NAVSEA, the largest of the Navy’s five systems commands, engineers, builds, and supports America’s Fleet of ships and combat systems. Accounting for nearly one-fifth of the Navy’s budget (approximately $20 billion), NAVSEA manages more than 130 acquisition programs, which are assigned to six affiliated Program Executive Officers (PEOs) and various Headquarters elements.
(April 29, 2005) Jersey City, N.J. — Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials Group and Speedline Technologies are collaborating on the development of a comprehensive “Lead-free Implementation Checklist” to assist electronic assemblers in gearing up for the lead-free transition. The list provides important details that should be confirmed for assembly equipment, materials, shop-floor segregation, training of personnel, process validation, process refinement, and yield enhancement.