Military, Aerospace & Hi-Rel

    February 2023
    Vanguard Announces New Common Mode Choke Inductor

    Vanguard Announces New Common Mode Choke Inductor

    ­Vanguard Electronics, under the iNRCORE Family of Brands, is pleased to announce its new XTCMN5 Series Common Mode Choke Inductors, the latest addition to Vanguard’s growing High Temperature product line.  The XTCMN5 Series Common Mode Choke Inductors have been designed to operate in extreme environme
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    Date:
    02/27/2023
    Developing a New Approach to Predicting the Behavior of GaN Devices

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    Figure 1: Infineon’s four-step qualification plan for CoolGaN™ devices

    ­Introduction Silicon semiconductor technology has evolved considerably over the past 50 years, during which time, multiple failure modes affecting device reliability have been discovered, researched, and addressed. This has led to the development of models and equations for failure modes like time-de
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    Date:
    02/24/2023
    Space Travel Influences the Way the Brain Works

    How space travel influences the way the brain works

    ­Scientists of the University of Antwerp and University of Liège have found how the human brain changes and adapts to weightlessness, after being in space for 6 months. Some of the changes turned out to be lasting – even after 8 months back on Earth. Raphaël Liégeois, soon to be the th
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    Date:
    02/20/2023
    Brain Changes in Fighter Pilots May Cast Light on Astronauts During Space Travel

    Brain Changes in Fighter Pilots May Cast Light on Astronauts During Space Travel

    ­One cannot explore the profound mysteries of space without being changed by it. This is the message underlying a new study in Frontiers in Physiology. The study examined the brains of F16 fighter pilots, which have a lot in common with those of astronauts in terms of adapting to altered gravity levels an
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    Date:
    02/15/2023
    GMS launches new 8-slot DominATR 3U OpenVPX chassis series

    The X9 Venom family of 3U OpenVPX products, including this DominATR chassis, are SOSA (Sensor Open Standard Architecture) aligned and
    ready to meet the C4ISR/Electronic Warfare Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) requirements of U.S. military programs and
    platform upgrades

    ­General Micro Systems (GMS) launched its 8-slot DominATR™ 3U OpenVPX chassis to support U.S military and commercial applications. As part of the GMS X9 Venom product family, this chassis’ revolutionary architecture and lightweight materials offer improved performance, reliability and operating ra
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    Date:
    02/14/2023
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