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i3 Electronics Earns 'Preferred Supplier'
Status from Raytheon
i3 Electronics has earned this "Preferred Supplier"
status by continuously delivering a high level of
performance and value-add to Raytheon. Desig-
nation of this prestigious "Preferred Supplier list-
ing" will allow i3 to work even more closely with
Raytheon and their world-class team of engineers,
scientists and problem solvers.
NASA's SOHO Celebrates 20 Years
of Space-based Science
After 20 years in space, ESA and NASA's Solar and
Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, is still going
strong. Originally launched in 1995 to study the
sun and its influence out to the very edges of the
solar system, SOHO revolutionized this field of
science, known as heliophysics, providing the ba-
sis for nearly 5,000 scientific papers. SOHO also
found an unexpected role as the greatest comet
hunter of all time—reaching 3,000 comet discov-
eries in September 2015.
The Opportunities for Plasma Processing
Pete Starkey interviewed Andre Bodegom, man-
aging director of Netherlands-based Adeon Tech-
nologies B.V., about their long relationship with
Nordson MARCH, typical applications for plasma
equipment, and what the most challenging mate-
rials are from the point of view of plasma process-
ing in the PCB industry.
Graphic Plc Wins BAE Systems
Gold Award
The award recognises continued commitment and
support to BAE systems programmes and key busi-
ness objectives. The award reflects Graphic Plc's
achievements in demonstrating sustained excel-
lence in delivery and quality performance.
NASA Selects New Technologies for
Parabolic Flights and Suborbital Launches
NASA's Flight Opportunities Program has select-
ed eight space technology payloads for reduced
gravity flights on board specialized aircraft and
commercial suborbital reusable launch vehicles
(sRLVs).
New OEM Global Account Manager for
Avionics & Automotive at Ventec
International
Ventec International Group, a world leader in the
production of polyimide and high-reliability epoxy
laminates and prepregs, is delighted to announce
the appointment of Tamara den Daas in the role
of OEM global account manager with a focus on
opportunities within the avionics and automotive
markets.
Eltek Receives Orders worth $1.4M
from Customers in India
Eltek Ltd. announced today that since the begin-
ning of the fourth quarter, it has received several or-
ders for military applications from customers in In-
dia, amounting to US$ 1.4 million in the aggregate.
The majority amount of these orders is expected to
be delivered to the customers during 2016.
Dymax White Paper Explains Switching
from Conventional Lamp to LED
Light-Curing Sources
Dymax Corporation's new white paper, "Ensuring
Success When Switching from Conventional Lamp
to LED Light Curing Sources," discusses topics such
as how LED curing works, the advantages to LED
curing, and getting enough information to switch
successfully.
Future Batteries Could Charge
in 30 Seconds
Future cell phones and other electronics could
have batteries that charge in less than a minute.
This new capability will be in part thanks to a space
experiment using hard, flexible material as a clean
power source.
Honeywell Paper Investigates Avionics
Vibration Durability
Dr. Joseph Juarez, principal mechanical engineer
at Honeywell International, discusses his SMTA pa-
per, which addresses avionics vibration durability
between tin-lead and lead-free solder, the years
of testing he conducted, the importance of doing
a good soldering job, and some of the surprising
findings of his research.
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