Category: Aerospace & Defence
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Infineon HiRel devices support NASA’s newly launched Roman telescope mission. Radiation-hardened power semiconductors will operate at Sun-Earth L2, where reliability under ionising radiation and single-event effects is critical to sustained spacecraft operation.
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AmpliTech has secured three custom MMIC wins for satellite communications. The GaAs components were competitively selected for an undisclosed phased-array platform after design and qualification work against system-level RF requirements.
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Kitron has opened new electronics manufacturing capacity in southern Norway. The 7,500m² Longum plant supports rising defence and aerospace demand while expanding high-reliability production close to European customers.
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Gresham has secured new RF orders supporting established US programmes. The $5.4 million bookings cover radar, electronic warfare, communications, and other mission-critical defence systems.
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Teledyne FLIR will develop next-generation thermal sensors for US Army. The DUTCH programme targets better uncooled imaging performance, lower SWaP-C, and scalable domestic production.
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Collins has completed altitude testing of the EPACS thermal system. The programme tested flight-representative power levels, emergency power, and performance models.
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Skyloom now has 84 optical terminals operating across low-Earth orbit. The latest installations support SDA’s interoperable Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture communications network.
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IOxOS is applying modular FMC architecture to scalable radar frontends. VITA 57.1 separates FPGA processing from replaceable converter and sensor-interface hardware for easier system reconfiguration.
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Micross plans AEMtec acquisition to expand European packaging and testing. The proposed deal adds advanced assembly, optoelectronics, wafer back-end services, and cleanroom manufacturing in Germany.
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Aitech has launched a rugged SOSA-aligned Ethernet switch for defence. U-C6850 provides up to 320Gbps switching, 10/40GbE interfaces, Layer 2/3 networking, and precision timing.