Aerospace & Defence

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films, and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not be disturbed along the way, hypersensitive receivers and noise-free amplifiers are required.

The future of space travel is seemingly changing by the day and a Coventry University academic is doing his bit to stay at the front of the space race.

Spirit Electronics has announced Zero-Error Systems (ZES) to support ultra-high reliability semiconductors and ICs operating in challenging radiation environments.

The Higgs Centre for Innovation is relaunching its Space Testing Facility after upgrading its capabilities with new and state-of-the-art clean rooms and advanced testing equipment.

A Boeing satellite has broken up in orbit dealing another blow to the aerospace company which has been grappling with multiple challenges.

Power Device Corporation (PDC) has announced the successful deployment of its SCS3740 Single Board Computers (SBCs) onboard the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tracking satellites, built by L3Harris Technologies and launched into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in February by the Space X Falcon 9 rocket.

At the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy, Axiom Space and Prada unveiled the flight design of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit for the first time.

Ohmcraft is returning to space once again with more than 20 custom resistors for the Europa Clipper spacecraft. These resistors will play a vital role in two of the spacecraft’s critical scientific instruments; the MASPEX (Mass Spectrometer for Planetary Exploration) and SUDA (Surface Dust Mass Analyser).

SpaceX recently completed its fifth Starship test flight on 13th October 2024, returning the rocket’s massive first-stage booster safely to its launch pad in Texas.

Q-Tech Corporation has introduced the industry’s first multiple-output temperature-controlled crystal oscillators (TCXOs) designed for full space applications.