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Precision Timing for Missile Defense Systems: MEMS, Quartz, and Atomic Solutions

Discover how precision timing technologies like MEMS, quartz, and atomic clocks power mission-critical missile defense systems—where milliseconds mean the difference between success and failure.

October 29, 2025 

2:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM CT / 11:00 AM PT / 7:00 PM GMT 

Duration: 1 hour 

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Summary

Missile defense systems operate in dynamic, high-stakes environments where milliseconds define mission success. From interceptors engaging hypersonic threats to radar systems tracking targets across contested airspace, precision timing ensures synchronized detection, guidance, and engagement.

In this webinar, we’ll explore how MEMS, quartz, and atomic timing technologies meet the demanding requirements of missile defense subsystems. We’ll detail the role of precision timing in mission-critical functions such as GNSS-denied inertial navigation, radar signal processing, encrypted communications, directed-energy targeting, and interceptor launch coordination. Attendees will learn the tradeoffs between oscillator types: from the rugged shock tolerance and SWaP efficiency of MEMS devices to the ultra-low phase noise of quartz for radar systems, to the long-term stability of atomic clocks for stationary assets.

The webinar will also highlight SiTime’s Endura™ MEMS timing solutions, engineered to perform under extreme shock, vibration, and temperature conditions. From missile and bomb fuzing to mobile launchers, airborne radar, and hypersonic platforms, Endura delivers the stability, holdover, and reliability that enable mission success in GPS-denied and high-kinetic scenarios.

Speaker

Ron Rotstein

Sr. Principal Engineer

SiTime

Ron Rotstein is a Sr. Principal Engineer in SiTime Aerospace, Automotive and Industrial business units. Ron boasts 40 years of experience in communication, wireless and GNSS/navigation systems focusing on precise clocking and clock compensation methods in GNSS and Navigation systems.

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