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Vishay has introduced the improved VSMP0603 ultra-high-precision Bulk Metal® Z-Foil (BMZF) wraparound surface-mount resistor with an extended power rating to 0.1 W and higher resistance values to 5 kΩ. The device is the industry's first in the 0603 chips size to offer a military-grade absolute TCR of ±0.2 ppm/°C from −55°C to +125°C, +25°C ref., a tolerance of ±0.01%, and an almost immeasurable 1-ns rise time, effectively withou...

CETECOM has added RF performance tests for A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) to its portfolio and has therefore expanded its testing equipment by selecting Spirent Communications’ UMTS Location Test System (ULTS).

LDRA has been selected by Esprit Lean to prove compliance of medical technology being developed to assist in cancer treatment. Esprit Lean chose the LDRA tool suite to provide the static analysis and standards verification needed to achieve compliance to IEC 62304.

Teledyne Coax Switches has announced its selection by Astrium Ltd, Portsmouth U.K. as the supplier for coaxial switch blocks to be used on the Alphasat I-XL satellite programme. Alphasat I-XL, one of the world’s largest telecommunications satellites, is being built by Astrium for Inmarsat to augment its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN).

Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and powered by Saft’s proven lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology, the MEASAT-3a successfully launched into space on Monday, 22 June 2009 from a Land Launch rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan launch site. The MEASAT-3a contained two of Saft’s VES 140 batteries on-board, for a total of 72 VES 140 cells. This launch makes a total of 33 spacecraft in orbit today using Saft Li-ion battery technology.

Saft has been selected by AR-SAT SA to supply the lithiumion (Li-ion) battery system that will power ARSAT-1, the first communications satellite to be designed and integrated in Argentina. Arsat-1,the first in a series of satellites, is scheduled to be launched in 2012 and will provide coverage for Latin America.

Cypress Semiconductor today announced three of its state-of-the-art CMOS Image Sensors for space applications are on-board the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-2 Satellite, which was successfully launched on November 2. Cypress’s new HAS2 image sensor, specially designed for high accuracy star tracking, is implemented on a new Star Tracker developed by SELEX Galileo of Italy. The HAS2 image sensor is also being used in an extreme-ultraviol...

Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced that VxWorks has been chosen to run Logica’s Integrity Processing Facility (IPF) check set for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). The IPF, developed and delivered by Logica, is the crucial element that validates the information broadcast by the satellites to safety critical users such as aircraft in flight or ships navigating through narrow c...

Kistler has announced the North American launch of the industry exclusive Corrsys-Datron model CDS-GPS, a high-performance data logger with built-in global positioning system (GPS) for longitudinal vehicle dynamics testing applications.

Dassault Systèmes, a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA solutions are being used for product and process simulations at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. The DELMIA solutions are also a major software component of the new Lockheed Martin Collaborative Human Immersive Lab (CHIL) opened at the end of 2010.