72 SMT Magazine • February 2014
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72 SMT Magazine • February 2014
Ducommun appoints Joel H. benkie
President
The company's board of directors has unani-
mously elected Joel h. benkie, currently executive
vice president and chief operating officer, to the
position of president, effective January 1, 2014.
As president, he will succeed Anthony J. reardon,
who will continue as chairman and CEo.
DOD releases 2013 unmanned Systems
Integrated roadmap
"The 2013 Unmanned Systems Integrated
roadmap articulates a vision and strategy for the
continued development, production, test, train-
ing, operation, and sustainment of unmanned sys-
tems technology across DoD," said Dyke weath-
erington, the director of the unmanned warfare
and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
office at the Pentagon.
Kitron Secures Contract from Cassidian
Kitron has received the first orders from Cas-
sidian optronics gmbh, a worldwide leader in op-
tronic defense and security solutions. The orders
cover prototype production of power supply units
for one of Cassidian optronic's target acquisition
systems.
Orbit's Power Group COTS Division
Nets New Order
orbit International Corporation, an electron-
ics manufacturer and software solutions provid-
er, announced that its Power group, through its
behlman Electronics, Inc. subsidiary, has received
a new order valued in excess of $695,000 for its
CoTS division.
report Outlines Declines in Defense
Spending
The decline of defense spending will likely
force new revenue streams for the aerospace and
defense industry that may include innovations in
intelligence, precision strike technologies, and cy-
ber security. "It is anticipated that global revenues
for the defense sector will track to similar levels as
in the past two years, particularly in the U.S. and
Europe," said Tom Captain, DTTl global Aero-
space and Defense Sector leader.
Total Market for electric uaVs to Top
$1b by 2023
The total market value for electric unmanned
aerial vehicles will reach over one billion dollars by
2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx
report, "Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
2013-2023."
Global electronic Warfare Market to
reach $12.15b in 2014
research and Markets has announced the ad-
dition of the Electronic warfare Market Forecast
Analysis (2014–2020) report to their offerings. The
global electronic warfare market is estimated to be
$12.15 billion in 2014 and is expected to register
a CAgr of 4.50% to reach $15.59 billion by 2020.
Perimeter Security Market to reach
$17.7 billion by 2018
The report, "Perimeter Security Market [by
System (Intrusion Detection Sensor, Video Surveil-
lance, Communication/Alarm and Notification,
Access Control System), by Deployment (Fence
Mounted, buried, open Area)]—worldwide Mar-
ket Forecasts and Analysis (2013-2018)," defines
and segments the global perimeter security market
into various sub-segments with in-depth analysis.
Non-lethal Weapons Market to Grow
at CaGr of 5.22%
The analysts forecast the global non-lethal
weapons market to grow at a CAgr of 5.22% over
the period 2014-2018. one of the key factors con-
tributing to this market growth is the increase in
global defense budget.
Global Dimensional Metrology Market
in aerospace Industry
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, "Assess-
ment of the global Dimensional Metrology Market
in the Aerospace Industry," finds that the market
earned revenue of $482.9 million in 2012 and es-
timates this to reach $592.1 million in 2017.
