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News Highlights
Viasystems Receives Supplier Award
from Rockwell Collins
viasystems group, inc. received the 2014 Printed
Circuit Boards and electro-Mechanical solutions
Build to Print supplier of the year Award at the rock
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well Collins Annual supplier Conference. The award
is an acknowledgement of significant contributions
made during the year by suppliers and is based
upon quality, delivery, total cost of ownership, lead
time, and customer service.
IPC Releases Conflict Minerals Data
Exchange Standard
"iPC-1755 is XMl-schema based, which allows for
more efficient communication and quicker applica
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tion of data across companies, supply chain levels
and industries," said John Plyler, chairman of the
2-18h Conflict Minerals Data exchange Committee.
"iPC-1755 will be compatible with several software
tools and version 3.0 of the CFsi Conflict Minerals
reporting Template."
Dragon Circuits Diversifies with
Instagram and Bitcoin
Progressive circuit board manufacturer Dragon
Circuits announces the implementation of in-
stagram to track the process of their drone
department, Dragon Drones. The company is also
partnering with Coinbase to accept payment via
Bitcoin.
Innovative Circuits Acquires Orbotech
Inkjet Printer
This next-generation orbotech sprint 120 inkjet
printer features Dotstream Technology and uv leD
curing while delivering consistent top-quality print
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ing at high speeds. registration accuracies of 35µm
are achieved through automatic measurements and
scaling.
Military Communications Market at
$30.12B by 2019
The report "Military Communications Market—
(sATCoM Terminals, Commercial off The shelf
(CoTs), Military Communication security, Tet
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ra radio, JTrs, software Defined radio, radio
Communication, Tactical Communication)—World-
wide Forecasts & Analysis (2014–2019)" is now
available.
DARPA Selects Boeing Phantom Swift
for X-Plane Program
Phantom swift, a prototype Boeing initially built in
less than a month, has been accepted to be part
of the Defense Advanced research Project Agency
(DArPA) vertical Takeoff and landing X-plane pro
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gram. DArPA is trying to mature a new aircraft con-
figuration capable of both efficient hover and high-
speed cruise.
Paving the Way for unmanned
Ships of the Future
ships of the future will soon be steered across the
seven seas—unmanned. A new simulator is help
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ing propel these plans forward. Partners from five
different countries engineered the design of the au-
tonomous freighter. "in europe, making a career in
shipping is no longer a popular choice," explains
Project Coordinator hans-Christoph Burmeister.
"This industry has successor problems."
DARPA Awards PARC $2M to Develop
Vanishing Electronics
PArC, a Xerox company, has signed an up to $2
million contract with the Defense Advanced re
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search Projects Agency (DArPA) to develop and
demonstrate PArC's disappearing electronics plat-
form (called DusT), with intriguing implications
for a variety of military, ecological, and commercial
interests.
SOMACIS Intros R&D Project for
Signal & Power Bus Bar
engaged in the sAPBB project, soMACis, along
with two other italian companies, is developing
an advanced technology bus bar type solution for
automotive applications. The circuit board will en
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able both power and signal distribution between
key components of the automotive power system.
M2M SatCom Market to Reach
$4.76B in 2019
increasing data communication need, rising M2M
applications, and fast return on investments is lead
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ing to the creation of more and more avenues for
the M2M satellite market. The global market is ex-
pected to grow from $2.98 billion in 2014 to $4.76
billion by 2019, at an estimated compound annual
growth rate (CAgr) of 9.8% from 2014 to 2019.
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