As NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover explores its new planetary home after landing on February 18, it’s operating with the world’s most advanced technology while being equipped with Ty-Rap cable ties from ABB, the same ties that are widely used on earth. Found in buildings, subways, the deepest oceans and outer space, ABB’s Ty-Rap cable ties […]
Military/Aerospace
FibreFix inline mechanical splice for harsh-environment fiber optic system repair
TT Electronics has launched its new interconnect solution for the aerospace and defense, rail, and industrial markets. The FibreFix inline mechanical splice is specifically designed to reinstate, repair, or extend fibre optic systems in harsh environment applications. The simple to install nature of the FibreFix solution provides significant savings in repair time and complexity by […]
Cicoil expands its Engineered Systems capabilities
Cicoil is pleased to announce the expansion of its Engineered Systems design, prototype and turn-key services. Cicoil’s ability to manufacture electromechanical and box-build sub-systems from start to finish provides multiple benefits to its Mil-Aero customers. Located at www.cicoil.com, these services allow defense industry contractors to streamline design time, reduce their supply base, cut costs and […]
Zuken and Electro Magnetic Applications partner on cable harness design and EMI reduction
Zuken Inc., and Electro Magnetic Applications Inc. (EMA) have entered into a partnership to improve the accuracy of cable harness simulation models for complex electrical subsystems in aircraft and vehicles. The recent collaboration advances Zuken’s digital engineering initiative by enabling design teams to assess, simulate, and validate electrical and electronic designs before they reach manufacturing. […]
Twisted and shielded cabling for Gecko-SL connectors
To address safety and mission-critical applications, where continued data integrity is of paramount importance, Harwin now offers additional cable assembly services for its popular Gecko series. Produced on-demand, these assemblies provide greater resilience against ambient electromagnetic interference (EMI) and crosstalk from neighboring wiring. Engineers can now specify double-ended cables with either twisted-pair wiring (different colors […]
Single-pair ethernet system reduces weight, increases bandwidth for commercial aerospace
TE Connectivity is unveiling its new Mini-ETH single pair ethernet system for commercial aircraft that offers substantial weight savings, more bandwidth and simpler installation and maintenance by using proven technologies from other markets. As designers search for greater efficiency onboard aircraft, TE’s new Mini-ETH system offers them up to 73% weight savings in cables and […]
SPEC 55 LF wire and cable reduces corrosion in space applications
TE Connectivity has launched the SPEC 55 low fluoride (55 LF) wire and cable insulation system for space and high altitude environments. Made from rugged fluoropolymer, TE’s SPEC 55 LF insulation system has an outgassing rating of less than 10 ppm, which helps reduce the potential for corrosion of other components due to trapped gases […]
High-speed data cables for prototyping, evaluation in aircraft
W. L. Gore & Associates now offers new design options in the company’s sample inventory of Gore high-speed data cables to continue to meet aerospace industry needs and new protocols. The expanded sample inventory includes eight new part numbers ranging from OM4 fiber optics 1.8 mm Simplex, CAN Bus shielded pair, Ethernet specialty quadrax, and […]
10Gb/s Cat 7 Ethernet cables for military marine and defense applications
TE Connectivity introduces its Raychem Cat 7 cables. Designed for harsh military marine and defense applications, these ruggedized cables include features that optimize performance under tough conditions. TE’s Cat 7 cables support speeds up to 10Gb/s over four jacketed, individually-shielded and twisted pairs. Utilizing the material sciences expertise developed by Raychem, TE is able to […]
The Space cable that saved space in world’s smallest satellites
A manufacturer of CubeSat’s, a class of spacecraft called nanosatellites was having difficulty in finding a flexible Camera Link cable that could fit inside a very small space. Each CubeSat measured about 4 in. on each side and weighed less than 3 lb, with a volume of about 1 qt. Besides consuming minimal space, the Camera […]
