58 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I MARCH 2021
USPAE Launches $42M
DoD Consortium E
e I-Connect007 editorial team recently
interviewed Chris Peters, Kevin Sweeney and
Shane Whiteside, members of the U.S. Partner-
ship for Assured Electronics (USPAE), 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.
Defense Speak Interpreted:
So, What's a JADC2? E
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 Command
and Control." Sounds impressive, doesn't it,
but what does that mean?
X-Rayted Files: The Dark Side of the
Chip Shortage—Counterfeits E
It's February 2021, and as the world slowly
recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic,
another problem plagues the global economy:
the electronic component shortage. What
some economists have deemed to be a decade
of immense prosperity and growth, the "roar-
ing '20s" started with a hiccup.
Ventec UK Continues to Maintain Highest
AS9100 D Quality Compliance E
Ventec International Group Co., Ltd. is pleased
to announce that the company's European
headquarters in Leamington Spa, UK contin-
ues to maintain highest AS9100 Revision D
compliance in accordance with the Aerospace
Supplier Quality System Certification Scheme
following successful completion of its surveil-
lance audit.
Zero Defects International Renews
ITAR Registration E
Zero Defects International [ZDI] has recently
received notice of compliance with and
renewed registration for ITAR, the Interna-
tional Traffic in Arms Regulations.
New Defense Electronics Group Invites
Industry Participation E
e U.S. Partnership for Assured Electronics is
inviting electronics manufacturers and related
companies to participate in its programs, high-
lighting the opportunities to collaborate with
industry peers and the U.S. government. e
USPAE was established in 2020 with a mis-
sion of ensuring the U.S. government (USG)
has access to resilient and trusted electronics
supply chains. e USG has many electronics
needs, especially for defense- and security-
related missions, and the USPAE is lining up
funding and collaboration opportunities to
address those needs.
L3Harris Technologies' Darkwing
Terminal Certified to Operate on
Inmarsat's Global Xpress Network E
L3Harris Technologies' DarkWing terminal has
received Category 1 and Category 4 approval
to operate on Inmarsat's Global Xpress (GX)
network in both commercial and military Ka
(Mil Ka) globally.
