88 I-CONNECT007 MAGAZINE I AUGUST 2026
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AS9100D and PCB Fabrication:
What Supplier Quality Should Evaluate ⊲
When a supplier quality engineer supporting
aviation, space, or defense programs reviews a
new PCB fabricator, one of the first checkpoints is
simple: Is the AS9100D certificate current? That is
an appropriate starting point. In regulated aero-
space environments, configuration control, trace-
ability, corrective action, and internal audit disci-
pline are not optional.
Defense Speak Interpreted: Will Defense
Become a Totally New Supplier for Drone
Electronics? ⊲
When I recently read that Tobyhanna Army Depot
would begin manufacturing up to one million
circuit cards annually for military drones, I immedi-
ately wondered whether this opens a whole new
chapter in volume electronics manufacturing within
Defense. Historically, Defense has had access
to some aspect of printed circuit production. My
research confirmed what I already knew from my
own experience as a subcontractor to the Naval
Surface Warfare Center Crane in Indiana.
dSPACE Achieves CMMC Level 2
Certification ⊲
dSPACE, a global leader in simulation and valida-
tion solutions for the development of embed-
ded systems, announced that it has successfully
achieved the U.S. Department of Defense's Cyber-
security Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level
2. This achievement reinforces the dSPACE commit-
ment to protecting Controlled Unclassified Informa-
tion (CUI) and supporting the cybersecurity objec-
tives of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
TrueMark Investments Expands FLDZ
Focus with Dedicated Defense and
Aerospace Strategy ⊲
TrueMark Investments announced enhancements
to FLDZ, now the TrueShares Patriot Defense ETF,
providing investors access to companies across
the defense and aerospace ecosystem while
continuing its distinctive commitment to support-
ing the mission of the Folds of Honor Foundation
by donating the entirety of the fund's management
fee, less operating expenses to the cause. The
fund continues to trade under ticker FLDZ.
Airbus Awarded Contract for SpainSat NG-
III Secure Communications Satellite ⊲
Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a
contract by Hisdesat to act as prime contractor
for the development and construction of SpainSat
NG-III, Europe's most advanced secure communi-
cations satellite.
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Program of
Record Reaches Milestone ⊲
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, and
Boeing celebrate the achievement of the MV-22
Program of Record (POR) for the U.S. Marine Corps
(USMC). Bell and Boeing commemorated the V-22
Osprey production milestone during a ceremony at
the Bell Amarillo Assembly Center on July 28.
Astro Digital Selects Everspin 64Mb
STT-MRAM for GEO Satellite ⊲
Everspin Technologies, Inc., the world's leading
developer and manufacturer of Magnetoresis-
tive Random Access Memory (MRAM) solutions,
announced that Astro Digital has selected Ever-
spin's PERSYST 64Mb STT-MRAM for use on an
upcoming Raven bus geosynchronous Earth orbit
(GEO) satellite mission.
CACI Continues Modernization of U.S.
Navy's Military Sealift Command's Integrat-
ed Business Systems ⊲
CACI International Inc has been awarded a five-
year technology contract valued at up to $113
million by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command
(MSC) to continue modernizing a portfolio of
mission-critical business applications used by
both ashore personnel and MSC's global fleet.
"The Military Sealift Command plays a vital role in
sustaining U.S. and allied operations around the
world, and CACI is proud to continue supporting
that mission," said John Mengucci, CACI president
and chief executive officer.
