100 PCB007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2019
MilAero007 Highlights
aviation providers has bought a DragonFly Pro
3D Printer.
Testing Todd: Confidence
in Inspection E
The job of third-party inspection is to provide
an unbiased review of the customer require-
ments versus the final product manufactured.
This inspection can include both physical and
functional criteria. Read on to understand the
growing acceptance and requirement of third-
party inspection in many areas of the manufac-
turing industry, including military, aerospace,
and medical.
Next-gen NASA Instrument Advanced
to Study the Atmospheres of Uranus
and Neptune E
Much has changed technologically since NA-
SA's Galileo mission dropped a probe into Ju-
piter's atmosphere to investigate, among other
things, the heat engine driving the gas giant's
atmospheric circulation. A NASA scientist and
his team at the Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Maryland, are taking advantage of
those advances to mature a smaller, more ca-
pable net flux radiometer.
DARPA Seeks to Make Scalable
On-chip Security Pervasive E
Program to focus on addressing the economic
and technical challenges associated with in-
corporating scalable defense mechanisms into
chip designs.
World's First Flight of Pioneering
"Lighter Than Air" UAV E
A new type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
has made a successful maiden flight thanks in
part to the expertise of engineers from the Uni-
versity of Southampton.
FTG to Acquire U.S.-based Circuit
Board Company E
Firan Technology Group Corporation has en-
tered into an agreement to acquire a U.S.-based
circuit board manufacturing company focused
on the aerospace and defense markets.
IPC's U.S. Export Control Compliance
Workshops E
Given the increased scrutiny the U.S. Govern-
ment is giving to all trade issues, IPC is encour-
aging the industry to ensure compliance with
all federal export rules, including those laid out
in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
(ITAR) and the Export Administration Regula-
tions (EAR).
NASA "Nose" the Importance of Humans,
Robots Exploring Together E
NASA is sending humans to the Moon, this
time to stay. Upcoming expeditions to the
Moon will require making every moment of as-
tronaut time outside the safety of the Gateway
in orbit and lunar lander system on the surface
count. Robotics will enable lunar crews to do
more while minimizing their risk.
NASA's Mars Helicopter Completes
Flight Tests E
Weighing no more than four pounds (1.8 ki-
lograms), the helicopter is a technology dem-
onstration project currently going through the
rigorous verification process certifying it for
Mars.
Defense Multinational Acquires
Nano Dimension Printer E
Nano Dimension, a leading additive electron-
ics provider, has announced that one of the
top 10 largest U.S.-based global defense and
