AAC Clyde Space has won a 0.56 million euros contract for the company’s Sirius avionics for SpaceIL‘s moon mission, Beresheet 2, with the AAC Clyde Space avionics to be delivered during Q1 of 2024. SpaceIL’s previous mission, Beresheet 1, was the first private spacecraft to the Moon. Beresheet 2 is planned to launch in the […]
Avionics
SAUDIA’s Passengers Appreciate Inmarsat’s and GDC’s High-Speed Inflight Broadband Advanced Technology
SAUDIA, the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, announced its upcoming fleet of 35 Airbus A321neo and Airbus A321XLR aircraft will offer the award-winning GX Aviation high-speed inflight broadband solution by Inmarsat, provider of global, mobile satellite communications. The aircraft will connect to GX Aviation using an ultra-high performance terminal by GDC Advanced Technology, an industry leader […]
Core Avionics For ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite To Be Supplied By AAC Clyde Space
AAC Clyde Space has been selected by OHB Sweden to deliver core avionics worth approximately 797 kEUR Kilo Euros — approx. 8.2 MSEK) to ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite — the order has been preceded by a tightening of the original requirements of the systems. OHB Sweden is the mission prime contractor for the Arctic Weather […]
C&K Aerospace Agrees To Acquire E.I.S. Electronics + Will Form C&K Aerospace
C&K, a global provider of switches and high-reliability connectors, has entered into an agreement to acquire E.I.S. Electronics, industry specialists in the design and manufacture of Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) for avionics, defense and aerospace applications. In conjunction with this transaction, C&K announced the creation of a new division, C&K Aerospace, combining E.I.S Electronics […]
L3Harris Selects Innoflight’s CFC-400X Compact Flight Computer For Space Development Agency
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has awarded Innoflight multiple contracts for the delivery of key avionics for four satellites produced by L3Harris Technologies under the SDA Tracking Layer Tranche 0, consisting of eight space vehicles total. This program will be the first generation of SDA’s Tracking Layer, an important step towards the development of a National […]
NASA’s Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, Takes Its Historic First Flight
Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed the flight succeeded after receiving data from the helicopter via NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover at 6:46 a.m. EDT (3:46 a.m. PDT). “Ingenuity […]
Innoflight Teams With Lockheed Martin On Avionics For SDA’s Transport Layer
Innoflight has been awarded two subcontracts from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems (Tyvak) for the delivery of key avionics for 10 satellites produced by Lockheed Martin under the SDA Transport Layer Tranche 0, consisting of 20 space vehicles total. This program will be the first generation of SDA’s Transport Layer, an important […]
Airbus Test Program Signals The Next Step In Laser Satellite Communications For Aircraft
Researchers from Airbus and Holland are developing and testing a laser communication terminal for aircraft, known as UltraAir, that aims to demonstrate vastly improved bandwidth and reliability communications possible with laser links to satellites. The use of laser links between satellites and terminals is widely seen as the next generation of satellite communications technology and […]
Mission-Critical Avionics + Services For ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Contracted To L3Harris Technologies
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has extended L3Harris Technologies’ (NYSE:LHX) contract to provide mission-critical avionics and related services in support of the Vulcan Centaur rocket for U.S. Space Force launches. More than a year ago, ULA selected L3Harris to safely, securely and cost-effectively deliver on the most critical and challenging missions for the company’s new Vulcan […]