Earlier this month, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) leveraged their expertise in technology and communications to bring together 5G-capable solutions, enabling faster and more decisive actions for 21st century security. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed late last year expands the ongoing strategic relationship between the two companies to align 5G-enabled […]
ICs / Processors
Anokiwave + Requtech AB Developing High Performance SOTM User Terminals
Anokiwave, Inc. and Requtech have engaged in a collaboration to enable SATCOM-On-The-Move (SOTM) applications over LEO/MEO/GEO communication satellites. As part of this collaboration, Anokiwave provides advanced, low-cost, silicon 2nd generation SATCOM Ku- and K/Ka-band ICs to power Requtech’s RESA-S family of fully integrated phased array flat panel antenna terminals. Requtech’s phased array flat panel antennas […]
U.S. DoD Selects BAE Systems For A New Generation of Space-Qualified ICs
BAE Systems has been selected by the Department of Defense (DoD) to qualify a new generation of integrated circuit technology for use in the harsh environment of space. The new, 12 nanometer technology uses a smaller feature size that provides a dramatic leap forward in space-based computing compared to current 45 nanometer technology. Space missions […]
Processor Intelligence For SpaceLink’s Spacecraft To Be Provided By SEAKR
SpaceLink has selected SEAKR Engineering, Inc. (SEAKR) to provide key payload technology for the firm’s relay satellite system. SEAKR is developing technologies for DARPA and the U.S. Space Force and will provide advanced on-board processing for the SpaceLink network (infographic below), which provides secure, continuous, high-capacity communications for time-critical service between spacecraft and the ground. […]
TTTech’s Radiation-Hardened Network Controllers For Space In Series Production
Electronic components used in a spacecraft need to fulfill very high quality and production standards and work reliably in extremely harsh environments. TTTech Aerospace and the firm’s semiconductor partner, STMicroelectronics, have completed the development, industrialization and qualification of highly integrated, radiation-hardened TTEthernet® Systems on Chip (SoCs) network controllers. They are used in deterministic, fault-tolerant, Ethernet-based […]
Astroscale UK + RUAG Space Developing The Brains Behind The Former’s ELSA-M Space Debris Removal Spacecraft
Astroscale UK has been working in partnership with RUAG Space to develop the “brains” to command Astroscale’s space debris removing ELSA-M Servicer spacecraft, all based on RUAG Space constellation’s On Board Computer (OBC), The removal of space debris is a growing concern for the space industry. Astroscale is pioneering the End-of-Life Services by Astroscale (ELSA), […]
Microchip: The Company’s GaN Portfolio Boasts A New MMIC Power Amplifier For SATCOM + 5G + Defense + Comms Systems
Satellite communication systems use complex modulation schemes to achieve the blazingly fast data rates required to deliver video and broadband data. To attain this, they must deliver high RF output power while simultaneously ensuring the signals retain their desired characteristics. The new GMICP2731-10 GaN MMIC power amplifier announced by Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) helps […]
New Space Development Kit Launched By Alpha Data
Alpha Data, in collaboration with Xilinx and Texas Instruments, has launched a new Space Development Kit, the ADA-SDEV-KIT3, which will help users to rapidly test the hardware and software setups that look to incorporate the Xilinx™ Radiation Tolerant Kintex® UltraScale™ XQRKU060 Space-Grade FPGA. A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a chip consisting of a […]
Microchip Etches Silicon MPU + MCU For Space Apps
Deep space initiatives — including planetary exploration, orbiter missions and space research — require innovative spacecraft system technology providing connectivity and processing. To enable system designers better integration and higher performance while reducing development costs and time to market, COTS technologies and scalable solutions are increasingly used in space applications. Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) […]
Microchip Technology’s TimeProvider™ 4100 Offers Resiliency
Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) has introduced their TimeProvider™ 4100 Release 2.2 grandmaster, providing a new level of resiliency with the introduction of an innovative redundancy architecture in addition to support for a multi-band Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver and enhanced security to ensure always-on precise timing and synchronization. Redundancy is key for infrastructure […]