Aerospace & Defence

Aurrigo Auto-DollyTug was successfully deployed as part of the Digital Testbed Air Cargo (DTAC) Demonstration, which is led by the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) and operational partners Flughafen Stuttgart, Fraport AG, and Sovereign Speed.

Renesas has announced a complete space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 Adaptive SoC.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariane-6 rocket finally made its debut on 9th July 2024, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This launch was a significant milestone for Europe, marking the first flight of the Ariane-6, which aims to replace the Ariane-5 and restore Europe’s autonomous access to space. However, the launch has since been sullied by a new debate – the Ariane-6 vs Falcon 9 from SpaceX.

Teledyne e2v has announced that the company has qualified and released an upscreened version of the LX2160 to operate between -55°C to +125°C.

Master Bond Supreme 11AOHTLP is a two component epoxy featuring thermal conductivity and electrical insulation.

An action-packed programme of free interactive events for the whole family will showcase how UCL engineers are creating the future, in fields such as artificial intelligence, space exploration, robotics, and medicine.

New studies from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, show that almost all air travel within a 750-mile radius (1200 km) could be made with hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2045, and with a novel heat exchanger currently in development, this range could be even further. 

Microchip Technology has launched the first devices in its PIC64 High-Performance Spaceflight Computing (PIC64-HPSC) microprocessors (MPUs) family.

Space-Comm Expo Scotland has unveiled a world class lineup of keynote speakers from across government, aerospace, defence, and academia for the inaugural event taking place at the SEC Glasgow 11–12 September 2024.

Aitech Systems, a provider of rugged boards and system level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, has released the A178-AV, the latest iteration of its smallest rugged GPGPU AI supercomputers available with the powerful NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier System-on-Module.