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HawkEye 360's Third Satellite Cluster
Begins Commercial Operations E
e third cluster of satellites launched by
HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's first commer-
cial company to pioneer radio frequency
(RF) data and analytics from space-based sat-
ellites, has achieved initial operating capability
and has begun to deliver RF data and insights
to clients.
Creation Technologies Completes
Acquisition of IEC Electronics E
Creation Technologies, an end-to-end, scal-
able global electronic manufacturing services
provider, announced that it has completed the
acquisition of IEC Electronics Corp.
Raytheon Missiles & Defense,
Northrop Grumman Successfully
Test Fire Hypersonic Weapon E
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon
Technologies business, in partnership with
Northrop Grumman, successfully completed
the first flight test of a scramjet-powered
Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept
(HAWC) for DARPA and the U.S. Air Force.
Celestica Partners with ECM to Bring
Patented Technology Solutions to
the Aerospace, Defense Market E
Celestica Inc., at the AUSA 2021 Exposition
announced it has partnered with ECM, a so-
ware and technology firm that is changing the
global electric motor and generator industries
to bring ECM's patented printed circuit board
stator solution to the Aerospace and Defense
(A&D) market.
Learn How to Avoid Solder Defects
With New Book Authored by Indium
Corporation E
e Printed Circuit Assembler's Guide to… Sol-
der Defects—the latest title in the I-007eBook
library—is specifically dedicated to educating
the printed circuit board assembly sector and
serves as a valuable resource for people seek-
ing the most relevant information available.
Circuit Chronicles: Effective Spokes
in the Wheel of QMS E
What is a quality management system (QMS)?
Over the years I've had it explained to me and
exposed to many different definitions and
forms of what a QMS is. By the way it wasn't
always called a quality management system,
and not many of those seemed to stick.
U.S. Defense Department Awards
$8.9 Million for Further R&D on
Lead-Free Electronics in Aerospace
and Defense Sectors E
e U.S. Defense Department (DoD) is tak-
ing another step toward understanding and
embracing the use of lead-free electronics in
high-performance defense areas by allocating
another round of funding to a public-private
research effort.
Boeing's Latest 737-9 ecoDemonstrator
Testing Crane A&Es New Long-range
Sensing
E
Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of
Crane Co., has been selected to feature its new
Long-Range Wireless Tire Pressure Sensors on
Boeing's 2021 737-9 ecoDemonstrator program.
