launch of Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
NASA's Cygnus mission to International Space Station
On 19th February, 2022, a supply of 8,300 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Satellite imaging technology to detect environmental changes in near real-time
ABB has been awarded a contract worth around $30 million by the Canadian data and analytics company EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (EDA) to develop and manufacture next-generation multispectral imaging systems to be placed on 10 satellites (including an in-orbit spare) that will circle the Earth.
Sustainable transport is taking off with eVTOLs
The urban air mobility market is forecasted to reach $12.7bn, and $1.5 trillion in the next 20 years. To get urban aerial mobility (UAM) up and running, eVTOL (electrical vertical take-off and landing) aircrafts must be proven safe and reliable, air traffic management has to be adapted to accommodate, and the public will need to accept them as a new mode of transport.
Beamforming RFIC designed for Ku-Band
The F6513S is an 8-channel, transmit, active beamforming, RFIC from Renesas that is designed for application in Ku-Band (14.4 to 17.3 GHz) planar phased array antennas for communications or radar applications.