Military/Aerospace Electronics

Quub, a US-based 3D printing microsatellite company, is launching an office in the UK for its Earth Observation business. Quub UK will be based in London, and its Executive Director will be Dan Lewis. The aim is for Quub UK to serve as a bridge into the European market, as part of an eventual global network. Functioning, in the words ...

Teledyne e2v is developing a fully radiation-tolerant (RT) space computing reference design, enabling high-speed data routing in space applications. Based on an Arm Cortex-A72, and with multiple high-speed interfaces, it will process and route data from various sources, such as RF front ends, image sensors and radars. Target use cases for the design include Earth observation, SATCOM applications, defence in ...

XCAM, the Northampton-based imaging specialist, has secured a £200,000 grant from the UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI). The funding is to develop and evaluate an ultra-low-light camera system, which is suitable for use in a range of compact Earth observation instruments in the visible and NIR wavelengths. XCAM hopes it will lead to the development ...

Microchip is aiming at satellite designers with a development kit built around its radiation tolerant RT PolarFire FPGAs, for which MIL-STD-883 Class B qualification has been gained and both Class Q and Class V qualification have been sought. October 2023 update: RT PolarFire FPGA’s are now QML (qualified manufacturers list) Class Q qualified, as designated by the US Defense Logistics ...

Kayhan Space, a specialist in automated satellite operation, has raised $7 million to speed the arrival of its Pathfinder 3.0 spaceflight safety platform. It describes this as the “industry’s first autonomous space traffic coordination (STC) framework”, and it’s aimed at both commercial and government markets. Basically, it’s a way for operators to negotiate and coordinate the manoeuvring of satellites in ...

Sierra Space – the developer of the Dream Chaser space plane – has highlighted the completion a fifth, sub-scale test of its inflatable LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) module. This is part of its commercial space station development, planned for use in low-Earth orbit (LEO). The company – a space spin-off from Sierra Nevada Corporation – said that this latest ...

AST SpaceMobile has announced it has achieved a space-enabled 5G cellular broadband connection, on a standard smartphone, in its latest test ahead of launching a commercial service in 2024. The connection used the company’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite and AT&T spectrum – in collaboration with Vodafone, AT&T, and Nokia – and AST SpaceMobile says it shows the promise for filling ...

BAE and Malloy Aeronautics have demonstrated their T-600 heavy drone in a NATO exercise in Portugal. “Our smaller T-150 has been tested and operated for years by the UK MoD and US DoD,” said Malloy Aeronautics CEO Oriol Badia. “T-600 has gone from concept to operational demonstrator in record time for a vehicle in this payload class.” Capable of vertical ...

General Atomics, a specialist in electromagnetic and electric power generation systems, has bought EO Vista, a developer of space-based and airborne electro-optical payloads. The aim is to expand its weather and science programs and its range of sensor system payload designs for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance missions, says the company. The EO Vista business will be integrated into the General ...

The UK Space Conference 2023 – involving governments, industry, and academia – is being held 21-23 November in Belfast, taking the theme of ‘Space For Our Future’. The venue for the biennial event for the UK space sector is the ICC Belfast conference centre, in the centre of the city (BT1 3WH). There are three main tracks to this year’s ...