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Read the interview with Grant Lawton, Gore Engineer for Aerospace and Defense, about the company's award-wining 10-gigabit Ethernet cables, Cat6a version that has been selected for integration into ongoing F-16 program upgrades. 

Defense aircraft applications continue to demand the new, advanced capabilities being implemented in modern avionics. As a result, an increasing number of designers are learning that standard commercial Ethernet connectors and cables aren’t adequate for operation in harsh aerospace conditions. In this white paper, W. L. Gore & Associates evaluates the top considerations designers must make when designing the right Ethernet interconnect and ensuring reliable high-speed data transmission in military aircraft.

Gore provides high-performance cable assemblies with significant mechanical and electrical advantages for high-flex applications in aerospace and defense, spaceflight, semiconductor, and test and measurement environments.

SMA, 3.5 mm and 2.92 mm connectors make reliable, RF components and instrumentation possible. These seemingly mundane devices are the result of evolutionary and revolutionary design, covering a 40-year period and involving several corporations. In their present state, they represent highly evolved, well-defined interface systems.

The importance of a microwave cable assembly’s shielding effectiveness cannot be understated. Across defense, civil, and aerospace applications, it impacts the system performance of the aircraft and could impede upon data transmission capabilities.

If you determine that your system may be affected by PIM distortion, there are a few basic guidelines you can use to minimize PIM generation.

GORE® Spaceflight Cables are engineered to withstand the severe levels of radiation found in many satellite applications.

Unless otherwise specified, every GORE® Microwave/RF Coaxial Assembly is 100% tested, inspected, and certified to meet the acceptance requirements contained in all applicable specifications, whether stated in literature or in pre-approved customer contracts.

For both Spaceflight and Non-Spaceflight applications.