Gary Fenical Laird Technologies INTRODUCTION Designers must attenuate RF signals for various reasons. Since a product cannot be legally marketed unless it meets EMC requirements, designers must curtail RF signals above a certain limit. It is important to consider RF shielding materials at the beginning of a design project because choosing the correct kind of shielding upfront … [Read more...]
Military
DARPA Seeks to Use EM Waves to Extinguish Fires
DARPA, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, has announced a new research program into “Instant Fire Suppression.” The agency noted that “Fire especially in enclosed military environments such as ship holds, air craft cockpits, and ground vehicles, continues to be a major cause of material destruction and loss of warfighter life. Essentially, there have been … [Read more...]
New EMI Filters Comply with DOD’s COTS Directive
The new VPT10-28 (10 A) and the VPT2028 (20 A) have been added to its COTS product line by VPT, Inc. These filter modules provide compliance to MIL-STD-461 C/D/E for conducted emissions in military and avionics DC power systems. Both devices fulfill the DOD’s COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) directive in terms of cost and stringent military and avionics performance standards. … [Read more...]
Extensive Line of Custom EMI Filters Available
WEMS EMI/RFI Filter Division designs and manufactures high reliability input, output, power line, and signal filters intended for military, aerospace, and high end industrial applications. WEMS services include filter circuit design and analysis, filter packaging and layout, prototype/first article, EMI test assistance, environmental tests, source control drawings, acceptance … [Read more...]
Spectrum Aeromed Module Passes EMI Testing and Wins Military Air Worthiness Award
North Dakota-based Spectrum Aeromed has announced that its ambulance module was subjected to exhaustive testing requested by the U.S. Air Force. The Spectrum Aeromed ambulance module was subjected to EMI, electrical safety, severe vibration periods, altitude changes, rapid decompression, and environment testing. Following this testing, Spectrum Aeromed equipment was awarded … [Read more...]
Air Force Looking for Customized Van for EMC Lab
The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command at Keesler AFB in Mississippi is looking for a Dodge Sprinter Van converted for use as a mobile EMC lab. The solicitation calls for a work area, 42 ft mast, equipment racks for test equipment and an AC power generator. Incorporated into the solicitation is a Statement of Need that provides information on specifications of … [Read more...]
Active Filter Protects DC-DC Converters in Harsh Electrical Environments.
The DSF500 from XP Power is a 500-W active filter unit for use in harsh electrical environments. It has been crafted to protect DC-DC converters from the surges, spikes, and ripples that are typically found within the electrical system of any military platform—such as aircraft or vehicles. This filter complies with MIL-STD 1275A-D without the incorporation of any additional … [Read more...]
National Security Agency Declassifies Report on TEMPEST
On April 29, 2008, the National Security Agency declassified a report titled, "TEMPEST: A Signal Problem--The story of the discovery of various compromising radiations from communications and Comseq equipment." The story begins during World War II when a researcher noticed that every time a Bell Telephone encrypting machine encrypted a letter, a spike appeared on an … [Read more...]
CAP Wireless Signs McBride Scientific Sales as Manufacturer’s Representative for U.S. Southern Region
CAP Wireless, Inc. (CAP), a leading supplier of high-performance microwave and RF amplifiers and amplifier-based subsystems, today announced that in order to provide dedicated service and support to customers in the Southern Region of the United States, the company has signed McBride Scientific Sales, Inc. as a manufacturer’s representative for Texas (except El Paso), Oklahoma, … [Read more...]
Navy Plans to Buy EMI Shielded Cabinets
The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division intends to purchase a number of EMI shielded, shock qualified equipment cabinets with two independent 235 CFM cooling fans, mounted in the top rear of the cabinet with the intake in the bottom. The cabinets will require EMI air filters on the intake and outflow. The cabinets must be certified to MIL-STD-461E, shipboard … [Read more...]
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