86 PCB007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2022
Calumet Electronics Chooses Fully
Automated atg A9a Flying Probe
for High-Speed Electrical Test E
atg Luther & Maelzer GmbH confirms delivery
of high-speed bare board testing technology
to PCB fabricator Calumet Electronics, in
Calumet, MI.
The Reality of Regulated Manufacturing E
Nolan Johnson speaks with Ryan Bonner, CEO
of DEFCERT, about government regulations
for data and cybersecurity. A key component
of moving to a digital factory will be to ensure
security of the data required to operate a dig-
ital factory, and most importantly, customer
design data.
Ultra and Sparton JV (ERAPSCO)
Awarded $11.6M for U.S. Navy
Production Contract E
Ultra Electronics Holdings plc (ULE) and
Sparton DLS, LLC announce the award of a
contract valued at $11.6 million to their ERAP-
SCO joint venture, against the $222 million
competitive Indefinite Delivery Indefinite
Quantity (IDIQ) production contract for the
manufacture of next-generation sonobuoys for
the United States Navy.
Boeing, AWS Join Forces to Transform
Aerospace Design and Manufacturing E
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Ama-
zon.com, Inc. company, and Boeing announced
an expanded relationship that extends the
aerospace leader's existing cloud operations
and streamlines Boeing's approach to cloud
computing.
The Government Circuit:
Robust U.S. Electronics Industry
in Everyone's Interest E
I've been saying for months that decisions
made in 2022 will be critical to the future of
electronics manufacturing for years to come.
Aer years of government policy neglect, we
have unprecedented opportunities to make
things better and position the industry for
long-term success. But we certainly cannot
take this progress for granted; we must pull
together and work for it.
Standard of Excellence:
From Adversaries to Collaborators—
Let's Do This Together E
Because of the results of the pandemic, we are
experiencing shortages like we have never faced
in our lifetime. erefore, it is more impor-
tant than ever that we all work together—and
I really do mean all of us. ose of us who fab-
ricate PCBs must open our minds and doors
to the idea of working together. Where for so
many years we competed to the point of treat-
ing one another as adversaries, we now must
come together to form a cohesive partnership.
Elbit Systems UK JV Introduces
Sustainable Aviation Pathfinder
for Ministry of Defence E
Elbit Systems UK and KBR Inc's joint ven-
ture, Affinity Flying Training Services Ltd
(Affinity), has embarked on a series of battery-
powered flight tests for the UK Ministry
of Defence to assess the feasibility of envi-
ronmentally friendly alternatives to current
military aircra.
