Articles by Crane Aerospace & Electronics

Crane’s new K-Band 2-way iso-divider features similar outstanding performance as previously introduced Ku-Band 2-, 4- and 8-way products, including exceptionally low insertion loss and optimum band flatness performance. Other features include small size, low weight and high reliability, crucial for space applications.

 Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., was selected by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. to supply its ELDEC® Transformer Rectifier Units (TRU) on the Gulfstream G500 and G600.  Each aircraft will have five 250 Amp TRUs, which will provide DC bus power throughout the aircraft. Gulfstream previously selected the same TRU for use on the G650 aircraft providing commonality across all three aircraft models.  

Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., has announced the appointment of Mike Clark to vice president of Microwave Components & Integrated Assemblies of Crane Aerospace & Electronics.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Power Solutions has been selected by BAE Systems to provide ELDEC®Power Conditioning Modules (PCMs) and batteries on the Boeing 777X.

 Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., announced the appointment of Mike Clark to senior director of microwave solutions of the electronics group.  

Crane Aerospace & Electronics has recently been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to supply power converters for the Mars 2020 mission. The contract was awarded by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. 

 Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Power Solutions, will be supplying the Auto-Transformer Rectifier Unit (ATRU) to provide reliable power conversion for the Rockwell Collins Horizontal Stabilizer Control Unit (HSCU) supplied to Embraer.  

 Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., has announced the appointment of Steve Barr as Vice President of Operations of the Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics. In his role, Barr is responsible for Operations and Supply Chain for all of Electronics Group locations, including Beverly, Massachusetts, Chandler, Arizona, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Redmond, WA, West Caldwell, New Jersey and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He will be located in Redmond, WA. 

Crane Aerospace & Electronics Microwave Solution launches the new ku-band 4-way Iso-Divider designed for use in satellite applications. This unit represents a further expansion of the products available in this product line. The Iso-Divider combines the functions of high performance power dividers with ferrite isolators to provide a high isolation power divider solution, making the external isolators redundant, for satellite receiver applications, without introducing complex switch-based solutions.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics announced a series of enhancements to its popular MTR Series of 30 watt, high reliability dc-dc converters. According to Ed Fuhr, vice president of power solutions, “the MTR Series was enhanced to provide broader compliance to industry standards and in support of more application requirements of its global users.”