The closing of the transaction is expected to occur within 30 days and, in connection with the sale, the company will record a non-cash pre-tax loss of approximately $45 million. Tyco continues to expect adjusted EPS from continuing operations of $0.68 to $0.72 and revenues of $3.05 to $3.15 billion for the fiscal quarter ending September 24, 2010.

Lockheed Martin recently hosted the Strengthening the Middle Atlantic Region for Tomorrow (SMART) organization and the initiation of its new space technologies group.

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to provide a Link 16 network management system to the Finnish Air Force. Supporting the operation of Finland's F-18 aircraft, the system will enable ground command and control operators to connect to, and maintain contact with, their fast jets across the entire country.

Northstar Electronics, Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Northstar Network Ltd., has received a revised Master Purchase Order from Lockheed Martin to increase the value of NNL's P-3 contract by US $9.1 million, to a total of US $16.4 million.

After successful development of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) daytime persistent surveillance system, BAE Systems has been awarded an additional $49.9 million contract to develop the advanced processor for the agency's nighttime, infrared system - the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance - Infrared (ARGUS-IR).

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Russia Defence and Security Report Q4 2010" report to their offering.

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a 2 1/2 year, $18 million contract to produce telemetry modules supporting the U.S. Air Force Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM).

TiaLinx, Inc., a developer of miniaturized mm-wave radars with integrated radio and antenna arrays, today announced the launch of the Eagle45-W, a hands-free precision Sense-Through-the-Wall Imager.

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today, further to its announcements of June 15, 2009 and September 14, 2009, that it signed an agreement to acquire all the shares of Soltam Systems Ltd., Saymar Ltd. and ITL Optronics Ltd., that are currently held by Mikal Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

BAE Systems has been approved to provide engineering and technical services to the U.S. Army and other federal customers under a $16.4 billion government-wide contract called Rapid Response - 3rd Generation (R2-3G).

The closing of the transaction is expected to occur within 30 days and, in connection with the sale, the company will record a non-cash pre-tax loss of approximately $45 million. Tyco continues to expect adjusted EPS from continuing operations of $0.68 to $0.72 and revenues of $3.05 to $3.15 billion for the fiscal quarter ending September 24, 2010.

Developers of mil/aero and other high-rel applications depend on solid failure analysis. Paul Reid discusses how thermal cycling will cause a robust plated through-hole to crack slowly over time. Plotting a resistance graph of damage accumulation allows technologists to determine onset, rate of accumulation and whether the damage is accelerating linearly or exponentially.

According to Mark Thompson, timing can make or break your controlled impedance board. With many jobs going through turnkey environments, late communication about impedance issues takes valuable time out of the fabrication process and can delay delivery of product, leaving the end-user and the turnkey assembler unhappy.

The companies intend to establish a framework for research activities related to prototypes and products for security applications to be used in ports, airports, subways and rail stations by means of CBRN sensors, facial recognition systems, video enhancement technology, traffic monitoring systems and networking technology.

With mission-critical, high-reliability PCBs, the study of barrel cracks is critical. When the failure criteria are set at 10% increase in resistance, a powerful method can be used. Paul Reid explains why stopping at 10% allows us to observe a ripening failure "dripping" with information, rather than a catastrophically failed circuit that is significantly deformed.

IPC's Fern Abrams discusses the importance of efforts in Washington, D.C.: After five long years of lobbying on Capitol Hill, IPC's members finally feel as though Congress understands how vitally important our industry is to national security.

To better meet the high-level expectations and requirements set forth by the aerospace industry, Trilogy Circuits recently achieved AS9100B Aerospace Quality Standard System Certification for PCB layout, fabrication and assembly services.

IPC President and CEO Denny McGuirk sits down with I-Connect007 Editor Steve Gold to review his association's goals for 2010. Watch this exclusive video interview, shot at IPC's Chicago-area headquarters.

Lead-free is changing the way military boards are specified. Product designers are finding that, as more boards use components that have lead-free solder, they must re-evaluate every aspect of their designs.

The Chinese government, three universities, the CPCA and local industry are coming together to develop PE concepts locally with the support, blessing and funding of the Chinese government.

Developers of mil/aero and other high-rel applications depend on solid failure analysis. Paul Reid discusses how thermal cycling will cause a robust plated through-hole to crack slowly over time. Plotting a resistance graph of damage accumulation allows technologists to determine onset, rate of accumulation and whether the damage is accelerating linearly or exponentially.

According to Mark Thompson, timing can make or break your controlled impedance board. With many jobs going through turnkey environments, late communication about impedance issues takes valuable time out of the fabrication process and can delay delivery of product, leaving the end-user and the turnkey assembler unhappy.

With mission-critical, high-reliability PCBs, the study of barrel cracks is critical. When the failure criteria are set at 10% increase in resistance, a powerful method can be used. Paul Reid explains why stopping at 10% allows us to observe a ripening failure "dripping" with information, rather than a catastrophically failed circuit that is significantly deformed.

IPC's Fern Abrams discusses the importance of efforts in Washington, D.C.: After five long years of lobbying on Capitol Hill, IPC's members finally feel as though Congress understands how vitally important our industry is to national security.

Mark McCrocklin, Trilogy Circuits' vice president of sales and marketing, recently went to Washington, D.C. as a guest of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC). The delegation met with congressional representatives and discussed the challenges facing small businesses in the U.S.

I recently took a trip to speak at the Embedded Systems Conference and at the Jet Propulsion Lab. I love all things related to programmable logic and space flight, and I was fortunate to be able to speak on both topics in the same week. Best of all, I saw JPL assembling the next-gen Mars Rover, which was very cool. Read on!

IPC Apex Keynote speaker Jeff Wilcox, VP Technology with Lockheed Martin, talks about the changing global security landscape and how that is driving the company's business going forward. Wilcox explains how this will have a significant impact on Lockheed's supply base.

As companies look for new ways to make more efficient use of resources, the lowest hanging fruit can be harvested from improvements to the provider/user partnerships throughout the supply-chain. The ability to create, capture and deliver value occurs during the exchanges between these partners.

The rise of counterfeit parts in the supply chain is exacerbated by demonstrated weaknesses in inventory management, procurement procedures, recordkeeping, reporting practices, inspection and testing protocols and communication within and across all industry and government organizations.

Are there any designer jobs open right now? What do hiring managers look for when they hire PCB designers? Staffing executive Derek Doucette with American Contract Group knows first-hand. If you're a designer looking for work, or if you're worried that you might be job-hunting soon, this column is for you.

Developers of mil/aero and other high-rel applications depend on solid failure analysis. Paul Reid discusses how thermal cycling will cause a robust plated through-hole to crack slowly over time. Plotting a resistance graph of damage accumulation allows technologists to determine onset, rate of accumulation and whether the damage is accelerating linearly or exponentially.

According to Mark Thompson, timing can make or break your controlled impedance board. With many jobs going through turnkey environments, late communication about impedance issues takes valuable time out of the fabrication process and can delay delivery of product, leaving the end-user and the turnkey assembler unhappy.

With mission-critical, high-reliability PCBs, the study of barrel cracks is critical. When the failure criteria are set at 10% increase in resistance, a powerful method can be used. Paul Reid explains why stopping at 10% allows us to observe a ripening failure "dripping" with information, rather than a catastrophically failed circuit that is significantly deformed.

I recently took a trip to speak at the Embedded Systems Conference and at the Jet Propulsion Lab. I love all things related to programmable logic and space flight, and I was fortunate to be able to speak on both topics in the same week. Best of all, I saw JPL assembling the next-gen Mars Rover, which was very cool. Read on!

As companies look for new ways to make more efficient use of resources, the lowest hanging fruit can be harvested from improvements to the provider/user partnerships throughout the supply-chain. The ability to create, capture and deliver value occurs during the exchanges between these partners.

Are there any designer jobs open right now? What do hiring managers look for when they hire PCB designers? Staffing executive Derek Doucette with American Contract Group knows first-hand. If you're a designer looking for work, or if you're worried that you might be job-hunting soon, this column is for you.

Don't be a victim of slash sheet confusion. Ask for and expect your suppliers to provide clean and real differentiations between their products. Make sure that when you buy a lower cost "alternative" that it is really the same thing you've been using.

IPC's Technet offers a snapshot of the issues of the day as hundreds of engineers attempt to sort out the industry's latest technological challenges. Harvey Miller, PCB007 columnist and President of Fabfile Online, has agreed to gather a few of the latest Technet exchanges for our Tech Tuesday readers.

It was a star-studded conference with fabricators looking to the government for support to develop the technologies needed along with commitments to strengthen the supply chain, while the government looked to the industry for solutions to its counterfeit components, reliability and supply chain security.

By bipartisan, I'm referring to the military customers and manufacturers of rigid and flex circuits who attended IPC's conference on "The North American PCB Industry: It Can and Will Support the Military Market." Learn why cooperation like this is so vital to the survival of the NA PCB industry.