Aerospace and Defense Resources

Engineered for Mission-Critical Performance

For defense industry leaders, performance under pressure is non-negotiable. Materials matter when it comes to ensuring advanced technology performs in the most extreme conditions. These materials ensure signal integrity, improve survivability and enhance thermal management for next-generation systems. Explore the resources below to learn about how Laird Technologies provides solutions to accelerate innovation and meet the demands of today’s defense leaders.

Capabilities

RF Microwave Absorbers
RF Microwave Absorbers
Explore more than 25 types of Laird™ Eccosorb™ and Eccostock™ cavity resonance, free space, and near field microwave absorbers for military and aerospace applications.
Quality Engineered Sealing Gaskets
Quality Engineered Sealing Gaskets
Laird provides custom-engineered, electrically conductive elastomers. Learn about these products and their critical roles in military and aerospace applications.
Robust Low DK Radomes
Robust Low DK Radomes
Access a deep dive into radomes that protect sensitive military radar antenna systems – their purpose, their design and manufacturing, and the materials that comprise them.

Articles

RF Absorbers
Take a Holistic View When Selecting RF/Microwave Absorbers for Military Applications
Learn from a Laird expert about a range of factors to consider before selecting RF/microwave absorbers for military applications, with a specific focus on considerations of target frequency.
Shielding the Warfighter
Testing EMI Materials for Battlefield Applications
Laird experts detail the testing processes applied to EMI suppression materials and why rigorous evaluations are crucial to reliable battlefield performance.
EMI materials
Improve Antenna Performance in High-Frequency Military Applications
Laird experts discuss the higher frequencies found in defense and aerospace radar antenna systems and how radomes help conquer signal integrity challenges.

White Papers

EMI Suppresion
Shielding the Warfighter With EMI Suppression and Heat Transfer Solutions
Laird offers insight into improving the survivability of both the warfighter and the vital equipment that protects them, guarding against enemy detection, and withstanding environmental extremes.
Bringing in Multifunctional Design Help
Bringing in Multifunctional Design Help
Read about military and aerospace multifunctional or “hybrid” thermal/EMI solutions that help engineers save space, reduce weight, and eliminate costly added logistical challenges.
Military vehicle
How Military Vehicle Engineering Teams Can Bridge the Design Wall
Offering insights on how to bridge design “walls,” this white paper suggests that the use of multifunctional designs and carefully chosen components can increase communication, cooperation, and add efficiencies across design teams.

Product Teardowns

UAV and Base Station
Aircraft, UAV and Base Station
Using teardown photos, this summary of heat transfer and EMI suppression challenges facing aircraft, base stations, and UAVs examines the design issues and offers snapshots of Laird™ solutions.
Drone application
Drone
Featuring five drone assembly teardown photos, this summary of issues involving rising heat and EMI also features Laird™ products that help engineers meet the challenge.
Radar detection system
Radar Detection System
Aided by radar detection system teardown photos, this summary of heat transfer and EMI suppression roadblocks also illustrates Laird™ products designed to help resolve each issue.

Featured Products

Eccosorb RF-LW
Eccosorb™ RF-LW lightweight, corrosion resistant EMI noise suppression absorber
Laird™ Eccosorb™ RF-LW absorber material is reliable up to 177°C and offers the highest operating temperature of low frequency absorbers available on the market. It is designed to suppress antenna desense and cavity resonance.
CoolZorb™ hybrid thermal/EMI absorber
CoolZorb™ hybrid thermal/EMI absorber
Dual functionality properties of thermal conductivity and EMI suppression provide a two-in-one solution for easier design and assembly and lower cost of ownership within aerospace and defense applications and more.
Tpcm™ 7000Plus thermal phase change film material
Tpcm™ 7000Plus thermal phase change film material for AI enablement and thermal transfer (coming soon)
Silicone-free formulation Laird™ Tpcm™ 7000Plus offers 7.5W/mK thermal conductivity and reliable performance at 150°C, proven over 2,000 hours of aging tests.

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