Morgan Technical Ceramics’ ElectroCeramics manufacturing site in Bedford, Ohio designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of precision piezoelectric ceramic components made of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) for use in aerospace, medical, industrial, commercial and consumer sensor and actuator applications. The company can produce intricate piezoelectric designs that meet … [Read more...]
Air Crews Use Tablets Instead of Flight Bags
Flight bags jammed with maps, performance logs, operations manuals and more are being replaced with tablet computers.Air Mobility Command is taking the lead on tablets, using a variety to help lighten the load of aircrews. No more heavy manuals for maintainers to lug around or mounds of paper for pilots to sift through. The Aeronautical Systems Center’s Engineering Avionics … [Read more...]
New Composite Shell Circular Connectors for Low Weight Applications
Spectrum Control’s new composite connector series feature shells fabricated from high grade thermoplastic. Designed to displace traditional metal connector shells for substantial weight reduction, this new addition to the Spectrum Control product line offers composite shell versions of its circular connectors in MIL-38999 series III and IV, available EMI filtered or … [Read more...]
Calibration of Toroidal Current Measurement Probes at High Frequency
Alastair R. Ruddle, Ph.D., MIRA Ltd., Nuneaton, UK Toroidal current transducers are widely used in EMC measurements, both for monitoring currents flowing on single cables or cable bundles and for injecting currents onto such cables or cable bundles. The latter forms the basis of a well-established approach to susceptibility testing (bulk current injection) that is used in the … [Read more...]
EMC Test Software Adds DO-160 Module for Aerospace Applications
Teseq Inc.’s new aerospace test application for use in its Compliance 5 EMC test softwareis a DO-160 RF emissions and immunity test module.Preloaded, standard hardware configurations and limit lines enable users to quickly configure their hardware and select the required test. A pre-configured menu system allows users to select various settings including standards, test … [Read more...]
New Circular Hybrid Technology Connectors
Molex Incorporated’s new Brad® Micro-Change® M12 Circular Hybrid Technology (CHT) connector that combines Cat 5e data speed and power supply for high signal integrity. The Micro-Change CHT connector features a reduced footprint and lower installation and cabling costs in process and automation control and industrial applications, HVAC systems, telecoms infrastructure, vision … [Read more...]
Doomsday Plane’s Immunity to Electromagnetic Pulse Determined via RS105 Testing
The President’s $223 million doomsday plane is outfitted with an electromagnetic pulse shield to protect its 165,000 pounds of advanced electronics. Thermo-radiation shields also protect the plane in the event of a nuclear strike. The shield was tested by means of RS105 test method specified in MIL-STD-461F, which addresses the risk of radiated exposure to an EMP event. The … [Read more...]
Report Unveils 75 Incidences of Electronic Interference on Planes
A report by the International Air Transport Association, a trade group representing more 230 passenger and cargo airlines worldwide, documents 75 separate incidents of possible electronic interference that airline pilots and other crew members believed were linked to mobile phones and other electronic devices. The report covers the years 2003 to 2009 and is based on survey … [Read more...]
Company Delivers Heat Pipes and Structural Components to NASA
Thermacore recently delivered Constant Conductance Heat Pipes (CCHPs) to NASA in support of the agency's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. Thermacore also delivered high thermally conductive k-Core® structural components for the agency's Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) program supporting the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). NASA's GPM program seeks to … [Read more...]
US Air Force Offers Glimpse Of 'Doomsday' Plane
Protected by an electromagnetic pulse shield and running on 165,000 pounds of state-of-the-art electronics, the President’s “doomsday” plane is said to be able to withstand the ultimate worst-case scenarios, such as nuclear blasts and asteroids. The $223 million plane is on standby 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and is fitted with radiation and electromagnetic pulse. The plane … [Read more...]
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