A component, board or system designed to withstand rad-hard environments---typically for space applications.
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Space Industry Looks toward On-the-Fly Reconfiguration
The market for space equipment worldwide is growing rapidly. Development cycles are becoming increasingly costly and time-consuming, but at the same time, equipment designers areRead More...
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Space Qualified ICs and Systems Leap New Hurdles
With the Space Shuttle program over and the commercial space industry taking the baton, the space electronics industry is certainly in a period of transition. Feeding those needs,Read More...

30-Year History: Shuttle Program Parallels Computer Tech Advances
I magine a world with no personal computers, no MS-DOS, no Internet, no iPhone; iPad or App Store; No Twitter or Facebook. That’s where we were in 1981 when Ronald Reagan took the oathRead More...

Resolver-to-Digital Converter Boasts High Rad Tolerance
Aeroflex Plainview has rolled out its third generation RDC5028 Resolver-to-Digital Converter with excellent radiation tolerance and enhanced performance for accurately measuring motionRead More...

The Ides of February?
The end of February had a couple things going on that are of interest to our industry: the last flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery with mission STS-133, and the AUSA (Association ofRead More...