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tors to what could have caused the reduction
in certified companies, including a decline in
the total military market, cost of certification,
and the number of military boards now built
to industry standards, to name a few.
NASA Supports 'Wild' Ideas to Bring
About New Space Tech
E
NASA has a wild side. In fact, the agency has
a program named NIAC that is dedicated to
nurturing visionary ideas that could trans-
form future NASA missions with the creation
of breakthroughs—radically better or entirely
new aerospace concepts.
BAE Systems' Advanced Typhoon
Delivered to the Royal Air Force
E
BAE Systems handed over the jet as work con-
tinues on delivering the capabilities required
to ensure Typhoon remains the operationally
effective backbone of the U.K.'s combat air
power.
How to Dismantle a Nuclear Bomb
E
How do weapons inspectors verify that a
nuclear bomb has been dismantled? An unset-
tling answer is that they don't, for the most
part. When countries sign arms reduction
pacts, they do not typically grant inspectors
complete access to their nuclear technologies,
for fear of giving away military secrets.
Fast-track to the Moon: NASA Opens Call
for Artemis Lunar Landers
E
NASA is seeking proposals for human lunar
landing systems designed and developed
by American companies for the Artemis
program, which includes sending the first
woman and next man to the surface of the
Moon by 2024.
Arlon EMD and U.S. Air Force Academy
Establish CRADA
E
Arlon EMD—a privately held, veteran-owned,
specialty laminate manufacturer—has entered
into an agreement with the United States
Air Force Academy to collaborate efforts in
researching and developing technology plat-
forms for electronic materials, resin systems,
and copper-clad laminate products.
Amphenol Invotec to Exhibit at
Space Tech Expo Europe
E
Amphenol Invotec will be showcasing its PCBs
alongside the extended range of intercon-
nect solutions available from Amphenol for
the space sector at Europe's largest B2B space
event—the Space Tech Expo in Bremen, Ger-
many, November 19–21, 2019.
Defense Speak Interpreted: Other
Transaction Authority
E
DIU grants contracts under a joint OTA and a
parallel process called commercial solutions
opening. Most of the five DIU focus areas
depend on electronics: artificial intelligence
(AI), autonomy, cyber, human systems, and
space. At the end of 2018, DIU had funded 104
contracts with a total value of $354 million and
brought in 87 non-traditional DoD vendors,
including 43 contracting with DoD for the first
time.
From the Hill: The Past 15 Years—
Changes to MIL-PRF-31032
Certification, Part 2
E
Part 1 of this column series introduced back-
ground information and data from changes in
military certification to MIL-PRF-31032 from
2003 to 2018. In this installment, Mike Hill pro-
vides an overview of the possible related fac-
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