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Gowanda Electronics has announced achievement of failure rate Level R on two more of its MIL-PRF-39010 RF inductor series, ER15M and ER18M, adding to the company’s series already approved to Level R, ER10M and ER17S. These four thru-hole series meet the military’s Qualified Product List (QPL) requirements for Established Reliability (ER) and address 10 different MIL-PRF-39010 slash numbers (/01 through /10).

For the third time in less than two months, researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, intentionally sent a small Cessna aircraft plummeting to the ground in a drop test meant to simulate a severe, but ultimately survivable crash. A Cessna 172 plunged 100 feet at 55 miles per hour, its nose pitched up, tail angled down, then struck a pile of dirt and flipped over with a brutal, tail-snapping crunch.

Physik Instrumente recently introduced the P-080 tubular piezo stack, the newest member of the high reliability PICMA family of piezo actuators. Piezo actuators are based on solid-state motion effects and are used in applications that require any or all of the following attributes: high speed, high force, and virtually unlimited resolution.

Valtronic announces that it will participate in an upcoming Manufacturing Day at the Formtek facility on 2nd October, 2015. Formtek has gathered a group of manufacturing companies and invited high school and college students to meet at its facility, for a facility tour and various presentations. The purpose of the event is to join manufacturers across the country during the month of October, which is delegated as 'Manufacturing Month'.

Space enthusiasts have an opportunity to contribute to NASA’s exploration goals through the next round of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.The Initiative provides access to space for CubeSats developed by NASA centres, accredited educational institutions and non-profit organisations, giving CubeSat developers access to a low-cost pathway to conduct research in the areas of science, exploration, technology development, education ...

A piece of tape can only be used a few times before the adhesion wears off and it can no longer hold two surfaces together. But researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, are working on the ultimate system of stickiness, inspired by geckos. This article's main image shows an artist's conception of a future robot that could use its "gecko" feet to carry out, for example, ISS maintenance.

Now established as a leading event on the global space calendar, the continued success of Space Tech Expo, which enjoyed a further 45% rise in attendance along with a 25% increase in exhibitor numbers earlier this year, has prompted the Californian-based event to now expand into Bremen, one of Europe’s leading aerospace hubs. More than 180 exhibitors are already signed up, among them industry, research and testing majors such as OHB, DLR, T...

VPG Foil Resistors announced that its Vishay Foil Resistors (VFR) brand's 303143 series of ultra-high-precision through-hole Z-Foil resistors is now available with an 'R' screening option in compliance with NASA's S-311-P-813 specification for leaded radial resistors. Offering a faster lead time to meet the market's growing need for S-311-P-813-screened resistors in space system electronic circuits, devices ordered with the 'R' option are submitt...

Reflecting the fast growth of virtual reality, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has announced the expansion of the Gaming & Virtual Reality Marketplace at CES2016. Owned and produced by CEA, CES is the world's gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies and will run from 6th to 9th January, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Whether you're tracking your steps, monitoring your health or sending photos from a smart watch, you want the battery life of your wearable device to last as long as possible. If the power necessary to transmit and receive information from a wearable to a computer, cellular or WiFi network were reduced, you could get a lot more mileage out of the technology you're wearing before having to recharge it.