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3-Phase Single-Step Power Correction in MilAero Systems

As OEMs seek advantages in Size, Weight, Power and Cost (SWaP-C), focus is shifting to advancements in power electronics. Gaining an advantage requires close attention not only to...

Using Sensor Technology to Combat Legacy Issues in Defense Avionics

Reliance on aging military platforms has become a global concern and military aircraft today are expected to remain in service for longer than their original life cycles. This...

Counterfeit Electronics in the DOD Supply Chain

Counterfeit semiconductor devices entering the Department of Defense (DOD) supply chain continue to pose risks to many of our country’s most sophisticated aerospace and defense systems. However,...

Touch and Go

Since the digital revolution changed forever the pilot’s working environment, innovators and suppliers of cockpit systems have strived to provide a continuous stream of new developments and products that offer increasingly...

Sandwich Cores for the Future

The search for lighter weight, stronger materials to construct airplanes and spacecraft remains as important as ever. But it takes a long time for new materials in aerospace structures to make their way into...

Making AESA Radar More Flexible

A modular, building-block approach brings greater design flexibility to Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar technology, simplifying system integration, and permitting rapid first-line repair with no...

Developing Secondary Surveillance Radar Automated Test Equipment

Unlike primary radars, Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) calculates the range and azimuth of a target, such as an aircraft, using a bidirectional communication link to gather...

Aircraft Casting Alloy

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. Wilmington, MA 855-237-2522 www.ibcadvancedalloys.com IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. will continue production of components for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Electro-Optical Targeting System...

Dr. Santo A. Padula, Materials Research Engineer, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH

Dr. Santo Padula has developed testing techniques to support the development of advanced materials like metallic foams and shape memory alloys (SMAs). SMAs...

War-Game Simulation Software

MASA Group Paris, France +33 1 55 43 13 20 www.masagroup.net Military training tools must work effectively with reduced staff numbers and simulate a large variety of situations. Following 12 years of collaboration,...

VPX Chassis for Missile System

VerotecManchester, NH603-821-9921www.verotec.us Using a hit-to-kill approach, a US Army anti-ballistic missile system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is designed to shoot down short, medium, and...

Signal Compression Technology Enables E-Fan's Flight, Potential Enhanced 'Black Box' Possibilities

V-Nova Ltd. demonstrated the capabilities of its PERSEUS data compression technology for aerospace applications as part of Airbus’ all-electric...

TRB Turns Composites Focus to Aerospace Sector

TRB Lightweight Structures Ltd. recently released an aerospace-grade lightweight honeycomb composite panel designed for interior applications, expanding the application areas for its range of...

Preparing for First Flight on Mars

With its eye on Mars, NASA Armstrong has been working on a prototype it refers to as the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-m, which is “a flying wing aircraft with a...

Choosing the Right Potentiometer for Reliable Sensing

A potentiometer sensor is an electromechanical component that consists of a resistor where the voltage divider value can be measured at any position by means of sliding contacts between the...

Embedded Virtualization Enables Highly Integrated “Soft Motion” Platforms on the PC

With the increased processing power that PCs have attained, a complex machine that used to require an expensive and dedicated hardware-based motion control...

TubeDyne Treating System

3DT LLC, Germantown, WI, introduces the TubeDyne Treating System designed to treat medical tube ends for a permanent bond to surgical instruments, housings, or other tubing including catheters. TubeDyne harnesses arc...

Thermistors for Medical Markets

Sensor Scientific, Inc., Fairfield, NJ, designs, develops, and manufactures temperature sensors for medical applications. Thermistor sensors are available for patient skin temperature monitoring, ambient...

MicroE Optira Series Encoders

Celera Motion, Bedford, MA, introduces MicroE Optira™ Series Encoders—the only encoder in its class to provide a resolution of up to 5nm with all automatic gain control, interpolation, and signal processing...

PM301 AC-DC Power Supplies

Protek Power North America, Inc., Hudson, MA, announces the PM301 Series of AC DC switching power supplies in a low profile package of 3 × 6 × 1.5 inches, capable of delivering 300 watts of continuous power with 10...

Multi-Market Electromechanical Switches

Pasternack, Irvine, CA, introduces a large portfolio of in-stock general purpose multimarket coaxial packaged electromechanical switches for RF, microwave, and millimeter wave applications. These...

Piezoelectric Mirror Positioning System

New Scale Technologies, Inc., Victor, NY, announces a new developer’s kit in its M3 micro-mechatronic product line. The DK-M3-RS-U-1M-20 is a complete piezoelectric mirror positioning system with a...

New Perforation Capability

Scapa Healthcare, Windsor, CT, announces the launch of its new perforation capability for Scapa Soft-Pro® Silicone Gel adhesives. The new capability allows Scapa Healthcare to offer its strategic business partners an...

32kHz Quartz Crystals

Geyer Electronics, El Cajon, CA, introduces a new 32kHz Quartz Crystal design for oscillator circuits. In a series of extensive test procedures, Geyer engineering determined that the 32kHz design not only opens a broader...

Urethane Processing System

Ashby Cross Company, Newburyport, MA, debuts its new GP80 Urethane Processing System that accurately proportions, mixes, and dispenses urethane for connector sealing, creating gaskets and seals, potting, and...

Socket Break-Out Boards

Aries Electronics, Inc., Bristol, PA, announces the introduction of its new custom Break-Out Boards for test sockets. Aries’ new Break-Out Boards allow the user to quickly, easily, and economically routeout signals for...

E-Style Cuff Flange Bellows

BellowsTech, Ormond Beach, FL, has expanded its line of edge welded bellows. Their new series of E-style Cuff Flange metal bellows are available in 18 sizes with diameters from 0.40 to 5.45 inches, and can be ordered...