62 The PCB Design Magazine • April 2016
Robots: Eliminating the First Contact
with an Enemy Force
"We should be thinking about having a robotic
vanguard, particularly for maneuver formations,"
said Dr. Bob Sadowski. "There's no reason why the
first contact with an enemy force should be with
a man-platform, because it means that platform is
at the greatest risk."
PNC Purchases Universal Pick
and Place Equipment
Sam Sangani, president and owner of PnC, has
announced that his company recently added a
new Universal pick and place machine, model
Genesis GI-07, to its fast-growing assembly de-
partment.
Configurable Analog Chip Computes
with 1,000x Less Power than Digital
Researchers have built and demonstrated a novel
configurable computing device that uses 1000x
less electrical power—and can be built up to 100
times smaller—than comparable digital floating-
gate configurable devices currently in use.
IPC APEX EXPO 2016: Glenn Oliver
on His IPC "Best Paper" on
High-Frequency Materials
Glenn Oliver of DuPont discusses his award-win-
ning paper, "Round Robin of High-Frequency Test
Methods by IPC-D24C Task Group." Co-authors
include Jonathan Weldon of DuPont, John Andre-
sakis of Park electrochemical, Chudy nwachukwu
of Isola, John Coonrod of Rogers Corporation,
David l. Wynants of Taconic Advanced Dielectric
Division, and Don DeGroot of Connected Com-
munity networks.
Harris Signs Definitive Agreement
to Sell Aerostructures Business
Harris Corporation and Albany International Corp.
today announced a definitive agreement under
which Albany International will acquire Harris'
aerostructures business for an enterprise value of
$210 million, including $187 million in cash at
closing and the assumption of a $23 million capi-
talized lease.
FTG Circuits Qualified to
MIL-PRF-31032
The FTG Circuits, Chatsworth, California facility has
been qualified to the Department of Defense per-
formance specification MIl-PRF-31032/3 (flexible
printed wiring boards) and MIl-PRF-31032/4 (flex-
rigid printed wiring boards).
API Technologies to be Acquired
by PE Firm
API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of
high-performance RF, microwave, millimeter-
wave, power, and security solutions, announced
a definitive agreement providing for the compa-
ny to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity
firm J. F. lehman & Company (JFlCO), which
specializes in the aerospace, maritime and de-
fense industries.
PCi Purchases Polar CITS880s Controlled
Impedance Tester
Rigid flex circuit board manufacturer, Printed Cir-
cuits Inc., purchased a CITS880 controlled imped-
ance tester from Polar Instruments. Polar Instru-
ments' software and testing equipment is the most
popular solution in the PWB manufacturing indus-
try for predicting and verifying controlled imped-
ance circuits in circuit boards.
BAE Systems, Shengyi Receive IPC
Corporate Recognition Awards
IPC – Association Connecting electronics Indus-
tries bestowed its highest corporate honors to
two member companies, BAe Systems and Shen-
gyi Technology Co. ltd. During a luncheon at IPC
APeX eXPO, the IPC Stan Plzak Corporate Recogni-
tion Award was presented to BAe Systems and the
IPC Peter Sarmanian Corporate Recognition Award
to Shengyi Technology Co. ltd.
PrecisionHawk Explores Extreme-Weather
Testing of Drones at ACE
PrecisionHawk has successfully completed the
world's first extreme-weather testing of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the ACe climatic wind tun-
nel at the University of Ontario Institute of Technol-
ogy (UOIT).
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