GREENBELT, Md. – U.S. space experts are making plans to ask industry to narrow-down choices for space sensor systems for a next-generation Landsat Earth-observation imaging satellite in the late 2020s with enhanced sensor capabilities. Source: sensors Earth-observation Landsat Next | Military & Aerospace Electronics
In 2020, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) received $123 billion in contract awards including awards which are optional in nature. With a change in administration, there’s some doubt about how defense budgets will develop going forward. We won’t directly see any big changes in financial results when there’s a transition in administration and weapon system acquisition tends […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would seek $37 billion in funding for legislation to supercharge chip manufacturing in the United States as a shortfall of semiconductors has forced U.S. automakers and other manufacturers to cut production. Source: Biden to press for $37 billion to boost chip manufacturing amid shortfall | […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would seek $37 billion in funding for legislation to supercharge chip manufacturing in the United States as a shortfall of semiconductors has forced U.S. automakers and other manufacturers to cut production. Source: Biden to press for $37 billion to boost chip manufacturing amid shortfall | […]
Back in 2012, China ranked fifth among seven regions worldwide in IC wafer capacity but surged past the Americas and Japan in 2018 and 2019 to claim the number three position (figure 1). That’s a big deal given that ICs account for the largest share of wafer capacity excluding discrete, opto, MEMS and sensors. Source: […]
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BAE Systems received a $247 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to design and manufacture an advanced military GPS receiver and next-generation semiconductor. The technology will provide positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities to warfighters so they can execute missions in challenging electromagnetic environments. Source: BAE […]
On the evening of the 13th, an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale occurred in the northeastern region of Japan, which affected the production of manufacturers such as Murata, Renesas, and Shin-Etsu. Among them, Murata’s factories in Fukushima and Miyagi have suspended operations; Renesas estimates that it will take a week to resume normal […]
A week after awarding Sikorsky $478 million to complete a fleet of “Marine One” helicopters for use by the White House, the Department of Defense signaled the Stratford manufacturer could see nearly $1 billion more to upgrade a fleet of helicopters. Source: Stratford-based Sikorsky lands $1B contract for U.S. Air Force helicopter upgrades
A detailed listing of the Top-100 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractors in FY 2020 ranked by total amount of contract funds awarded. Source: Top-100 U.S. Defense Contractors FY 2020 | FI AeroWeb
WASHINGTON: The head of the House Armed Services influential seapower subcommittee just stepped closer to the position of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs that the Navy might be in line for a funding boost — and other services will have to pay the bill. Source: DoD Budget ‘Bloodletting’ Inches Closer To Reality « Breaking […]
Boeing (NYSE:BA) is a national treasure in terms of innovation and advanced technology, defense of the homeland, and export of American-made goods and services. The scope of its products and services is immense. They range from military and commercial aircraft, space launch and missile defense systems, satellites for communication and navigation, and Air Force One, […]
IPC announced today the December 2020 findings from its North American Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.10.Total North American EMS shipments in December 2020 were up 13.5 percent compared to the same month last year. Compared to the preceding month, December shipments rose 8.5 percent. Source: U.S. EMS Shipments […]
