Use of plastics parts in MIDS at Marconi CNI

Author

Bahri, Kamal K.

Author_Institution

CNI Div., Marconi Aerosp. Syst., Wayne, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

531

Abstract

MIDS, a military communication system, was one of Marconi´s first ventures into the use of commercial components (including plastic encapsulated microcircuits). The adoption of commercial components without any sacrifice in Reliability represented a significant achievement for Marconi and has set the stage for the development of systems that are lighter and have more leading edge technology than that which could be obtained with military components

Keywords

encapsulation; military communication; military equipment; open systems; plastic packaging; Marconi MIDS system; commercial components; cost savings; design for manufacturability; interoperable terminals; jam-resistant data distribution; military communication system; multinational information distribution system; open architecture modular design; part selection process; plastic encapsulated microcircuits; plastics parts use; Contracts; Defense industry; Electronics industry; Manufacturing industries; Military communication; Military standards; Navigation; Plastics industry; Subcontracting; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency and Time Forum, 1999 and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 1999., Proceedings of the 1999 Joint Meeting of the European

Conference_Location

Besancon

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5400-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1999.840822

Filename

840822