Power-Hungry Automobiles Stimulate Advancements in Magnetic Current Sensing that Apply Widely to Electrification Markets
Led by demands of the electric vehicle market but extending widely to many other applications, magnetic current sensors are increasingly replacing sense resistors and current transformers. A few examples of new magnetic current sensing products illustrate the rapid-fire developments that are bringing change.
YASA and Lamborghini Unveil High-Performance E-Propulsion Technology
Automobili Lamborghini has unveiled the Temerario, the legendary Italian marque’s new twin-turbo V8 hybrid super sports car. Core to the performance are permanent-magnet axial flux motors built with short copper windings optimized to deliver high torque that is as much four times that of other EV motors.
Defense Contractors Apply Advanced Radar to Fighter Jets; Magnetic Systems & Components Play Key Role as Technology Expands to Maritime & Commercial Use
In the unrelenting global race for air combat superiority, the progressive development and integration of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar has become an industry standard for virtually all new fighter jets. Additionally, many older aircraft are being retrofit to incorporate the radars because it provides what Lockheed Martin, whose subsidiary Northrop Grumman is the largest provider of the systems, describes as “first-look, first-shot, first-kill capability.”
Google Spinout SandboxAQ Advances Magnetic-Anomaly Navigation Using AI
Google spinout SandboxAQ, a pioneer in artificial intelligence located in Silicon Valley, has announced a series of scientific and technical milestone publications on magnetic anomaly-based navigation (MagNav), collectively marking a set of significant advances in the company’s core research and product development activities for its AQNav offering. Building on its breakthrough results with the U.S. Air Force, including the successful use of AQNav for real-time navigation in GPS-denied environments and the award of a TACFI contract extension to develop new configurations for a wider range of aircraft, the publications provide a synthesis of SandboxAQ’s expertise.
