Military/Aerospace Electronics

An ESA satellite, EDRS-C, has now completed its in-orbit commissioning review and is ready to start service, as part of the European Data Relay System (EDRS). This system, dubbed the “SpaceDataHighway”, helps Earth-observing satellites to transmit large quantities of potentially life-saving data to Europe in near-real time. EDRS-C is the second operational node of the constellation. Launched on 6 August ...

Weather postpones launch of the manned Demo-2 mission, which is a joint enterprise between NASA and SpaceX.

Erzia Technologies has announced a series of rf wide-band high-power amplifiers (WHPAs) that offer both broadband frequency coverage and consistent output power throughout bands as high as E-band. “These wide-band designs are among the first of their kind to be capable of withstanding the harshest environments while holding output power in place,” claimed the company, adding that it developed the ...

Travel to planets as well as working among the stars and lower orbits, are seeing renewed levels of interest and activity. Today, there are estimated to be 366bn commercial satellites and SpaceX, a private company is currently planning to launch the Falcon 9 rocket and NASA’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on 27 May. One of the major challenges in the space ...

Intelsat files voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. It continues its day-to-day operations.

The issue of space debris is one of ever-increasing importance, highlights the ESA.

Raytheon Technologies, the aerospace and defence specialist, has published its Q1 financial results, claiming solid results in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. It reported net sales of $18.2 billion, down one per cent year-on-year. Net income in the quarter, however, was a loss of $83 million, down 106 percent versus the prior year and included $1.6 billion of net nonrecurring ...

UK Ministry of Defence awards contracts to develop improved Electro-Optics and Infrared (EOIR) sensor capabilities

China's manned space station moves step closer with flight of the Long March-5B.

NASA selects Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX to develop human landing systems for the Artemis.