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    Marotta Controls Selected to Support Next Generation Jammer – Low Band Program for the U.S. Navy

    Marotta Controls expands into airborne electronic warfare market with contract wins from L3Harris and CFD Research, supporting the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer – Low Band (NGJ-LB) program.

    ­Marotta Controls, a rapidly growing aerospace and defense contractor, today announced two contract awards in support of the Next Generation Jammer – Low Band (NGJ-LB) Engineering and Manufacturing Development program for the U.S. Navy. The company will provide technical expertise for a ram air turbine power ge
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    Date:
    09/02/2026
    Entering the Fall with Some Military Gusto

    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

    ­It’s September, which means back to school, arrivederci to beach weather, and Halloween is right around the corner! At Power Systems Design, it means we’ve entered the conference season – including and especially the Battery Show & EV Tech Expo in Detroit and the grandaddy of them all, electron
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    When the Going Gets Tough, High-Reliability is Needed

    Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

    ­Welcome to the September edition of Power Systems Design. It is hard to believe we are now three-quarters through the year. In this edition of the magazine, we look at military, aerospace and high-reliability electronics. To an extent, these are the industries that kept electronics alive in the west until th
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Power Architectures Boost the Next Generation of AI-Enabled New Space Missions

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    Figure 1: New Space electronics need added layers of protection against radiation exposure in space. For Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites electronics are typically required to meet radiation tolerant standards

    Designers are putting high-performance compute in orbit for greater device autonomy and to process data before transmission. AI workloads, adaptive beamforming, dynamic spectrum management and onboard analytics all need processors that rival terrestrial edge devices in complexity and power demand. As these features be
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Powering the Next Generation of Aerospace Testing

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    Figure 1: MEA architectures have resulted in the growing adoption of high-voltage power distribution and the need for enhanced test equipment such as programmable power supplies

    The drive to create lighter, quieter, and more efficient aerospace platforms has driven an industry-wide trend toward more electric aircraft (MEA). In the commercial sector, for example, there has been a rapid increase in onboard electrical systems, which support a broad range of functions. These include power g
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
    Power Electronics are Driving Next-Generation Mil-Aero Systems

    Kevin Parmenter, Pins Out Engineering, for TSC America, Inc.

    ­The military aerospace (Mil-Aero) electronics market is undergoing a fundamental transformation driven by increasing platform electrification and mission-system power demands, as well as the emergence of directed-energy capabilities. While avionics, sensors and communications remain central to these increasingly co
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    Date:
    09/01/2026
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