As part of a continuing program of testing electromagnetic environmental effects on the E-2D advanced Hawkeye AA-5, the aircraft spent time suspended in the anechoic chamber. AA-5 is the first full production E-2D, and will be put to use by the warfighter when testing is completed later this spring. Using electromagnetic energy, the team simulates navigation, GPS, LINK 16, IFF, … [Read more...]
Military
EMC Business Bulletin – April 20, 2011 – Volume 11
EMV Show Review, Europe Market Study Offer Promising Signs There are two key indicators that the European EMC market is showing signs of steady growth this year. 1. The 2011 EMV Show At the EMV show, which took place in Stuttgart last month, the number of workshop attendees increased 15% over the last time this event was held in 2009, up from 923 people to 1082. … [Read more...]
Defense System Undergoes EMI Testing
In a combined effort between Air Mobility Command, Air National Guard, the KC-135 Stratotanker System Program Office, Northrop-Grumman officials and other agencies, a KC-135 Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures-based pod defensive system is becoming a reality for the first time. The pod, called the Guardian System by maker Northrop-Grumman, is a laser-based countermeasures … [Read more...]
Shielded Cabinets Meet MIL-STD-461D for EMC
Optima EPS offers shielded cabinets that have been fully tested to MIL-STD-461D specifications for EMC. The shielded cabinets feature a rugged steel or aluminum frame. EMC features include shielded door handles, wrap-foam gasketing around the door with conductive adhesives, EMI filters, copper gasket fingers, and steel-mesh gasket strips. It also features reinforced corner … [Read more...]
South Korea behind North in Electronic Warfare
North Korea’s recent jamming of communications signals in South Korea is drawing keen public attention to its electronic warfare capabilities and raising questions over whether the South is making due efforts to enhance its own capabilities. Seoul officials believe the jamming signals are intended to disrupt the ongoing annual South Korea-US Key Resolve/ Foal Eagle exercises, … [Read more...]
EMI Gasket Materials for Critical Military Systems
Nickel-plated graphite-filled EPDM elastomer EMI gasket materials from Parker Chomerics are material formulations developed for military systems requiring decontamination with Super Tropical Bleach (STB) after exposure to nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) environments. CHO-SEAL® 6452 gasket materials feature a low compression set of 30% and low moisture permeability, … [Read more...]
Spectrum Use and EMI
"Spectrum Use and EMI: The Ugly Truth" illustrates, by using real examples of how Electromagnetic Interference or EMI, radiation hazards or RADHAZ, lightning, precipitation-static, or P-static, and disregarding spectrum management procedures can adversely impact military and commercial systems. Watch the video. … [Read more...]
China Uses Pigeons to Messenger Past EMI
A special unit of China’s People’s Liberation Army is training 10,000 messenger pigeons to deliver vital military communications. China has had a division of military homing pigeons since 1950. Chen Cuntao, the officer responsible for this army, said that pigeons would be an effective communication tool “if there is electromagnetic interference or a collapse in our … [Read more...]
Company Working to Create Silent Lights for the U.S. Navy
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is working with TechSolutions and Energy Focus to produce patented LED fixtures to replace humming fluorescent bulbs with a quiet alternative. TechSolutions funded development and certification of a suite of LED fixtures that are direct form-fit-function replacements for all the T8W5 light fixtures currently used by the Navy. TechSolutions’ … [Read more...]
Company Releases Form-In-Place EMI Gaskets
Chomerics Europe introduced a new one component, form-in-place EMI gasketing material. CHO-FORM 5547 is designed for use in applications such as portable equipment, telecoms and military and marine products. It is useful in applications where assembly closure forces are low and can eliminate the need for fasteners or rigid housings. The new material utilizes nickel-plated … [Read more...]
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