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News Highlights
Ducommun Gains TOW Missiles Contract
from Raytheon
Ducommun incorporated has received a follow-on
award from raytheon Company to continue provid-
ing complex wiring harnesses and printed circuit
card assemblies for the tube-launched, optically-
tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) weapon system.
The contract extends the Company's support of the
program through 2014.
Nortech's 17% Sales Rise Driven by
New Programs
nortech systems incorporated, a leading provider
of full-service eMs, has reported net sales of $29.3
million for the fourth quarter ended December 31,
2013, a 17% increase compared with net sales of
$25 million for the fourth quarter of 2012.
MC Assembly Achieves AS 9100
Rev C Certification
This certification, which provides a common set of
quality requirements across the global aerospace
community, accredits MC Assembly's Quality Man
-
agement system compliance to the aerospace re-
quirements to manufacture and service PCB assem-
blies, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies.
Sypris' Electronics Group Posts
20% Revenue Drop
revenue for the electronics group was $10 million
in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to $12 mil-
lion in the prior year period, reflecting lower prod-
uct sales to overseas customers and budgetary and
funding uncertainties within the u.s. DoD.
MINT Region to Increase Defense
Spending by $20B
reportsnreports.com adds "Future of the MinT De-
fense industry—Market Attractiveness, Competitive
landscape and Forecasts to 2019" research report
to its store. it says the MinT defense industry is ex-
pected to become one of the most attractive defense
markets in review period. The Mexico, indonesia, ni-
geria, and Turkey (MinT) region is expected to in-
crease its defense spending from us $40.6 billion to
us $61.1 billion over the forecast period, according
the new report.
Orbit Reports Sales Drop in Q4, Fy 2013
Mitchell Binder, president and CeO, stated, "2013
was a difficult year for our company resulting from
challenging business conditions in the defense in-
dustry. like most companies in our industry, includ-
ing large defense prime contractors, as well as short
sales cycle defense contractors like Orbit, our rev-
enues declined from the prior year as reorders on
many of our legacy products were delayed..."
Advantage Eyes Special Nuclear Materials Project
in a recent statement, President and CeO Jody single-
ton declared, "Advantage will be honored if awarded
a contract and we will be proud to bring our unique
capabilities in gamma spectroscopy threat detection
as well as the benefits of the small size, light weight
and exceptional power management features we
typically employ in instrumentation development.
Military Communications Market
to Reach $30B by 2022
"Managing bandwidth in increasingly congested
spectrum will be a key challenge in meeting future
demands for data-centric military communications,"
observed Asif Anwar, director of the ADs service.
"This is leading to the use of higher frequencies,
particularly evident in the military satellite commu
-
nications segment with adoption of Ka-band."
DoD Releases 2015 Budget Proposal
of $495.6 Billion
President Obama has sent Congress a proposed
defense budget of $495.6 billion in discretionary
budget authority to fund base defense programs in
fiscal year 2015. The request is $0.4 billion less than
the enacted FY 2014 appropriation and is consistent
with the current budget caps.
India Becomes Largest Defense Market for u.S.
"We are seeing trade patterns fundamentally change
for the dominant players," said Ben Moores, the
study's author. "The most notable change is the
spectacular level of imports from india. China, in-
donesia, egypt, and Taiwan all saw imports increase
by one billion. When we look at india, those figures
were $5.9 billion. By 2015, our forecasts show that
number jumping to $8.16 billion."
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