Aerospace & Defence
Partnership optimises processor boot solution for edge computing space systems
Infineon Technologies and Teledyne e2v have developed a reference design for the implementation of compute-intensive space systems.
Mission to map the ‘dark universe’ sets off on space journey
A European mission to explore how gravity, dark energy and dark matter has shaped the universe has launched following £37 million UK Space Agency funding.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship: breaking-down the breakdown
The maiden launch of Starship, which ended in rather spectacular fashion, was one of the key events in the space sector for 2023. Looking back on the launch, one might ask if it was worth it all, what went wrong, and what’s next for Musk and his Mars-bound company.
Addressing three key space applications
Electronics intended for space missions face unique conditions and challenges – specialised integrated circuit (IC) packaging can help mitigate some of those challenges.
Littelfuse: Micro-D connector series with removable crimp contacts
Littelfuse, an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, announces the availability of its latest C&K product – the MDMA Micro-D Connector with removable crimp contacts.
Virgin Galactic completes first commercial spaceflight
The ‘Galactic 01’ spaceflight successfully carried 13 research payload and three crew members from the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council of Italy.
ODIN Space on course to map sub-cm debris
ODIN Space, has successfully demonstrated the operation of its space debris sensor technology in orbit, as part of the recent SpaceX Transporter 8 mission.
Aitech and FlySight resolve modern situational awareness challenges
Aitech Systems (Paris Air Show: Hall 4, stand BC85), a specialist provider of rugged boards and system level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, has collaborated with FlySight Srl to bring improved situation awareness into SWAP-constrained military applications.
The world’s fastest airliner reaches new milestones
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, announced at the Paris Air Show significant advances on Overture, its sustainable supersonic aircraft, including milestones for its Symphony engine.
The Science Museum shows real humans, real problems, real engineers
The Science Museum, alongside major funder the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering and major sponsor MathWorks, has been working tirelessly to bring ‘Engineers’ to life – a new permanent exhibition on display opening on Friday 23rd June – to fall in-line with International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) – with the goal of bringing the human aspect of engineering to the fore.