Military, Aerospace & Hi-Rel
March 2026
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Figure 1: Gate driver circuit diagram with a Bourns transformer
While gate driver-based converters deliver improved efficiency, speed and signal integrity, their high frequency switching features can produce elevated levels of conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI), posing challenges to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and overall system reliability. To solve this
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Date:
03/29/2026
© Deep Space Energy / Bruno Kabucis
NASA has recently announced major changes to its Moon landing program, Artemis. While crewed missions to the lunar surface were planned for 2028, the administration decided to add a preparatory step to test commercial landers in Earth’s orbit a year earlier, in 2027. This change is meant to reduce ri
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Date:
03/09/2026
'Strength and Determination': Scholarship Fuels Embry‑Riddle Student's Flight Success
When Cassidy Blackwood completed a two-semester instrument rating in her first semester at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, the accomplishment stood out. For Blackwood, a first-year Aeronautical Science student, her success was driven by momentum — and by a scholarship that allowed her to pu
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Date:
03/06/2026
Micross Introduces H+ Screened DC-DC Converters for LEO Constellations and New Space Missions
Micross Components, Inc. (“Micross”), a global provider of Hi-Rel microelectronic products and services for aerospace, defense, space, medical, and industrial applications, has expanded its DC-DC converter portfolio with the new Class H+ AFLS28XX Series. This series provides a cost-effective, radiation-tolerant po
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Date:
03/04/2026
Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD
America has intensified its efforts to keep Chinese drones out of U.S. markets (and our airspace), leaving the door open for a revitalized domestic market to fill the void. And one of the largest manufacturing epicenters in the U.S. is stepping up.
Last summer, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Ex
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Date:
03/01/2026
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