AUGUST 2020 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 93
Defense Speak Interpreted: DMEA E
A June 17 article announced a supply chain
award of $10.7 billion to eight defense compa-
nies for semiconductors. Dennis Fritz explains
how the Defense Microelectronics Agency
(DMEA) administers this contract and keeps
the technology secure.
Understanding MIL-PRF-31032, Part 1 E
Over the course of this series, Anaya Vardya
will discuss topics such as MIL-PRF-31032
requirements, the quality plan, responsibilities
of the Technical Review Board (TRB), and the
testing and reporting requirements for the cer-
tified shop into the DLA.
Cyberattack! Think It Couldn't Happen
To You? Think Again! E
Eric Cormier and Dave Ryder of Prototron
address the ransomware attack that locked
them out of their system last December, bring-
ing business to a screeching halt and forcing
them into the arduous process of a full rebuild.
With things finally starting to normalize, Eric
and Dave now offer precautionary advice
they've accumulated over the past six months.
Lockheed Martin Chooses Austin American
Technology for Cleaning Needs E
Austin American Technology announced its
newest machine sale to Lockheed Martin, which
purchased an X30-A Vertical Format Batch
Cleaning System.
Sparton Corporation Sells Its
Manufacturing & Design Services
Business to One Equity Partners E
Sparton Corporation, a provider of engineered
products for the defense industry, entered into
a definitive agreement to sell its contract man-
ufacturing unit, Manufacturing & Design Ser-
vices, to One Equity Partners, a middle-market
private equity firm.
Book Excerpt: Thermal Management With
Insulated Metal Substrates, Part 3 E
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 3 of
The Printed Circuit Designer's Guide to... Ther-
mal Management With Insulated Metal Sub-
strates written by Ventec International Group's
Didier Mauve and Ian Mayoh. In this free
eBook, the authors provide PCB designers with
the essential information required to under-
stand the thermal, electrical, and mechanical
characteristics of insulated metal substrate
laminates.
IPC: Shawn DuBravac and
Chris Mitchell on USMCA E
On July 1, 2020, the USMCA trade act (United
States-Mexico-Canada Act) phased in as a trade
agreement guiding economic trade and growth
in North America. Nolan Johnson spoke with
both Shawn DuBravac, IPC's chief economist,
and Chris Mitchell, IPC's vice president of
global government affairs and an I-Connect007
columnist, about the impact of USMCA on
North American electronics manufacturing.
Synopsys Awarded DARPA Contract for
Automatic Implementation of Secure
Silicon Program E
Synopsys Inc. announced that the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
selected Synopsys as a prime contractor for the
Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon
(AISS) program. The program's goal is to auto-
mate the inclusion of scalable hardware secu-
rity mechanisms in IP and system-on-chips
(SoCs) to explore security versus other design
trade-offs.
