Military, Aerospace & Hi-Rel

    April 2024
    Glenair Series 806 Connectors Offering Significant Size and Weight Savings can now be Sourced Through Powell Electronics

    Glenair Series 806 Connectors Offering Significant Size and Weight Savings can now be Sourced Through Powell Electronics

    ­In stock at Powell Electronics, the supplier of connectors and more for high-rel applications including defence, aerospace and industrial, are Series 806 Mil-Aero connectors from Glenair. The products offer significant size and weight savings while meeting key performance benchmarks for a broad range of
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    Date:
    04/30/2024
    KYOCERA AVX Announces New Additions to MIL-PRF-39006 QPL

    KYOCERA AVX Announces New Additions to MIL-PRF-39006 QPL

    ­KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, announced that its TWA Series axial-leaded, hermetically sealed wet electrolytic tantalum capacitors have undergone additional qualification testing to MIL-PRF-39006, FS
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    Date:
    04/24/2024
    Vanguard Electronics Expands Common Mode Choke Inductor Series

    Scott Harris, Director of Sales at Vanguard Electronics

    ­Vanguard Electronics, under the iNRCORE Family of Brands, is pleased to announce the expansion of its CMN and SCMN series Common Mode Choke Inductors with the addition of eight new series: CMN4, CMN6, CMN7, CMN9, SCMN4, SCMN6, SCMN7 and SCMN9. These new series are the latest addition to Vanguard’s growing Hi
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    Date:
    04/22/2024
    LiquidPiston Achieves Key Milestone for U.S. Army Development Program's 25hp Rotary Engine

    LiquidPiston Achieves Key Milestone for U.S. Army Development Program's 25hp Rotary Engine

    LiquidPiston, Inc., a leading innovator of efficient internal combustion engine technology and hybrid power systems, announced that a fully integrated version of its 25hp XTS-210 heavy-fuel rotary engine has begun testing. This milestone follows the successful completion of initial dynamometer testing of the en
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    Date:
    04/18/2024
    EPC Space Launches World's First Rad Hard GaN Power Stage IC

    EPC Space Launches World's First Rad Hard GaN Power Stage IC

    ­EPC Space announces the launch of a 50 V, 6 A Rad Hard GaN Power Stage IC designed for space applications. The EPC7011L7SH is a single chip driver plus eGaN® FET half-bridge power stage IC in a compact Aluminum Nitride ceramic surface mount technology package. Integration is implemented using EP
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    Date:
    04/16/2024
    Space Power Supply for Traditional and New Space Missions

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    Figure 1: Simplified power architecture of satellite with SA50-120 series converter

    ­Space satellites use solar energy as the main source to power its loads. A simplified power architecture is shown below as shown in Figure 1. with Radiation Hardened (Rad-Hard) standard SA50-120 series DC-DC 50 W power converters from Microchip. Some of the commonly used bus voltages are 28V, 50V, 72V, 100V
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    Date:
    04/01/2024
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