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Materials/Manufacturing

Magnets for Army Drones Mark 10th American Military Contract for Vulcan Elements

October 28, 2026 Editorial Staff 0

DURHAM, N.C., September 23, 2026 – Marking its tenth U.S. Department of War contract, Vulcan Elements announced its competitive selection by the U.S. Army to supply high-performance neodymium iron boron magnets for the Army’s drone initiative to produce small unmanned aircraft systems. The initiative is the Army’s vertically-integrated effort to produce small drones that aims to produce one million drones per year in the United States, at the Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania. […]

Electromagnetics

Celeroton Converter Designed for Ultra High-Speed Machines 

June 23, 2026 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Celeroton Converter Designed for Ultra High-Speed Machines 

High-speed electric drives are becoming increasingly important in modern industrial and scientific applications—from turbo compressors and blowers to turbo expanders and high-speed spindles. To meet these requirements, Celeroton has completely overhauled an earlier model frequency converter, CC-230-3500, […]

Electromagnetics

ThinKom Leverages VICTS Technology to Provide Directed Energy Weapons & Satcom Ground Stations 

January 20, 2026 Editorial Staff Comments Off on ThinKom Leverages VICTS Technology to Provide Directed Energy Weapons & Satcom Ground Stations 

ThinKom Solutions is leveraging its innovative VICTS phased array antenna technology to unlock high-power microwave systems for directed energy weapons in military markets, while also developing new ground stations for satellite communications.  The “Variable Inclination Continuous Transverse Stub” phased array antennas use magnetic induction to drive the stub discs […]

Electromagnetics

Magnetron Leader CPI Electron Devices Now Part of TransDigm 

February 27, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Magnetron Leader CPI Electron Devices Now Part of TransDigm 

CPI Electron Device Businesss is the new name for one of the world’s largest producers of magnetrons and a prolific developer of electromagnetic systems for aerospace and defense markets, as a result of its acquisition by TransDigm from Communications & Power Industries. Before it was spun out from CPI in mid-2024 and acquired by TransDigm for about $1.385 billion, it was formerly the Electron Device Business of Varian Associates and has long been a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems including radio frequency and microwave products. Now CPI-EDB operates as one of the more than 50 companies owned by Transdigm which primarily provide aircraft components for commercial and military fleets around the world.  […]