60 PCB007 MAGAZINE I JULY 2023
Raytheon Technologies Delivers
Fourth Combat-ready Laser Weapon
to U.S. Air Force E
Last fall, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Manage-
ment Center and Raytheon Technologies suc-
cessfully tested the Air Force's first palletized
high-energy laser weapon during four days of
continuous live-fire exercises at White Sands
Missile Range in New Mexico.
BAE Systems Unveils NavGuide
GPS Receiver E
At the Joint Navigation Conference in San Diego,
BAE Systems unveiled NavGuide, a next-gener-
ation Assured-Positioning, Navigation and Tim-
ing (A-PNT) device featuring M-Code Global
Positioning System (GPS) technology.
AT&S Wins the Airbus Avionics Supplier
Award for 'Best Improvement Project' E
AT&S's long-standing customer, Airbus Avi-
onics, chose AT&S's copper recycling project
"AERIS" as best improvement project at the 1st
Airbus Avionics Supplier Day in Toulouse.
Altium 365 GovCloud Offers
Increased Security E
Altium recently launched Altium 365 Gov-
Cloud, a dedicated platform accessible only
to—and managed solely by—U.S. persons. e
company says that GovCloud can help cus-
tomers to be in comply with ITAR, EAR, and
other requirements. I spoke with Bruno Bla-
sigh, director of Cloud Security for Altium 365,
about the new platform, how it functions, and
how GovCloud can help to keep foreign enti-
ties from accessing your data.
Lockheed Martin, GlobalFoundries
Collaborate to Advance Innovation
and Resiliency of Chips for
National Security E
Lockheed Martin and GlobalFoundries (GF)
announced a strategic collaboration to advance
U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and innova-
tion and to increase the security, reliability, and
resiliency of domestic supply chains for national
security systems. e collaboration between
Lockheed Martin and GF directly supports the
CHIPS and Science Act's objectives of increas-
ing traceability, provenance, and onshore pro-
duction of critical semiconductor technologies
to strengthen national and economic security
and domestic supply chains.
CERcuits Wins Second Place in
US Army's xTechInternational
Competition with it 3D Ceramic
Circuits Solution E
CERcuits BV, a Belgian technology company
specializing in ceramic electronic circuits,
proudly announces its achievement as the sec-
ond-place winner in the prestigious xTechIn-
ternational competition organized by the U.S.
Army.
Rigid-flex, Rigidized Flex,
or Hybrid Flex? E
In a recent interview with Design007 Maga-
zine managing editor Andy Shaughnessy, he
asked me about rigid-flex and its new popular-
ity. is seems like a perfect opportunity to dig
into the topic and discuss the differentiation
between rigid-flex, rigidized-flex, and what I
am calling a hybrid flex.
