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http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2015/03/lockheed-martin-successfully-tests-laser-weapon?et_cid=4456228&et_rid=490548696&location=top Efforts to develop lasers for military use took another step forward last week following the successful test of a Lockheed Martin prototype. The Maryland-based aerospace and defense company used a fiber-optic laser to disable a running pickup truck from more than a mile away. The test, which burned through the truck’s engine in mere… Continue reading Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests Laser Weapon

The problem of counterfeiting keeps getting worse. In 2013, the US Customs and Border Protection reported more than 24,300 counterfeit shipment seizures, representing more than $1.7 billion in goods. Over the last five years, counterfeit seizures have increased nearly 50%. Power management company Eaton has launched a program to raise awareness of ways industry professionals… Continue reading Counterfeit Components Continue to Slam Electronics Industry

Murata has established and implemented a fundamental policy regarding Security Export Control to comply with not only legal requirements but also to be consistent with Japan’s recognition as a pacifist nation. We are committed to follow this policy. We respectfully request our valued customers’ understanding and cooperation for the following. For customers outside Japan No… Continue reading Restriction of Weapons and Military End-Use

by ANDREW DOBBS While many hawkish lawmakers may not want to hear it, the military brass is getting serious about environmental threats to national security. Climate change is a clear threat to global security, but so are less obvious threats from a source where you might not expect it. Recycling electronic waste—or “e-waste,” the discarded… Continue reading We Threw Military Electronics in the Trash—China Sold Them Back to Us

http://www.lazygamer.net/general-news/counterfeit-amd-chips-sold-by-amazon/ It’s never nice buying something online, only to find out that the product you’ve received isn’t quite the product you’ve ordered. Sure, if you end up buying a SENY-branded hi-fi, a Rulex watch or a Lewis Vittani Handbag, you know what you’re getting. What you never expect though, is for your brand new CPU… Continue reading Counterfeit AMD chips sold by Amazon

http://breakingdefense.com/2015/01/cybersecurity-now-key-requirement-for-all-weapons-dod-cio/ WASHINGTON: Cybersecurity — it’s not just for networks anymore. The trend towards what’s called “the Internet of Things” means targets can be anywhere. “If there is a computer in something, it can be cyber-attacked, and we need to be able to harden it and defend it,” the Pentagon’s Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity,… Continue reading Cybersecurity Now Key Requirement For All Weapons: DoD Cyber Chief

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=0c78d896-b8e1-47ed-a4c9-e1a6c862705d&__scoop_post=8c40c350-acff-11e4-f95c-842b2b775358&__scoop_topic=2871145#__scoop_post=8c40c350-acff-11e4-f95c-842b2b775358&__scoop_topic=2871145 In January 2015, portions of the Canadian Combating Counterfeit Products Act (“CCPA”) came into force enabling IP rights holders to record their copyright and registered trademark rights with the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) in an effort to stop counterfeit goods before they enter the Canadian market. Amendments to the Canadian Trade-marks Act,which stem… Continue reading Customs recordal now available in Canada to combat counterfeit goods

http://globalpurchasing.com/counterfeit/war-counterfeit?NL=ESB-01&Issue=ESB-01_20141008_ESB-01_177&YM_RID=lleroy@gictg.com&YM_MID=1489876&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1 Most electronics industry professionals agree that the industry is more vigilant and doing a better job of keeping counterfeit electronic components off the plant floor than they were just five or 10 years ago. But they also say that counterfeiters are getting better at their craft and that detection is becoming even harder—key reasons… Continue reading War on Counterfeit

http://counterfeitparts.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/avoiding-counterfeit-electronic-parts-in-the-age-of-ecommerce/ For several years now, popular media and trade journals have reported the sale of counterfeit goods on internet purchasing platforms, such as virtual shopping malls. A simple internet search for electronic parts yields a flood of eCommerce websites offering an endless variety of products. When using eCommerce websites that are not sponsored by the… Continue reading Avoiding Counterfeit Electronic Parts in the Age of International eCommerce

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