Military/Aerospace Electronics

IENAI Space has raised €3.9 million during its latest funding round to develop its electric propulsion technologies. The Madrid-based startup said the latest round of investment brings the total funding of IENAI to €7 million. The investors included the Spanish companies Inveready, WA4STEAM, DPM, GED Conexo Ventures, and CDTI, a Spansih government backed investor that matches private investment. Following the ...

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen Redwire’s SabreSat VLEO (very low-Earth orbit) platform for its Otter propulsion research programme. The contract from the defence agency will see Redwire become the prime mission integrator for the development of an “air-breathing satellite” that will demonstrate the use of novel electric propulsion systems. This will be in VLEO, which ...

Q-Tech has added high-stability microprocessor compensated crystal oscillators (MCXOs) and oven-controlled crystal oscillators (OCXO) to its product range for low-earth-orbit satellite timing and frequency generation. All are available with either sinewave or CMOS logic outputs. QT2021 is the MCXO series, available in standard frequencies from 10 to 100MHz, Key features are radiation tolerance to 50kRad(Si) TID,  frequency stability over temperature ...

Qorvo has  announced three new MMIC power amplifiers designed specifically for Ku-Band satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals. These products are the latest additions to a family of devices designed to enhance performance and efficiency in satellite uplink systems, supporting the growing demand for high-speed data communications in defence and aerospace applications. The output power of the amplifier family ranges from 8W ...

Ubotica, the Irish space AI specialist, is taking part in the MESEO project. This aims to develop a “flexible, and scalable multi-mission Earth Observation system for large-scale data processing”. MESEO is a Horizon Europe-backed initiative, part of the European Union’s Space Programme for improving the use of Earth Observation data. It is running from 1 December 2023 until 30 November ...

Juniper Research forecasts that investment in space-based solar energy will grow from $370 million in 2024 to $1.9 billion in 2029. Total investment in such energy – defined as the transmission of solar energy harvested in space for terrestrial use cases – will then grow again to $36.1bn by 2035, estimates the market analyst. The increase, in spending by space ...

EPC Space has created two surface-mount 40V radiation-specified GaN hemts for space use. EPC7001BSH is a 50A (120A pulse) 11mΩ transistor in 5.7 x 3.9mm packaging EPC7002ASH is a 15A (40A pulse) 28mΩ transistor in 3.4 x 3.4mm packaging “Both devices have a total dose radiation rating greater than 1,000kRad(Si) and SEE immunity for LET of 83.7MeV/mg/cm2 with Vds up ...

ClearSpace, CSEM, Klepsydra, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology are working together on the development of a flash lidar-based real-time autonomous navigation system for In-Orbit Servicing (IOS). The project, which will be used to help deal with space debris – the millions of pieces of junk now orbiting in space. ClearSpace is a Swiss in-orbit services company. The aim ...

Canada has joined the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) as a Member and becomes the tenth country to join the intergovernmental organisation. It also announced a $269m investment over eight years in the radio astronomy project. The National Research Council of Canada’s (NRC) Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre will oversee the investment and will be working with Canadian industrial ...

Airbus Defence and Space and Helsing have signed a cooperation agreement to work together on AI technologies to be used in a future Wingman system. This is described as an unmanned fighter-type aircraft that would operate with current combat jets and receive its tasks from a pilot in a command aircraft, such as the Eurofighter. Airbus states that, as a ...