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Lockheed Martin Conducts Second
Successful Test of New JR3 Rocket ⊲
Lockheed Martin has successfully tested its new
Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) solution for
the second time, an affordable training round with
a reusable launch pod designed to replace the
current Reduced Range Practice Rocket for the
U.S. Army and global partners.
Kratos Wins $20M Contract for Mobile
SATCOM Gateways ⊲
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a tech-
nology company in defense, national security and
global markets, announced that it has been award-
ed a contract valued at more than $20 million to
deliver mobile satellite communication (SATCOM)
gateways for a defense customer in Asia.
NOTE Secures SEK 160 Million Security &
Defense Contract ⊲
NOTE has been awarded a contract by a European
customer in the Security & Defense sector, with an
estimated order value of approximately SEK 160
million over a three-year period. Order intake to
date indicates a higher delivery rate than initially
planned. The contract strengthens NOTE's posi-
tion within the segment and confirms the growing
demand for European electronics manufacturing.
Defense Speak Interpreted: Will Defense
Become a Totally New Supplier for Drone
Electronics? ⊲
When I read recently 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 of volume electronics manufacturing within
Defense. Historically, Defense has had access to
some aspect of printed circuit production.
American Made Advocacy: American PCBs in
Big Demand and Short Supply ⊲
The PCB industry faces challenges that are only
now being recognized by government agencies.
Against the backdrop of conflicts in Europe and
the Middle East and the ongoing threat of Chinese
business and military aggression, the microelec-
tronics industry overall has been upended. Ameri-
can PCB production has been hit especially hard.
QTREX Quantum AME Technology Deployed
by Major Israeli Defense Company ⊲
QTREX Quantum Ltd., a company focused on
advancing Additively Manufactured Electron-
ics (AME) for quantum computing infrastructure,
announced that one of Israel's three largest
defense companies and one of the world's lead-
ing aerospace and defense organizations has
begun deploying QTREX's AME technology for a
joint development program focused on strategic
systems operating at the physical limits of preci-
sion and performance.
Battalion Advanced Technology,
Penn State Launch National Security
Research Collaboration ⊲
Penn State and Battalion Advanced Technology
Ltd. have entered into two research agreements
worth up to $6 million to develop advanced semi-
conductor platforms and high temperature mate-
rials that aim to enable next-generation energy,
transportation, aerospace, and industrial systems
while also providing critical capabilities for nation-
al security.
Everspin, Teledyne HiRel Partner to
Accelerate MRAM Adoption in Aerospace
and Defense ⊲
Everspin Technologies, Inc., the world's leading
developer and manufacturer of MRAM solutions,
and Teledyne HiRel Semiconductors, a business
unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and a
leading supplier of high-reliability semiconductor
solutions, announced a strategic partnership to
accelerate adoption of Everspin's MRAM in aero-
space, defense and other demanding systems.
Teledyne Surpasses 1,000 Space
Imaging Sensors with NASA Roman
Telescope Launch ⊲
Teledyne Space Imaging, a leading supplier of
space-qualified imaging sensors, focal plane
arrays, and integrated camera systems, celebrated
a major milestone following the successful launch
of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope,
which lifted off on Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX
Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center
in Florida.
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