32 PCB007 MAGAZINE I FEBRUARY 2023
Northrop Grumman, NASA to Shape
Future Integration of Uncrewed
Autonomous Systems E
Northrop Grumman Corporation is collabo-
rating with NASA to develop and test solutions
for integrating large, uncrewed aircra systems
into the National Airspace System (NAS).
IPC Welcomes New Director of North
American Government Relations E
IPC announces the addition of Jeffrey Gold-
berg as director of North American govern-
ment relations to its staff at IPC's offices in
Washington, D.C. In this role, Goldberg will
help lead IPC's federal advocacy work in col-
laboration with IPC's Government Relations
Committee and IPC's Vice President of Global
Government Relations Chris Mitchell.
Heart Aerospace Selects Siemens
Xcelerator for New Electric Airplane E
Electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace has
selected Capital from the Siemens Xcelera-
tor portfolio to support its E/E system design,
development, and certification of zero emis-
sion electric aircra. As part of the extensive
electrification in these aircra, Heart Aero-
space must address the complexity of the Elec-
trical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS)
while also addressing electrical system compli-
ance risk.
Raytheon Intelligence & Space Awarded
Missile Track Custody Development
Contract E
Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been
awarded a prime contract to develop a proto-
type Missile Track Custody system for the U.S.
Space Force. MTC is the service's first Medium
Earth Orbit missile tracking system.
U.S., Japan Sign Space Collaboration
Agreement at NASA Headquarters E
During an event hosted by NASA Administra-
tor Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam
Melroy at the agency's headquarters in Wash-
ington Friday, representatives from the United
States and Japan gathered to sign an agree-
ment that builds on a long history of collabo-
ration in space exploration between the two
nations. Known as the "Framework Agreement
Between the Government of Japan and the
Government of the United States of America
for Cooperation in Space Exploration and Use
of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other
Celestial Bodies, For Peaceful Purposes."
Satcom Direct Installs Prototype
Terminal for Inmarsat's Jet ConneX
Inflight Broadband Service E
Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions
provider, has completed the installation of the
first Plane Simple Ka-band antenna on the
company's SD Gulfstream G550.
DARPA Kicks Off JUMP 2.0 Consortium
Aimed at Microelectronics Revolution E
DARPA, along with the Semiconductor
Research Corporation (SRC) and industry
and academic stakeholders, is kicking off the
Joint University Microelectronics Program
2.0 ( JUMP 2.0). e SRC-led effort expands
on the original JUMP collaboration aimed at
accelerating U.S. advances in information and
communications technologies.
