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Raytheon Facility Earns First True Platinum
Zero Waste Certification in Texas E
Raytheon Company earned the first TRUE Plati-
num Zero Waste certification in Texas for its ad-
vanced manufacturing center in McKinney. The
site earned the designation for its innovations in
resource management and waste reduction.
Rockwell Automation Strengthens
Control and Visualization Portfolio
With Acquisition of ASEM E
Rockwell Automation Inc. announced it signed
an agreement to acquire Italy-based ASEM,
S.p.A., a leading provider of digital automation
technologies. ASEM provides a complete range
of industrial PCs, human-machine Interface
hardware and software, remote access capabili-
ties, and secure Industrial IoT gateway solutions.
IPC Issues Call for Participation for
IPC E-TEXTILES 2020 E
IPC invites innovators, technologists, materials
suppliers, electrical engineers, and academicians
to submit technical conference abstracts for IPC
E-TEXTILES 2020 to be held September 29–30,
2020, at the University of Minnesota Coffman
Memorial Union in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
DARPA Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne to
Develop Propulsion Technology for the
Hypersonic Defense Program Glide Breaker E
Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a con-
tract worth up to $19.6 million by the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
to develop enabling technologies for an ad-
vanced hypersonic defense interceptor known
as Glide Breaker.
Sypris Wins Contract With BAE Systems E
Sypris Electronics LLC, a subsidiary of Sypris
Solutions Inc., announced that it has recently
received a contract award from BAE Systems'
Electronic Systems sector to manufacture and
test electronic power supply modules for a
large mission-critical military program. Pro-
duction will begin in 2020. The terms of the
agreement were not disclosed.
Flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
5G Mobile Platform Powers the
Samsung Galaxy S20 Series E
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. announced that
its latest flagship Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 865
5G Mobile Platform is powering Samsung Elec-
tronics Co. Ltd.'s latest and most cutting-edge
smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S20 series
(S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra), for select regions.
Bell Boeing Delivers First V-22 for
U.S. Navy's Aircraft Carriers E
Boeing and Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc.
company, delivered the first CMV-22B Osprey,
which is the V-22 variant the U.S. Navy will
use for transporting personnel and cargo to
aircraft carriers at sea.
Meet Six Smart Robots at GTC 2020 E
The GPU Technology Conference is like a new
Star Wars movie. There are always cool new ro-
bots scurrying about. This year's event in San
Jose, March 22–26, is no exception, with at least
six autonomous machines expected on the show
floor. Like C3PO and BB8, each one is different.
Ground-breaking Solar Powered
Unmanned Aircraft Makes First Flight E
PHASA-35, a 35m wingspan solar-electric air-
craft, has successfully completed its maiden
flight. The landmark flight paves the way to
this new aircraft becoming a game-changer
in the air and space market, plugging the gap
between aircraft and satellite technology.
