Aerospace & Defence

The collaboration agreement covers the design and manufacture of wings, empennage and electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for Alice, the ground-breaking regional electric aircraft recently launched by Eviation. The aircraft is aiming to change the way people travel, by making journeys of distances up to 650 miles more sustainable.

On December 17, 1903 in North Carolina, the Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve sustained flight with a pilot aboard. The modern ambition for many aircraft designers is to achieve the opposite — aircraft that is lighter than air.

The global airport runway FOD detection system market is poised to grow steadily at a CAGR of ~4% across the forecast period (2020-2030). Aviation authorities across the globe are focusing on adoption of airport runway FOD detection systems to ensure safety of aircrafts.

A new series of double ridge waveguide electromechanical relay switches that perform over broader frequency bands has been introduced by Fairview Microwave.

Vishay’s highest rated MIL-PRF-55342 military qualified resistors are being featured by distributor New Yorker Electronics.

Provider of robotic solutions for challenging environments, Milrem Robotics successfully completed its first deployment period of its unmanned ground vehicle, THeMIS, in operation Barkhane in Mali.

Aircraft location broadcasts used to aid air traffic control could also provide rapid estimates of aviation’s contribution to the economy, new research finds.

The global aerospace plastic market will grow at a modest four percent CAGR during the forecast period (2020 to 2030). Suspension of consumer air travel during the pandemic has left a detrimental impact on the global aviation industry.

The Planar X Series of RF filter solutions with bandpass, bandstop, lowpass and highpass configurations up to 18 GHz (Ku Band) has been released by Smiths Interconnect.

The KaStream 5000 MK II antenna system from Smiths Interconnect has received Inmarsat type approval for use over the Inmarsat Global Xpress network.