The Tflex™ XS400 Series thermal gap filler won Military Embedded Systems Magazine’s Editor’s Choice award for November/December. The Tflex™ XS400 Series received the award for its commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) properties, which makes it well-suited for military defense applications. Tflex™ XS400 is a compliant elastomer gap filler designed to provide moderate thermal … [Read more...]
Military Electronics Thermal Management Challenges Spark Innovation
Several trends are influencing thermal management in military and aerospace environments, including smaller electronic packages, components that fit into tighter spaces, and more powerful chips and IC packages. Packing more powerful components into smaller air-tight spaces creates major heat dissipation problems, an example of how size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints … [Read more...]
Military Issues Press for New Materials Development
Pressing needs for new ways to cool electronics for aerospace and defense applications are encouraging the development of new materials to wick heat away from components on boards and in chassis, and also is providing incentive for systems designers to rethink their commitment to commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. One approach to removing heat efficiently from military … [Read more...]
Electronics Cooling for Military Environments
Allen Vanguard’s Electronic Protection with Integrated Cooling (EPIC) is a customized E-cooling system that protects electronic systems from the severe heat and harsh operating environments found in military environments, including vehicle electronics. It complies with MIL-810-F (Shock and Vibration) for tracked and wheeled vehicles. The EPIC Micro Climate System (MCS) provides … [Read more...]
Direct Spray Cooling and System-level Comparisons
Introduction As power densities of embedded electronics increase, cooling becomes a challenge especially in harsh environments. Liquid cooling is accepted as an attractive cooling method for an increasing number of applications. Direct spray is a particularly efficient form of liquid cooling that has recently been included on several manned and unmanned military platforms. This … [Read more...]
