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Column from: John Vaughan
John Vaughan, a recognized subject matter expert (SME) in the military C4ISR electronics sector, wrote this column while he was in a senior management position with Zentech.
January 10, 2019
The Fourth Pillar of Defense Acquisition: Cybersecurity
All PCB fabricators and electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers providing electronics products to the defense sector need to immediately heighten awareness and proactively address cybersecurity if they desire to continue supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) and their prime contractors.August 07, 2017
Mil/Aero Markets: Defense Budget Analysis—Patience is a Virtue
Patience may be the most necessary watchword for proponents of significant growth in the budget for the U.S. military. The historic increases in defense spending promised by President Trump on the campaign trail won’t come immediately, but it is likely that Congress will find ways to provide solid increases to the Pentagon’s budget, particularly in 2019 and beyond.September 20, 2016
Mil/Aero Markets: F-35 Declared Combat-Ready
Electronic subsystems are an integral part of all modern military fighter jets, with a substantial portion of the electronics supporting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), avionics, munitions and radar related subassemblies. This equates to a very high content of PCBs and SMT assembly requirements...April 01, 2014
Foreign Military Sales - Back to the Future for Sales Opportunities
New Columnist John Vaughan asks: "As business executives, how do we operate, navigate, and manage a military/aerospace-oriented circuit board shop or CEM operation in such an unstable and unpredictable environment?"July 15, 2014
Pentagon Budget Aftershocks
A striking similarity exists between earthquakes and military budgets. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The Pentagon budget is the result of fiscal realities, protracted negotiations, and balancing priorities that culminates in a sudden release of program funding data that creates seismic waves in the military electronics business community. Welcome to the aftershock.September 09, 2014
IMPACT 2014 - IPC on Capitol Hill
"As an industry, we face many challenges and obstacles in our pathway to success and IPC's IMPACT 2014 offered the opportunity to meet key members of Congress, policymakers and influencers, educate them about needed actions to strengthen the electronics sector and the overall economy and national security, and network with industry colleagues," writes Columnist John Vaughan.November 25, 2014
Up, Up, and Away - Reasons for Renewed Optimism in the Mil/Aero PCB Market
As anyone in the military circuit board business in the last few decades will attest, it has been both extremely challenging (due to the many obstacles) and wonderfully rewarding (because our collective work supports our country and our war fighters). But Columnist John Vaughan says the tide has now turned as PCBs designed specifically for defense systems must now be manufactured in the U.S. and are under full ITAR and USML controls.September 09, 2014
IMPACT 2014 - IPC on Capitol Hill
"As an industry, we face many challenges and obstacles in our pathway to success and IPC's IMPACT 2014 offered the opportunity to meet key members of Congress, policymakers and influencers, educate them about needed actions to strengthen the electronics sector and the overall economy and national security, and network with industry colleagues," writes Columnist John Vaughan.
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