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Northrop Grumman plans Blackjack positioning, navigation and timing LEO payload

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) contract for a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite payload. It’s part of DARPA’s Blackjack programme. Specifically, a contract for “Phase 2 development” of an advanced, software-defined positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) payload. The contract includes options to build units destined for space ...

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Digi-Key partners with Tomorrow Lab for “Potentially Genius” video series

The distributor Digi-Key Electronics is launching a new video series called “Potentially Genius”. In monthly episodes, a team of designers and engineers will dedicate 16 hours of time toward solving an everyday problem, following the four stages of product invention: discovery, ideation, prototyping and presentation. It will be done in partnership with Tomorrow Lab, a ...

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OneWeb gets halfway to constellation completion

With the successful launch of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, at the end of last week, OneWeb has reached the halfway mark for its low Earth orbit (LEO) comms satellite constellation. The company was bought from bankruptcy by the UK Government and the Indian company Bharti Global for $1 billion in June ...

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Digi-Key highlights power efficiency with Power Integrations tie-up

Digi-Key Electronics has joined with Power Integrations to offer the InnoSwitch3 IC family, as part of its Power Focus campaign. The distributor is highlighting rising demand for higher-efficiency, in applications, with stronger thermal performance from GaN (Gallium Nitride) replacing silicon. PowiGaN, which features with InnoSwitch3 chips, is Power Integrations’ GaN technology for reducing switching losses. ...

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Google lays subsea cable for growing UK tech sector

What do Bude and Bilboa have in common? They are the landing points for a new subsea cable laid by Google to connect New York with Western Europe. It’s named Grace Hopper – after the computer science pioneer – and Google has announced the successful completion of the trans-Atlantic 16-fibre pair cable. The company says ...

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BAE Systems buys In-Space Missions

BAE Systems has acquired In-Space Missions, the UK company that designs, builds and operates satellite systems. BAE says the move will combine its own experience in secure satellite communications with In-Space Missions’ full lifecycle satellite capability, “to make a compelling sovereign UK space offer”. Founded in 2015, and based in Hampshire, In-Space Missions has more ...

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Siemens partners with Digi-Key for Automation and Control products

Digi-Key Electronics has signed a distribution deal with Siemens for its range of automation and control products, the companies have announced. The partnership will cover products such as power supplies, human-machine interface (HMI) technology, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and heavy duty switches. Sectors addressed include automotive manufacturing, data centers, electronics manufacturing, healthcare. “We are proud ...

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Digi-Key highlights “Winning Combinations” of Renesas-Dialog merger

Digi-Key Electronics, following the completion of Renesas’ acquisition of Dialog, is highlighting what it calls Winning Combinations. These are designs to showcase the complementary product portfolios of the two companies, for Embedded Processing, Analog, Power, and Connectivity. Specifically, Digi-Key highlights a 100 W Adapter with Power Delivery and Wireless Charger, a Smart Asset Tracking Label, ...

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In-Space Missions spotlights Titania’s optical communications

In-Space Missions recently won a £9.5m UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) contract to build the new “Titania” satellite undertaking research on military space communications. The company has now shared more details of the satellite project that will support the ‘Titania Operational Concept Demonstrator’, exploring the military usefulness of Low Earth Orbit (LEO), direct-to-earth, ...

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BAE Systems wins contract for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye’s IFF capabilities

BAE Systems has won a $26 million contract to support Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) capabilities for the U.S. Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft it has announced. Under the terms of the contract, the company will provide Beamforming Networks (BFNs) – an integral part of antenna control for the AN/APX-122A IFF Interrogator system – onboard the carrier-capable ...

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