Military/Aerospace Electronics

Connector and cable technology is being transformed to meet new requirements as military systems improve

The commercial use of small satellites in low earth orbit is changing the design dynamic of the space industry, says Roger Tall.

BAe is to lose 2,000 jobs. Over the next three years, 1,400 jobs are to go at its military aerospace business, 375 at maritime services and 150 at its cyber-intelligence business. BAE aims to achieve the cuts through voluntary redundancies where possible. The company employs 83,100 people worldwide, including 34,600 in the UK. Warton and Samlesbury will see 750 job ...

UK-based military electronics specialist Ultra Electronics has won a $16.2m extension to a security technology contract with the US Navy.

Samsung Electronics has made a €75m investment in deterministic Ethernet safety networking firm TTTech.

As the DSEI defence technology show opens, Richard Wilson reviews key products on offer and drivers for the military electronics market.

Ultra Electronics, the UK military and aerospace electronics specialist, has signed an expanded agreement with a Japanese partner during Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to the country.

BAE Systems has announced a radiation-hardened single-board space computer. Called RAD5545, it has a quad-core 32/64bit QorlQ Power Architecture processor running at 466MHz and offering 5.6 Drystone Gips of processing with 512kbyte/core L2 cache and 1Mbyte x2 L3 cache on a ANSI/VITA 78.00 SpaceVPX compliant 6U-220 board. Up to 16Gbyte of DDR3 ram can be fitted and up to 1Gbte ...

An open letter urges the United Nations to ban the use of lethal autonomous weapons internationally.

Boeing is setting up a new unit to develop avionics and electronics in-house in a move designed to cut costs. The new Boeing Avionics unit marks a reversal in its strategy of outsourcing avionics development and aftermarket services to companies such as Honeywell International and Rockwell Collins. It will focus on navigation, flight controls, information systems and other technology with ...