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Virgin Orbit Aces Second Launch Demos
and Deploys NASA Payloads
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Virgin Orbit, the California-based satellite
launch company, confirmed that its Launche-
rOne rocket reached space during the com-
pany's second launch demonstration, success-
fully deploying 10 payloads for NASA's Launch
Services Program (LSP).
Sikorsky-Boeing Team Reveals Advanced
Assault Helicopter Designed to
Revolutionize U.S. Army Capabilities
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Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, and
Boeing have released details of their advanced
helicopter for the U.S. Army's Future Long-
Range Assault Aircra competition, known as
FLRAA.
Defense Speak Interpreted:
So, What's a JADC2?
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e term JADC2 was prevalent in the late 2020
debate about the National Defense Autho-
rization Act. It is a new way defense is using
electronics to shape battle strategy. JADC2 is
Defense Speak for "Joint All Domain Com-
mand and Control." Sounds impressive,
doesn't it? But what does that mean?
Ventec UK Continues to Maintain Highest
AS9100 D Quality Compliance
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Ventec International Group Co., Ltd. is pleased
to announce that the company's European head-
quarters in Leamington Spa, UK, continues to
maintain highest AS9100 Revision D compli-
ance in accordance with the Aerospace Supplier
Quality System Certification Scheme following
successful completion of its surveillance audit.
Catching up With Nano Dimension
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Dan Feinberg spoke with Valentin Storz, Nano
Dimension's general manager of EMEA and
director of marketing, about how the pan-
demic has affected their business this past year
and what they have planned moving forward.
Wild River ISI-56 Platform Accelerates
SerDes Testing
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We recently spoke with Al Neves, founder
and CTO of Wild River Technology, about
the release of their new ISI-56 loss modeling
platform. Al explains why it is so critical that
this tool meets the stringent requirements of
the IEEE P370 specification (which he helped
develop).
USPAE Launches $42M DoD Consortium
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e I-Connect007 editorial team recently
interviewed Chris Peters, Kevin Sweeney
and Shane Whiteside, members of the U.S.
Partnership for Assured Electronics, about
the award the association received from the
Department of Defense to create the Defense
Electronics Consortium. In this conversation,
they discuss the objectives of the consortium,
which was created to help the government
identify and address potential risks in the elec-
tronics industry.
IPC Applauds U.S. Defense Department
for Establishing New Defense
Electronics Consortium
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IPC, the global association of electronics man-
ufacturers, is applauding the U.S. Depart-
ment of Defense (DoD) for establishing a new
Defense Electronics Consortium (DEC).
