Electron

Chung-Ang University Scientist Develops New Antiferromagnetic Superconducting Spin Valves

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Friday, November 24, 2023

In response to these challenges, researchers have engineered spin-triplet superconducting valves capable of switching superconducting currents on and off as per the need.

Key Points: 
  • In response to these challenges, researchers have engineered spin-triplet superconducting valves capable of switching superconducting currents on and off as per the need.
  • To make the fabrication of spin-triplet superconducting valves easier, a team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Kun-Rok Jeon from the Department of Physics at Chung-Ang University, Korea, has now developed an antiferromagnetic analogue of the spin-triplet supercurrent spin valves.
  • The functionality of the SQUID demonstrates the potential of antiferromagnetic spin valves in the realm of superconducting spintronics.
  • Title of original paper: Chiral antiferromagnetic Josephson junctions as spin-triplet supercurrent spin valves and d.c. SQUIDs

TJC Announces Sale of Communications & Power Industries’ (“CPI”) Electron Device Business to TransDigm Group

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

TJC, L.P. (“TJC”) today announced that an affiliate of The Resolute Fund V, L.P. (“Resolute V”) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell CPI’s Electron Device business (“EDB” or the “Company”), a business segment of Communications & Power Industries (“CPI”), to TransDigm Group Inc. (NYSE: TDG) for approximately $1.385 billion in cash.

Key Points: 
  • TJC, L.P. (“TJC”) today announced that an affiliate of The Resolute Fund V, L.P. (“Resolute V”) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell CPI’s Electron Device business (“EDB” or the “Company”), a business segment of Communications & Power Industries (“CPI”), to TransDigm Group Inc. (NYSE: TDG) for approximately $1.385 billion in cash.
  • CPI was acquired by TJC in October 2022 through an affiliate of The Resolute Fund V, L.P.
    CPI’s Electron Device business is a leading global supplier of high-power microwave components, critical to enabling high-reliability technologies vital to national interests.
  • The Company maintains 75+ sole-source platform positions on mission-critical applications for global defense and high-performance industrial, medical and scientific customers.
  • “With its focus on the aerospace, defense and medical industries and its strength in aftermarket products, we believe TransDigm will provide an excellent home for the Electron Device business.

Rocket Lab Sets Next Electron Launch Window, Provides Update on Anomaly Review

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has set a return to launch window for its Electron launch vehicle.

Key Points: 
  • Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has set a return to launch window for its Electron launch vehicle.
  • The resumption of Electron launches comes as Rocket Lab approaches the conclusion of an extensive review into the cause of the anomaly that resulted in the loss of its 41st Electron mission launched on September 19th, 2023.
  • Rocket Lab has also already received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resume Electron launches from Launch Complex 1.
  • Rocket Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand and a third launch pad in Virginia.

Rocket Lab Announces Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Fourth Quarter 2023 and Revenue Guidance for First Quarter 2024

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Electron’s return to flight is scheduled during a launch window that opens from November 28, 2023, and extends into December.

Key Points: 
  • Electron’s return to flight is scheduled during a launch window that opens from November 28, 2023, and extends into December.
  • The missions were back-to-back recovery launches as part of Rocket Lab’s program to make Electron the world’s first reusable small orbital rocket.
  • For the Fourth quarter of 2023, Rocket Lab expects:
    Revenue between $65 million and $69 million.
  • ET) today to discuss these business highlights and financial results for our third quarter, to provide our outlook for the fourth quarter, and other updates.

Rocket Lab Adds New HASTE Launch from Virginia for the Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed a launch services agreement with the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 in Virginia.

Key Points: 
  • Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed a launch services agreement with the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 in Virginia.
  • The mission will launch from Rocket Lab’s dedicated launch site at the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island as early as Q1, 2025.
  • Rocket Lab’s HASTE suborbital launch vehicle is derived from the Company’s Electron rocket but has been modified to support hypersonic payload deployment.
  • Rocket Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand and a third launch pad in Virginia.

Rocket Lab Welcomes Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced that retired U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors.

Key Points: 
  • Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced that retired U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231101066773/en/
    Newly appointed Rocket Lab board member and retired U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno (Photo: Business Wire)
    Lt. Gen. Armagno joins the Rocket Lab Board after serving more than 35 years in leadership positions for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force.
  • “Nina has an accomplished background in space operations and national defense as part of her distinguished military career and we're thrilled to have her bring this wealth of knowledge to Rocket Lab,” said Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck.
  • Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company with an established track record of mission success.

Orion S.A. Launches PRINTEX® kappa 10, Feeding High Demand Growth in the Lithium-ion Battery Industry

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

The new product, produced with furnace technology in Europe and eventually in Asia, marks a crucial expansion of Orion’s portfolio of conductive additives.

Key Points: 
  • The new product, produced with furnace technology in Europe and eventually in Asia, marks a crucial expansion of Orion’s portfolio of conductive additives.
  • PRINTEX® kappa 10 facilitates a more efficient transfer of electrical energy within lithium-ion batteries.
  • "At Orion, we're focused on products enabling more efficient and powerful lithium-ion batteries that help to decarbonize mobility.
  • PRINTEX® kappa 10 is a key part of our strategy for expanding our business for such conductive additives,” said Orion CEO Corning Painter.

TMR Sensors: A Quantum Success Story, Finds IDTechEx Research

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tunneling magneto resistance sensors are rapidly disrupting the automotive and wearables industry. These tiny sensors leverage quantum phenomena to provide a performance edge over classical incumbents, including industry mainstays such as Hall effect sensors. Although they don't depend on the more exciting effects such as superposition and entanglement, in this article, IDTechEx highlights the lessons to be learned from the success of TMR sensors in the emerging quantum sensor market.

Key Points: 
  • Although they don't depend on the more exciting effects such as superposition and entanglement, in this article, IDTechEx highlights the lessons to be learned from the success of TMR sensors in the emerging quantum sensor market .
  • Many other quantum sensing technologies are in development, including even more magnetic field sensors, as well as clocks, gravimeters, gyroscopes, and photodetectors.
  • IDTechEx predicts that vertical agnosticism will likely also pay off for more complex devices in the quantum sensor market.
  • Find coverage of related topics in IDTechEx reports on Quantum Computers , Wearable Technology and Electric Vehicles at www.IDTechEx.com/Research .

TMR Sensors: A Quantum Success Story, Finds IDTechEx Research

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, October 26, 2023

CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tunneling magneto resistance sensors are rapidly disrupting the automotive and wearables industry. These tiny sensors leverage quantum phenomena to provide a performance edge over classical incumbents, including industry mainstays such as Hall effect sensors. Although they don't depend on the more exciting effects such as superposition and entanglement, in this article, IDTechEx highlights the lessons to be learned from the success of TMR sensors in the emerging quantum sensor market.

Key Points: 
  • Although they don't depend on the more exciting effects such as superposition and entanglement, in this article, IDTechEx highlights the lessons to be learned from the success of TMR sensors in the emerging quantum sensor market .
  • Many other quantum sensing technologies are in development, including even more magnetic field sensors, as well as clocks, gravimeters, gyroscopes, and photodetectors.
  • IDTechEx predicts that vertical agnosticism will likely also pay off for more complex devices in the quantum sensor market.
  • Find coverage of related topics in IDTechEx reports on Quantum Computers , Wearable Technology and Electric Vehicles at www.IDTechEx.com/Research .

Rocket Lab Receives Federal Aviation Administration Authorization to Resume Launches

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resume Electron launches from Launch Complex 1.

Key Points: 
  • Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resume Electron launches from Launch Complex 1.
  • The authorization comes after Rocket Lab experienced an in-flight anomaly on September 19th during the Company’s 41st Electron launch.
  • The FAA, the federal licensing body for U.S. launch vehicles, has now confirmed that Rocket Lab’s launch license remains active, which is the first step to enable launches to resume.
  • The FAA is providing oversight of Rocket Lab’s mishap investigation to ensure Rocket Lab complies with its FAA-approved mishap investigation plan and other regulatory requirements.