34 PCB007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2019
MilAero007 Highlights
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Announces Finalists for 9
th
Annual Hiring
Our Heroes Awards E
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation rec-
ognizes employers and individuals that have
gone above and beyond to hire, retain, and
empower our nation's veterans and military
spouses.
Cirrus Aircraft Introduces Autonomous
Flight With Safe Return Emergency
Autoland E
Cirrus Aircraft, the global leader in personal
aviation, has ushered in a new era of innova-
tion with the introduction of Safe Return™—a
revolutionary emergency autoland system that
enables passengers to land the Vision Jet™
with just the touch of a single button.
From the Hill: Technology and Reliability
Demands Drive Designers and
MIL-PRF-31032 Specification E
With the future demand for more and more
military electronics, certification to the PCB
MIL-PRF-31032 specification becomes a busi-
ness decision for many fabricators. Fluency in
the MIL-PRF-31032 language is a key first step
to understand the requirements and commu-
nicate with the DoD. Mike Hill defines many
terms related to this military specification that
you should review before informing the DoD
of your intent to certify.
Aquatic Rover Goes for a Drive
Under the Ice E
BRUIE, or the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice
Exploration, is being developed for underwa-
ter exploration in extraterrestrial, icy waters
by engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Labora-
tory in Pasadena, California.
BAE Systems to Innovate Electronic
Warfare Jamming Technology
for U.S. Army E
BAE Systems will create advanced radar jam-
ming technology that will improve air surviv-
ability and mission effectiveness for U.S. Army
rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial sys-
tems.
Communication, Part 6: The Importance
of Technology Fit E
In the final installment of this series on how
PCB fabricators and designers can better com-
municate, Bob Chandler from CA Design and
Mark Thompson from Prototron Circuits dis-
cuss the importance of "technology fit" and
how this concept impacts the synergy of the
two parties involved.
Lockheed Martin GPS Spatial Temporal
Anti-jam Receiver System to Be Integrated
in F-35 Modernization E
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a $25
million initial contract award for engineering
and manufacturing development for the GPS
Spatial Temporal Anti-Jam Receiver (GSTAR)
system that will be integrated into the F-35 as
part of its modernization phase, also known as
Block 4.
How NASA Is Helping Humans Reach the
Red Planet, Using GPUs E
A group of NASA scientists and engineers is
working with colleagues from Old Dominion
University and NVIDIA to simulate with un-
precedented accuracy the physics needed to
land the first manned Mars mission. To do so,
they're using the fastest supercomputer in the
world, the NVIDIA GPU-powered Summit sys-
tem at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
