While the continued obsolescence of military aircraft parts and systems is an ever growing problem, companies like PHT with deep expertise in reverse engineering have been thus far able to successfully re-engineer all kinds of electrical and mechanical systems, from radar equipment, to aircraft navigation lights, to power supplies, actuators and more. But when reverse …
First adopted by the Navy in 1960, the F4 Phantom may be the longest serving jet fighter in US history logging over 40 years of active service in the US military. While no longer a staple of the US military the jet was part of roughly a dozen foreign air forces, and still lives as …
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While there are any number of companies who claim to be able to reverse engineer and manufacture dual sided PCB?s, the skills necessary to create form-fit-function replacements of multilayer pcb?s in the world of military equipment and systems, reduce this list substantially. Competencies required for this analysis go well beyond point to point connectivity and …
While military and commercial aircraft share some common conventions with respect to types, color and usage of external lights, differences exist in the goals and capabilities of similar systems. An obvious example might be the use of external lighting on stealth aircraft. It doesn?t help the cause if the enemy can see your wingtip lighting …
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When confronted with a multilayer circuit card or subsystem for which spares are all but unobtainable, and documentation is wishful thinking, the use of forward looking design options can be limited. ?Often we are required to use legacy production test equipment as part of final qualification,? Notes Patrick Antaki, lead engineer at PHT Aerospace. ?This …
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