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    Mission Accomplished: Infineon Technology Proves Reliable Once Again in Space on Artemis II

    Mission Accomplished: Infineon Technology Proves Reliable Once Again in Space on Artemis II

    ­NASA's Artemis II mission has successfully returned to Earth after ten days in space, having approached the Moon and reached the farthest distance from our planet ever achieved by crewed spaceflight. The four astronauts have safely returned home, delivering renewed proof that the radiation-hardened (rad-hard) sem
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    Date:
    04/15/2026
    KYOCERA AVX Releases New MIL-PRF-32535 BME NP0 MLCCs

    KYOCERA AVX Releases New MIL-PRF-32535 BME NP0 MLCCs

    ­KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, expanded its rigorously tested and field-proven series of MIL-PRF-32535 base metal electrode (BME) NP0 MLCCs approved by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) an
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    Date:
    04/13/2026
    Supply Chains Under Strain: How Vendor-Managed Inventory Restores Predictability and Control in Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing

    Kristen Beadle, regional account manager at interconnect solutions specialist WireMasters

    ­Lead times in aerospace and defense have become detached from engineering complexity, with component availability now reflecting the global supply chain as much as part specifications. Geopolitical developments have intensified this shift, as sanctions, trade fragmentation and regional conflicts disrupt sourcing an
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    Date:
    04/09/2026
    BitFlow Frame Grabber Selected by NASA for Space Radiation Testing of InGaAs Infrared Camera

    BitFlow Frame Grabber Selected by NASA for Space Radiation Testing of InGaAs Infrared Camera

    ­BitFlow, Inc., a division of Advantech, today announced that its Axion-CL Camera Link frame grabber was selected by engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as the ground-based interface device in a system-level Single Event Effects (SEE) test campaign. The work, conducted under a NASA Te
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    Date:
    04/08/2026
    Marotta Controls Introduces BPE-35 Propellant Gear Pump, a Compact, Electrically Driven Pump for Hypergolic In-Space Propulsion

    Marotta Controls Introduces BPE-35 Propellant Gear Pump, a Compact, Electrically Driven Pump for Hypergolic In-Space Propulsion

    ­Marotta Controls, a rapidly growing aerospace and defense supplier, today announced its BPE-35 Propellant Gear Pump, an electrically driven gear pump engineered for compatibility with hypergolic propellants MMH and NTO. Developed as part of a hypergolic engine program, the pump has recently completed fu
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    Date:
    04/08/2026
    Renesas' RadiationHardened ICs Take Flight on NASA’s Artemis II Crewed Lunar Mission

    Renesas' RadiationHardened ICs Take Flight on NASA’s Artemis II Crewed Lunar Mission

    ­Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced its radiationhardened (rad-hard) ICs are being used in NASA’s Artemis II mission, which successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1.
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    Date:
    04/03/2026
    Helping to Rewire Aerospace

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    ­The electrification of aerospace and defence is a complete rethinking of flight. From advanced electric propulsion systems to digitally interconnected power networks, every cable, connector and material choice now carries the weight of performance, safety and sustainability. The drive to reduce emissions and im
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    Date:
    04/01/2026
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