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Connectors for Military Applications

We offer a breadth of highly reliable, quality interconnect solutions proven in the harshest military environments. Our know-how and application expertise ensure the design, manufacture and supply of cost effective, high volume products and complete tailored solutions. We work closely with our customers to address their current needs and, as a technology leader, constantly enhance our capability to solve tomorrow’s problems. Our technically differentiated solutions provide our customer with a competitive advantage when tackling the challenges of higher power, higher data rates, wider bandwidth, and greater connectivity all within a smaller footprint.

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Connectors for Military Applications

Tackling the challenges of higher power, higher data rates, wider bandwidth, and greater connectivity all within a smaller footprint.

Connectors for Military Applications
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Communications

Smiths Interconnect solutions enhance mission-critical communication systems through superior connectivity enabling greater bandwidths and data rates. Industry-proven to be highly reliable on harsh air, land and sea platforms, we work closely with our customers to provide a competitive edge for their next generation software defined communications architecture.

  • Superior connectivity
  • Greater bandwidths
  • Higher data rates
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EW Electronic Warfare

Smiths Interconnect solutions form an essential part of our customers’ requirement to create disruptive Electronic Warfare (EW) technologies that enable them to outpace rapidly evolving threats from adversaries. Our continuous drive to develop innovative solutions, whilst maintaining high quality and on-time delivery standards, provides the support our customers require in this dynamic environment.

  • Innovative and continuously evolving product portfolio
  • Timely delivery
  • Rigorous quality criteria
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ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance

The breadth of quality and reliable Smiths Interconnect solutions, ranging from miniaturized RF components to wideband antennas, is extensively applied by our customers in developing their cutting edge Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems. Our technically differentiated products formed from an in-depth knowledge of our customers’ needs and the demanding military environment, provides critical support in ensuring high capacity, rapid-rate ISR data is accurately and efficiently captured, analyzed, distributed and controlled.

  • Critical relationships enable in-depth knowledge of our customers’ needs
  • Facilitating high capacity and rapid-rate data distribution
  • Extensive range of high quality and reliable solutions
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Radar

Smiths Interconnect is the supplier of choice for a broad global customer base across a wide range of radar types installed on air, land and sea defence platforms. Our solutions are developed to meet the critical demands of higher power and an ever decreasing footprint whilst ensuring a lower lifecycle cost as a result of their renowned quality and reliability.

  • Supports higher power requirements
  • Flexibility through scalable solutions to accommodate reducing footprints
  • Excellent signal integrity

Featured Connectors for Military Applications

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    HBB Series

    High-power, quick-release harsh-environment connectors available in both single and five pole version.

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    C9394 Series

    Available in 132 through 594 positions, that can be configured to include fiber optic and coax options.

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    High Speed ARINC 600

    Designed for interconnect systems including 100 Base-T, Ethernet and high speed video hot-link applications.

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    KVPX Series

    Embedded interconnect system meeting the VITA standard design requirements for applications performed in harsh environments.

Smiths Interconnect finalists for 2024 Elektra Awards

  • September 25, 2024
  • Defense, Defense Battery Systems, High Power, Hyperboloid, Hypertac Green Connect Contact, Industrial Battery Systems, Rail Battery Systems

Smiths Interconnect is excited to be finalists for the prestigious Elektra Awards in two catagories. The Elektra awards are the most prestigious accolade in the electronics industry. These awards honor exceptional companies and individuals have demonstrated unparalleled excellence, dedication, and innovation in their field, not only embracing the challenges posed by the industry but rising above and pushing the boundaries to set new standards.

Smiths Interconnect Launches Press-Fit cPCI Connector Series

  • July 17, 2024
  • Avionics, Backplane, Commercial Aerospace, Ground Systems, Hyperboloid, Launchers, PCB

The Press-Fit cPCI connectors retain the same trusted Hyperboloid sockets used in our NASA S311 qualified versions, ensuring intermate-ability with both our standard and NASA S311 solder tail connectors.