54 PCB007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2020
What It Takes to Be a Milaero
Supplier, Part 3 E
The decision to pursue military and aerospace
certification impacts every facet of the organi-
zation, and not every shop is prepared to make
this transformation. In Part 3, Anaya Vardya
explores what it takes to be a milaero supplier
in the areas of purchasing and quality.
ACE Wins JPL's First-Ever Customer
Appreciation Plaque E
James Hofer, general manager of Accurate
Circuit Engineering, recently spoke to I-Con-
nect007 about a customer appreciation plaque
the company was awarded from JPL for their
work on NASA's Integrated Solar Array and
Integrated Solar Array and Reflectarray An-
tenna (ISARA). James talks about some of
the challenges of the project and the role ACE
played in developing the ISARA that is now
orbiting the Earth.
Murrietta Circuits Appoints
Kevin McCartney Business
Development Manager E
Andrew Murrietta, CEO and co-owner of Mur-
rietta Circuits, announced that his company
appointed Kevin McCartney to the position of
business development manager.
BAE Systems Wins DARPA Contract
to Develop Machine Learning Analytics
as a Service for Constant Global
Situational Awareness E
BAE Systems aims to develop machine learn-
ing analytics as a service—a first-of-its-kind,
cloud-based model for the government—that
can leverage commercial and open-source da-
ta to deliver constant worldwide situational
awareness for a diverse range of challenges.
SMTA Europe's Electronics in Harsh
Environments Conference and Exhibition:
A Taste of Things to Come E
SMTA Europe's Electronics in Harsh Environ-
ments Conference has become a must-attend
annual event; unfortunately, it also became
another casualty of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Originally scheduled to take place in Amster-
dam in April, it has now been postponed until
December 1–3. Pete Starkey reports on a pre-
view seminar presented by SMTA Europe.
Dominate the Electromagnetic Spectrum:
Lockheed Martin Cyber/Electronic
Warfare System Moves Into Next Phase
of Development E
The Consortium Management Group (CMG)/
Consortium for Command, Control and Com-
munications in Cyberspace (C5), on behalf
of the U.S. Army, awarded Lockheed Martin
[NYSE:LMT] a Project Agreement to move
into the second phase of development for the
"Air Large" component of its Multi-Function
Electronic Warfare (MFEW) family of systems
program.
Defense Speak Interpreted: Why Is
Defense Hyper Over Hypersonics? E
Perhaps you have noticed that the term "hy-
personics" is now a buzz phrase in a big part
of the Department of Defense research effort.
What does hypersonic mean, and why is so
much work needed in this weapons field? Den-
nis Fritz explains.
Lone Star Circuits Inc. Recognized by
Raytheon With 4-Star Honors E
Lone Star Circuits Inc. was one of 86 compa-
nies recognized by Raytheon's Integrated De-
fense Systems business for 4-Star honors.
