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production and delivery for up to 398 F-35s for
$30 billion, including U.S., international part-
ners and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) aircra
in Lots 15 and 16, with the option for Lot 17.
MBDA, BAE Systems Hägglunds
Demonstrate AKERON and
CV90 Firepower E
MBDA's AKERON MP missile has been fired
from the BAE Systems Hägglunds CV90 infan-
try combat vehicle at a test range in Northern
Sweden, in the presence of representatives of
the Swedish Armed Forces.
Durability and Cost Benefits Drive
Mil-Aero Demand for OCPP E
Ceramic packages were, for many years, the
option of choice for semiconductor prototype
assembly, particularly in military-aerospace
applications. ey can withstand high temper-
atures and can be hermetically sealed. How-
ever, they can be costly and, while they allow for
rapid assembly of first samples, the final product
is typically a plastic package, so the ceramic pro-
totype doesn't offer an accurate representation.
Heart Aerospace Selects Siemens
Xcelerator for New Electric Airplane E
Electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace has
selected Capital from the Siemens Xcelera-
tor portfolio to support its E/E system design,
development, and certification of zero emis-
sion electric aircra. e Capital tool's strong
compliance functionality can help Heart Aero-
space to leverage automation and digital data
continuity to facilitate faster regulatory com-
pliance. is was a key reason for selecting
Capital soware from Siemens.
DARPA Kicks Off JUMP 2.0 Consortium
Aimed at Microelectronics Revolution E
DARPA, along with the Semiconductor
Research Corporation (SRC) and industry
and academic stakeholders, is kicking off the
Joint University Microelectronics Program
2.0 ( JUMP 2.0). e SRC-led effort expands
on the original JUMP collaboration aimed at
accelerating U.S. advances in information and
communications technologies.
Northrop Grumman, NASA to Shape
Future Integration of Uncrewed
Autonomous Systems E
Northrop Grumman Corporation is collabo-
rating with NASA to develop and test solutions
for integrating large, uncrewed aircra systems
into the National Airspace System (NAS). e
effort will focus on air cargo operations and is
part of NASA's Air Traffic Management-eXplo-
ration (ATM-X) Pathfinding for Airspace with
Autonomous Vehicles (PAAV) subproject
Happy's Tech Talk #15:
Printed Electronics Using Flex E
e printed electronics sector is presently
an area of great interest to many in the elec-
tronics manufacturing industry. Because of
their incredible utility, printed electronics are
poised to generate tens of billions of dollars in
the coming years.
Pentagon, Lockheed Martin Finalize
Lot 15-17 Agreement, Capping A Year
of International Growth E
e F-35 Joint Program Office and Lock-
heed Martin have finalized the contract for the
