66 The PCB Magazine • October 2016
Summit Interconnect Subsidiary KCA
Electronics Recognized at Lockheed
Martin Small Business Awards Event
Summit Interconnect, Inc. subsidiary KCA Elec-
tronics was recently recognized by Lockheed
Martin Corporation at their Small Business
Awards Event. An award for KCA's outstanding
product quality, service and support was pre-
sented to Shane Whiteside, President and CEO
of Summit Interconnect and Eva Alcantar, Inside
Sales Manager for KCA Electronics.
The European Space Agency on Reliability
Stan Heltzel is a materials engineer working for
the European Space Agency, and he is tasked
with the job of procuring and qualifying PCBs
that end up in satellites. I met with Stan at EIPC's
Summer Conference to discuss his presentation
on qualifying a fabricator, his role at the ESA, and
updating of space standards.
Ventec VT-901 Reliability Validated by
Key Israeli Customers' HATS Testing
Ventec International is proud to announce that
the reliability of its VT-901 polyimide laminates,
prepregs and low-flow prepregs has been con
-
clusively demonstrated by Highly Accelerated
Thermal Stress (HATS) testing by two leading
PCB manufacturers in Israel.
Let's Talk Testing: Does your Product
have a Military Application?
Just like any other industry segment within the
circuit board world, the military sector has its
own share of documents…and likely many more
than most! These documents have been devel
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oped over the years to guide, shape, and test
anything and everything that might go into a jet
fighter, a radar system, a warship, a weapons sys-
tem, etc.
Mil/Aero Markets: F-35 Declared
Combat-Ready
Electronic subsystems are an integral part of
all modern military fighter jets, with a substan-
tial portion of the electronics supporting intelli-
gence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sys-
tems, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), avionics,
munitions and radar related subassemblies. This
equates to a very high content of PCBs and SMT
assembly requirements.
Testing Todd: Testing Military/Aerospace—
Houston, We Have a Solution
This month we will dive into the testing of
aerospace and military product. These designs
require special processing in many cases above
and beyond the IPC standards. The main speci-
fications used when testing military product
are MIL-PRF-55110, MIL-PRF-50884 and MIL-
PRF-31032.
The Blackfox Advanced Manufacturing
Program for Military Veterans
You might be wondering why you should hire a
military veteran, especially if your company has
nothing to do with the military. But hiring veter
-
ans can bring a wealth of benefits, and this article
highlights them. It also focuses on the Blackfox
Veteran's Training Program, the first program of
its kind to provide veterans with little to no in-
dustry experience with the skills to grow their ca-
reers in the electronic assembly industry.
Firan Technology Group Announces
Organizational Changes
Firan Technology Group Corporation announced
today the retirement of Joseph R. Ricci, vice
president and CFO. Joe will remain with FTG in
an advisory role to ensure an orderly leadership
transition to the new CFO over the next number
of months.
L-3 Selected by All Nippon Airways to
Supply Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator
L-3 Communications announced today that its
Commercial Training Solutions (L-3 CTS) busi
-
ness has been awarded a contract by All Nippon
Airways (ANA) to build and deliver an Airbus
A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS). Based on L-3's
RealitySeven flight training simulation solution,
the device will be installed at ANA's flight train-
ing facility in Tokyo, Japan, and ready to deliver
training in September 2017.
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