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times test points are le as an aerthought and
squeezed/pushed into a design aer PCB lay-
out is "complete," signal integrity analysis is
"done," and all but the final design review re-
mains. Now, let's see what we can do to effec-
tively place test points in our CCAs.
Key Tronic Reports Results for Q3 Fiscal
Year 2021, New Program Win E
Key Tronic Corporation, a provider of elec-
tronic manufacturing services, announced its
results for the quarter ended April 3, 2021. Re-
porting the results for the third quarter of fiscal
2021 was delayed until the Audit Committee of
the company's board of directors completed its
previously announced internal investigation.
Ducommun, an Airbus Detail Parts
Partner, Awarded Multi-Year Contract E
Ducommun Incorporated, a global supplier of
innovative electronic and structural solutions
for the aerospace and defense industry, an-
nounced that it has been recognized as an Air-
bus Detail Parts Partner (D2P) and awarded a
long-term, five-year contract to provide a ti-
tanium work package for key products on the
A320 and A330 programs.
NASA's Self-Driving Perseverance
Mars Rover 'Takes the Wheel' E
NASA's newest six-wheeled robot on Mars, the
Perseverance rover, is beginning an epic jour-
ney across a crater floor seeking signs of an-
cient life. at means the rover team is deep-
ly engaged with planning navigation routes,
draing instructions to be beamed up, even
donning special 3D glasses to help map their
course.
Defense Speak Interpreted:
POM—Explaining the Process for
Defense Budgeting E
Anyone hanging around Defense programs
will have surely heard of the term "POM."
Most of the connotations I have heard say that
if you have a POM or will get "POM'd," your
program is "skating on solid ice." at led me
to infer that if you were in the POM, your pro-
gram was established. But why and how?
Coalition Calls on Congress to Invest in
Domestic Semiconductor Manufacturing,
Research, Design E
e Semiconductor Industry Association—
along with a broad coalition of 19 other tech,
auto, medical, defense, and other business and
labor groups—in a letter urged Congress to en-
act funding for the semiconductor manufac-
turing, research, and design initiatives autho-
rized in the "Creating Helpful Incentives for
the Production of Semiconductors" (CHIPS)
for America Act.
Mars Rover Mission Only Just Beginning
One Year After its Launch E
Of all the exciting aspects a space mission en-
tails for a planetary scientist who makes a liv-
ing studying the outer limits, it's still the launch
from ground zero that gets Briony Horgan's
heart-pounding the most.
Adventures in Engineering:
Test Points—The Other Side E
In many instances test points are a critical part
of the process for launching, producing, and
maintaining a successful product. Sadly, many
