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Adamant: A Soon-to-be Open Source, Mission-Critical Flight Software Framework Written in Ada
By embracing an open-source approach, Adamant opens the doors to wider collaboration, community contributions, and the exchange of best practices in the discipline of flight software. Adamant open-source on GitHub will be released later this year.

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New Products
See the new products, including a cesium alarm clock, ethernet switches, generators, a network analyzer, and more.

Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
SHIP Prototype Computer Chip
The U.S. Department of Defense has celebrated a milestone achievement for the SHIP program with the delivery of the first SHIP prototype devices from Intel and Qorvo to BAE Systems.

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Boeing to Leverage Intel 18A Fabrication in Next Generation Aerospace Microelectronics
Boeing is working with Intel under a new strategic collaboration to advance semiconductor technology across the aerospace industry, with the intent to...

INSIDER Design
New Lockheed Martin Partnership Targets Domestic Semiconductor Manufacturing
Lockheed Martin has partnered with GlobalFoundries to advance U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing and innovation and to increase the security, reliability...

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NIST Outlines Vision for a National Semiconductor Technology Center
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a paper outlining its vision and strategy for a National Semiconductor...

Articles Semiconductors & ICs
Finding Solutions for Sustainable Mobility
SAE International has established a new, dedicated practice aimed at helping the transportation industry become truly sustainable, as OEMs and suppliers in automotive, aerospace and commercial vehicles work to meet net-zero climate goals.

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University of Rochester Lab Creates New 'Reddmatter' Superconductivity Material
In a historic achievement, University of Rochester researchers have created a superconducting material at both a temperature and pressure low enough for...

Technology Report Unmanned Systems
Lumotive’s New LCM Underpins Next-Gen Lidar
“The future happened yesterday” is an appropriate description of the rapid pace of development in automated-driving technology. The expression may be most accurate in sensor tech where,...

News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Keeping Your Silicon Cool
Onboard electronics continue to evolve rapidly. Components are smaller. Systems are more complex. The sophisticated electronics components that make up modern vehicles require precision heat dissipation for...

News Power
New 300-Mm Wafer Fab Is Key to Bosch’s Chip Future
A new semiconductor plant is the single largest investment made by Robert Bosch AG in the 122-year-old company’s history. The facility, in Dresden, Germany, is welcome news to...

Editorial Semiconductors & ICs
Unreliable Electronics Are the New Prince of Darkness
Younger engineers may be unfamiliar with Joseph Lucas Ltd., the infamous Tier-1 supplier of British automotive electrical and electronic woes. Lucas helped institutionalize, fairly...

Articles Software
Real-Time Processors Key to the Zonal E/E Revolution
OEMs face major challenges with their vehicle architectures as they become more complex and unwieldy. They also want to speed up their innovation cycles while supporting intelligent...

Articles Software
Sensing Enters a New Era
More than 1.3 million people die on the world’s roadways each year and another 50 million are injured. While roadway safety has improved over time, all countries face formidable challenges in reducing the...

Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Using Open-Cavity Plastic Packages in Avionics Applications
See which methods can help semiconductors meet very tight time-to-market windows.

Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Electronic Prognostics – A Case Study Using Global Positioning System (GPS)
An electronic system containing high frequency RF components reduces failure rates.

Briefs Electronics & Computers
FPGAs and HPC
A study determined the value of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for high-performance computing (HPC) applications.

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Domestic Supply of Radiation Hardened by Design Microelectronics Technology to Expand
BAE Systems has been awarded a $60 million contract from the Army Contracting Command – Rock Island under the Cornerstone Other Transaction Authority...

Application Briefs Aerospace
Radiation-Hardened ICs
See how the integrated circuits supported a mission to examine asteroids.

INSIDER Defense
DOD Taking Measures to Protect Nuclear Weapons and Space Assets
The Defense Department relies on nuclear-armed bombers, submarines and intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as space-based sensors, to provide a strategic deterrence...

Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Making UX Easy on the Eyes
Faurecia IRYStec combined physiology and image processing to create uniquely personalized high-fidelity screen displays, as pioneered by Mercedes’ MBUX.

Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
Mezzanine modules, voltage-controlled oscillators, cold-weather servo motors, and more.

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Preparing for the New, Faster EV Product Cadence
BEV platforms are already driving a new product-development and launch cadence that will alter future industry dynamics and commercial expectations.

News Unmanned Systems
Processing Capability TOPs-Out to Expand Vehicle Automation
Sensors are the vehicle’s eyes and ears, but their inputs must be analyzed, processed and acted upon. A hefty amount of computing power is needed to fuse complex data from...

Briefs Aerospace
Ka-Band Front-End Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) and Transmit/Receive (T/R) Modules Testing
Gallium nitride monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) technology has superior performance in power amplifier applications.

News Lighting
Sony Jumps into AV Sensors, Software
The growing prominence of sensor-based driving systems is creating opportunities for electronics companies to enter the auto industry. After years of speculation about Apple launching an electric...

Products Imaging
New Products
A folded zoom lens, miniature rotary encoders, starter generator control, and more.

Articles Weapons Systems
Designing for the Connected Battlespace
Makers of 'Solider as a System' technologies must confront significant bandwidth and size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints.

News Power
A Resonant Solution for Fast, Flexible EV Charging
The infrastructure of 400V charging stations has been massively expanded in Europe, with some 400 locations in place and more on the way. However, 800V vehicles currently are left out...

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