52 SMT007 MAGAZINE I AUGUST 2020
Cyberattack! Think It Couldn't Happen
to You? Think Again!
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Eric Cormier and Dave Ryder of Prototron
address the ransomware attack that locked
them out of their system last December, bring-
ing business to a screeching halt and forcing
them into the arduous process of a full rebuild.
With things finally starting to normalize, Eric
and Dave now offer precautionary advice
they've accumulated over the past six months.
Murrietta Circuits Appoints Alliam LLC to
Cover Sales in South-Central U.S.
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Andrew Murrietta, CEO and co- owner of Mur-
rietta Circuits, announced that his company
appointed the sales firm Alliam LLC to handle
Murrietta's sales in the South-Central United
States.
Northrop Grumman Awards Contracts
to Kitron
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has awarded
Kitron a contract for the production of Inte-
grated Communications, Navigation, and
Identification (ICNI) modules for the F-35
Lightning II program. Deliveries will secure
a backlog into 2021 and have a total value of
more than USD 18 million.
NEOTech Partners with Numerica
Corporation for the Air Defense Market
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NEOTech—a provider of manufacturing technol-
ogy and supply chain solutions for brand-name
OEMs in the industrial, medical, and mil/aero
markets—is thrilled to announce a new partner-
ship with Numerica Corporation—a company
that continues building on two decades of expe-
rience developing and deploying sophisticated
algorithms and software for some of the nation's
most critical air and missile defense programs.
IPC: Shawn DuBravac and Chris Mitchell
on USMCA
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On July 1, 2020, the USMCA trade act (United
States-Mexico-Canada Act) phased in as a trade
agreement guiding economic trade and growth
in North America. Nolan Johnson spoke with
both Shawn DuBravac, IPC's chief economist,
and Chris Mitchell, IPC's vice president of
global government affairs and an I-Connect007
columnist, about the impact of USMCA on
North American electronics manufacturing.
Understanding MIL-PRF-31032, Part 1
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Over the course of this series, Anaya Vardya
will discuss topics such as MIL-PRF-31032
requirements, the quality plan, responsibilities
of the Technical Review Board (TRB), and the
testing and reporting requirements for the cer-
tified shop into the DLA.
This Month in Design007 Magazine:
When Working Remotely, Cybersecurity
Is a Necessity
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When we started planning this issue on work-
ing remotely, we knew we'd have to speak with
Stephen V. Chavez, chairman of the Printed
Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA). We
recently asked Steph to discuss some of the
security measures that his company employs
and what his experience has been like since he
began working out of his Arizona home office
full-time several months ago.
Defense Speak Interpreted: DMEA
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A June 17 article announced a supply chain
award of $10.7 billion to eight defense compa-
nies for semiconductors. Dennis Fritz explains
how the Defense Microelectronics Agency
(DMEA) administers this contract and keeps
the technology secure.
