30 SMT Magazine • August 2014
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30 SMT Magazine • August 2014
sparton Earns Raytheon 5-star supplier
Excellence award
Sparton Corporation was recognized for their out-
standing performance as a supplier to Raytheon
integrated Defense Systems (iDS) at the Supplier
Excellence Conference held in Waltham, Massa-
chusetts on June 4, 2014.
tt Electronics-IMs Earns Nadcap
accreditation
With the recent certification in its Perry, ohio
operation, the company has achieved Nadcap
accreditation in its factories across Europe, asia,
and North america. The Nadcap accreditation
has been awarded in the category of Electron
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ics—AC7120, for printed circuit board assembly,
strengthening its commitment to the growing
aerospace market.
Modernization Drives Man-portable
Military Electronics Market
The global man-portable military electronics mar-
ket is expected to grow at a CagR of 3.8% during
the forecast period from 2013–2019 to reach a
market size of uS $19,674.5 million by 2019.
$12.6B Market for Battlefield
Management systems by 2019
land-based bMS has the highest CAgr across the
three platforms and will account for 80.33% of
the market size during the forecast period. There
will be an increasing demand in command and
control (C2), soldier modernization, and armored
vehicles.
DoD spending Driven by geospatial
tech Innovation
The DoD is leveraging innovations in geospatial
technologies to ensure commanders at every lev-
el have a deeper understanding of evolving op-
erational environments. "after engineering and
integration, improvements in dissemination and
targeting will command the most attention, with
spending in 2018 likely to stand at $712.6 million
and $579.4 million, respectively," said industry
analyst John Hernandez.
Power gaN Market to see 80%
CagR through 2020
overall, 2020 could see an estimated device mar-
ket size of almost $600 million, leading to approxi-
mately 580,000 x 6 wafers to be processed. ramp-
up will be quite impressive starting in 2016, at an
estimated 80% CagR through 2020, based upon
a scenario where Ev/HEv begins adopting gaN in
2018–2019.
global Commercial satellite Imaging
Market Forecast
This report analyzes the commercial satellite imag-
ing market on a global basis, with further break-
down into various sub-segments. it provides thor-
ough analysis and market growth forecast of the
global commercial satellite imaging market, based
on its applications, end-use industry, and geogra-
phy for the period from 2013–2019.
Passive Radars gain Popularity in
aviation sectors
This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Ra-
dars in uS$ million by the following end-use Seg-
ments: land based Surveillance, Air Defense Sur-
veillance, naval Surveillance, and others.
aPI technologies Lands amplifier
Orders from u.s. DoD
aPI Technologies has received a new order to sup-
ply high-power amplifier systems as part of a DoD
maritime requirement.
Nasa Launches Mission to Monitor
Earth's Breathing
nASA's orbiting Carbon observatory-2 (oCo-
2) aims to locate earth's sources of and storage
places for atmospheric carbon dioxide, the lead-
ing human-produced greenhouse gas responsible
for warming our world and a critical component of
the planet's carbon cycle.
