Military and Defense Systems

Interconnect Solutions for Combat Aircraft

A fast jet compresses every aerospace environment into a harder version of itself. Higher g, faster thermal transients, more RF systems in less volume and a maintenance regime that expects panels off and back on between sorties. The interconnect has to take all of it and stay in specification.

Fire-Control Radar

EW Pods

IFF

High-g

MIL-STD

DC–40 GHz

Coverage

20 g RMS

Vibration

-65° to +165°

Temperature

Design Notes

What a Fast-Jet Installation Demands

Five pressures that shape combat aircraft interconnect.

Structural Loading

Sustained high-g manoeuvring loads everything, including the cable and the joint it terminates into. Strain relief is a structural design item, not a detail.

Thermal Transients

A climb from a hot ramp to altitude is a fast, large temperature change. Differential expansion between body, dielectric and contact is what opens joints over time.

System Density

Radar, EW, IFF, comms and navigation share a very tight airframe. Isolation between them is set largely by shield performance in the interconnect.

Turnaround Maintenance

Panels come off between sorties. Interfaces are mated and de-mated far more often than the flight hours alone suggest, so cycle life matters.

Corrosion Environment

Carrier and coastal basing means salt. Plating choice and passivation decide whether a joint is still good after a deployment.

Reference Data

Typical Combat Aircraft Requirements

Programme specifications govern. These are representative.

Parameter	Typical Requirement	Relevant Series	Note
Radar band	X-band, 8–12 GHz	SMA, 2.92mm	Fire control
EW band	2–18 GHz	Broadband assemblies	Flatness over ripple
Vibration	20 g RMS, 3 axes	Qualified series	MIL-STD-202 Method 214
Temperature	-65 °C to +165 °C	Defence series	Full military envelope
Salt spray	MIL-STD-202 Method 101	Passivated bodies	Carrier and coastal basing
Cycle life	500+ mate / de-mate	Threaded series	Turnaround maintenance

Our Role

What We Supply for Combat Platforms

Broadband Rugged Interfaces

SMA through 2.92mm bodies qualified to the vibration and shock levels a fast jet actually imposes.

Assemblies for Tight Bays

Routed to the volume available, with strain relief designed for sustained g rather than bench handling.

Defence Traceability

Lot traceability, material certificates and measured data as a standard part of supply.

Selected Products

Interfaces for Combat Aircraft

Typical starting points for fast-jet interconnect. Send us the bay, the band and the environment and we will propose the configuration.

Interconnect Solutions for Combat Aircraft

What a Fast-Jet Installation Demands

Typical Combat Aircraft Requirements

What We Supply for Combat Platforms

Interfaces for Combat Aircraft

0.141″ Semi-Rigid Low-Loss RF Coaxial Cable, 26.5 GHz Rated

2.92mm Female 4-Hole Flange Mount RF Connector – Field Replaceable, 8.64mm Hole Spacing, 0.23mm Pin Diameter

N Male to N Male System Interconnect Low-Loss RF Cable Assembly – Use CFS830H Coax

SMA Female 4-Hole Flange Mount RF Connector – Field Replaceable, 8.64mm Hole Spacing, 0.23mm Pin Diameter

Integrating RF into an Airframe?

Interconnect Solutions for Combat Aircraft

What a Fast-Jet Installation Demands

Typical Combat Aircraft Requirements

What We Supply for Combat Platforms

Interfaces for Combat Aircraft

0.141″ Semi-Rigid Low-Loss RF Coaxial Cable, 26.5 GHz Rated

2.92mm Female 4-Hole Flange Mount RF Connector – Field Replaceable, 8.64mm Hole Spacing, 0.23mm Pin Diameter

N Male to N Male System Interconnect Low-Loss RF Cable Assembly – Use CFS830H Coax

SMA Female 4-Hole Flange Mount RF Connector – Field Replaceable, 8.64mm Hole Spacing, 0.23mm Pin Diameter

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