The first-ever Wales Tech Week has confirmed more than 50 virtual events as part of the festival, which runs 13 – 17 July and is free to access. It is designed to showcase the Welsh technology industry and its applications in use across the world, and the first keynote is by Lee Waters MS, Deputy Minister ...
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Raytheon Technologies has been awarded a $2.3 billion contract, by the US government’s Missile Defense Agency, for seven gallium nitride (GaN)-based AN/TPY-2 radars. The radars will be part of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, which is designed to detect incoming ballistic missiles. Specifically, Raytheon Missiles & Defense – one of the four ...
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Raytheon Technologies has been awarded a $2.3 billion contract, by the US government’s Missile Defense Agency, for seven gallium nitride (GaN)-based AN/TPY-2 radars. The radars will be part of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, which is designed to detect incoming ballistic missiles. Specifically, Raytheon Missiles & Defense – one of the four ...
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Virgin Galactic has successfully completed the second SpaceShipTwo test flight from Spaceport America, in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin in New Mexico. The company is specialising in human spaceflight for private individuals and researchers, as well as being a manufacturer of air and space vehicles. The flight marks a milestone toward the launch of ...
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This year, in the wake of Covid-19, the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition is going online. Running from 13 – 17 July, the free event aims to celebrate advances in science and scientific research. It features a week of interactive quizzes, creative challenges and a range of talks on science topics, including the science of ...
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IoT specialist Tuya is the latest company to join the Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors, to help steer the low-power wireless comms standard. The aim of the alliance is to simplify product development for manufacturers and increase device compatibility for consumers. Tuya helps consumer electronics brands add IoT control and connectivity to electronic devices for smart control ...
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Virgin Galactic Holdings has announced the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center, encouraging “commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight” to the International Space Station (ISS). Under the agreement, Virgin Galactic will develop a private orbital astronaut readiness programme. The company states that the program will include identifying candidates interested in ...
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Nordic Semiconductor, the wireless comms specialist, has expanded its nRF52 series with the nRF52805 Bluetooth 5.2 SoC. Supplied in a wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP), it measures 2.48 x 2.46mm and is optimised for two-layer PCBs enabling designs that are small and low cost, says Nordic. The nRF52805 includes a 64-MHz 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4 ...
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After three or four years of hard study, you have graduated. Well done, and now the job hunting starts, writes Ash Madni, Head of Silicon Design at CML Microcircuits (UK) and a veteran of 31 years in the Analogue Integrated Circuit industry. Here are a few interview tips that you may find useful. My undergraduate year at ...
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Portwell, the Fremont, California-based industrial PC specialist, has announced its LYNX-6000 Series of palm-sized, industrial IoT gateways. The fanless and rugged embedded computer systems are based on the Intel Celeron N3350 CPU and certified for Microsoft Azure IoT. According to the company, the new LYNX-6000 Series provides a rich portfolio of ultra-small form factor IoT ...
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