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11 Companies to Develop New Space Exploration 'Tipping Point' Technologies
A total of 11 U.S.-based companies will develop new technologies ranging from lunar surface power systems to tools for in-space 3D printing under NASA's sixth...

Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Understanding the Unique RF Interconnect Requirements for Ultra-Demanding Hypersonic Missile and Satellite Applications
RF cable assemblies might appear to be a minor component in system design, but they can make all the difference between success and failure, especially in mission-critical industries such as defense and space.

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New Products
See the new products from May 2023, including aluminum-specific tools, a drone analyzer, a new series of mil-spec GPS/GNSS antennas, and more.

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DARPA Seeks New Antenna Designs From Nontraditional Defense Contractors
DARPA is soliciting disruptive ideas from small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors for novel antenna designs, materials, manufacturing, or processing...

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
What Today’s Advances in Radar Technology Mean for Testing and Training
Technology advancements in RF, digital hardware, active electronically scanned arrays, synthetic aperture radar and cognitive electronic warfare have necessitated advances in test and training systems.

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Tackling Ruggedization Challenges for RF Communications in Software Defined Radios
Software Defined Radios or SDRs are used in a wide variety of design requirements.

Briefs Aerospace
Stepped-Frequency Distributed Radar for Through-the-Wall Sensing
The authors are studying the application of distributed radar to through-the-wall sensing.

INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
French Air and Space Force CN-235 Fleet to Receive New Avionics Upgrades
A consortium formed by Sabena Technics and Thales has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of the French Air and Space Force’s fleet of CN-235 twin-turboprop...

Articles Aerospace
Using an Open Architecture Approach to Military Avionics
The system was developed to reduce the high number of controlled flight into terrain accidents in the southeast region of Alaska.

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Ball Aerospace Starts Final Assembly of Space Force's Next Generation Operational Weather Satellite
Ball Aerospace completed the spacecraft bus for the Weather System Follow-on-Microwave (WSF-M) satellite, the U.S. Space Force's...

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Paving the Way for the Next Wireless Breakthroughs
The pace of wireless innovation is accelerating to enable faster, more responsive, and more reliable connections worldwide.

Articles Defense
The Next Generation of Mission-Critical Communications Infrastructure is Here
The critical role of spectrum superiority in the success of battlefield campaigns is evidenced by the enormous investments being made in electronic warfare (EW)...

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Pushing the Boundaries of RF Passive Hardware with Additive Manufacturing
Following significant impacts from COVID-19, the demand for satellite telecommunications services is rebounding to its historical trajectory of strong growth. With...

INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Black Hawk Helicopter Achieves Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Airworthiness Release
The UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter, enabled by the Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed OpenLift architecture, has been granted an Instrument Flight Rules...

Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
RF Technology Helps Connect Avionics Systems
A modular connector system provides smaller, lighter interconnections for denser, more tightly packed avionics systems.

Briefs Electronics & Computers
Development of a 94 GHz Radar System for Dedicated Bird Detection at Airports and Airfields
BIRDAR™ detected small birds at distances of 1.2 to 1.3 km and large birds.

Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Jamming Unit
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal jamming unit supports bomb disposal squads.

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Designing, Developing and Deploying CubeSats
Learn all about the miniature satellites orbiting the Earth.

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Monitor Your Spectrum for Signs of Threats
Spectrum monitoring can detect signs of threats and provide insight into mitigating them.

Briefs Aerospace
Cylindrical Array Radar: Comparison to Multi-Faced Systems for Horizon Surveillance and Application to Ubiquitous Radar
Small platforms play a pivotal role in the modern Navy.

INSIDER Communications
The Return of Global MilSatCom
After being forced to go virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SMi Group's 23rd annual Global MilSatCom Conference & Exhibition returns to being an in-person event on November 2-4, 2021, in...

INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
SKYNET and the UK Ministry of Defense
The first day of Global MilSatCom 2021 will primarily focus on the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) SATCOM needs and capabilities, with particular emphasis on their SKYNET Enduring Capability ( SKEC )...

INSIDER Defense
MILSATCOM and the United States Space Force
Officially formed in December 2019 as a separate and distinct branch of the United States armed forces and organized under the Department of the Air Force, the United States Space Force is...

INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
An International Perspective on Military Satellite Communications
If you're interested in what the US and UK's allies around the world are doing in the MILSATCOM arena, Day 3's presentations should answer many of those questions.

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New Products
Data recorders, conduction-cooled chassis, robot chargers, and more.

Application Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Ground Control System
Built around three core elements – software, hardware, and antennas – Crysalis was designed to simplify the operation of robotic systems.

Articles Energy
Solar-Powered Satellite Hardware in Orbit
The Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module is the first orbital experiment designed to convert sunlight for microwave power transmission for solar power satellites.

Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Development and Testing of a New Version of MBUD for Cued Classification of Marine UXO
MBUD has a new data acquisition system and incorporates technical modifications to eliminate the noise encountered in seawater.

Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Migrating Advanced Signal Processing Technology to Rugged SFF Platforms
By enabling distributed system architectures, SFF systems and subsystems solve many of the toughest problems facing embedded system designers.

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Choosing a Silicone for Operation in Harsh Thermal Environments