30 PCB007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2023
$134.3M DoD Contract Expands
Micross Advanced Interconnect
OSAT Capabilities in the US E
Micross Components has received an award
under the IBAS Cornerstone RESHAPE pro-
gram made through the Department of Defense
(DoD) to develop trusted, pure-play and open-
access Advanced Packaging capabilities and
capacity for low-volume/high-mix production
of secure 2.5/3D Advanced System Integration
and Packaging (ASIP) solutions.
Lockheed Martin Technology
Demonstration to Showcase Faster
On-Orbit Sensor Calibration E
Lockheed Martin will soon launch a unique
wideband Electronically Steerable Antenna
(ESA) payload demonstrator to show the com-
pany's investment in advanced technology to
perform missions faster once in orbit. Based on
an innovative, proprietary design, Lockheed
Martin expects to calibrate this new ESA sen-
sor in a fraction of the time it takes to opera-
tionalize traditional on-orbit sensors, which
historically can take months to be powered
on, fully calibrated and ready to perform their
mission.
Airbus to Make Eurofighter Fit
for Electronic Combat E
e Eurofighter EK (Electronic Combat) is
coming. Following the recent parliamentary
approval by the German budget committee,
Airbus will equip 15 German Eurofighters for
electronic combat—and equip them with a
transmitter location and self-protection system
from Saab, as well as "AARGM" anti-radar mis-
siles from the American company Northrop
Grumman. e Eurofighter EK is to be NATO-
certified by 2030 and will then replace the Tor-
nado in the SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air
Defence) role.
Sierra Space Shooting Star Cargo
Module Initiates Rigorous Testing at
NASA's Neil Armstrong Test Facility E
Sierra Space, a leading pureplay commercial
space company building the first end-to-end
business and technology platform in space,
announced the commencement of a compre-
hensive testing campaign for the Shooting
Star™ cargo module at NASA's Neil Armstrong
Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. is pivotal
phase of testing aims to validate the space-
cra's resilience to the demands of launch and
the challenging conditions of space as Shoot-
ing Star is readied for its inaugural mission to
the International Space Station.
RTX to Improve DoD Supply Chain
Resilience E
RTX will help the Department of Defense
(DoD) address systemic risk in the procure-
ment and delivery of supplies under an $8 mil-
lion DARPA contract. e work will be per-
formed by the company's Raytheon BBN
Technologies unit. Under the Resilient Sup-
ply-and-Demand Networks (RSDN) contract,
Raytheon BBN will develop a robust model-
ing and simulation tool that uses historical and
behavioral survey data to predict the impact
of and develop mitigations for shocks to sup-
ply demand networks. is is the first global
supply chain stress test framework created
for this purpose.
