Aerospace & defense

Aerospace and defense applications in systems like avionics, communications, guidance and radar systems demand the best in performance and reliability—and the knowledge and expertise to pull it off. Explore our resources to stay up to date with aerospace and defense trends and technology.

A robot arm operating in space moves equipment into position

Satellites servicing satellites

By Philip Ling - August 7, 2025

High demand means that while space is big, it’s starting to fill up. Initiatives to use robots to repair, refuel, reassemble and eventually manufacture satellites in space are gaining pace. Sound complicated? It is.

Bringing mm-wave beamforming to new applications

By Steven Fireman - April 9, 2024

With 5G rolling out and the help of phased array antennas, the 30 to 300 GHz, and specifically the millimeter-wave bands, of the RF spectrum are making their way into applications like autonomous driving.

Where we’re going, we don’t need roads

By Philip Ling - February 17, 2023

We’re a grounded species reaching for the stars. Personal aircraft will let us colonize the air immediately above us and expand our cities in ways that don’t need networks of multilane highways. For eVTOLs, air taxis are just the beginning.

Putting 5G in space for the massive IoT

By Philip Ling - January 4, 2023

5G cellular networks and the massive IoT are a natural fit. Putting 5G cell towers in space is taking massive to a new level. To learn more, Avnet spoke with Sateliot Chief Business Officer Gianluca Redolfi, one of the pioneers in this area.