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For Cybersecurity Certification, a Pause Is Not a Pass

10/13/2026 | Thomas Graham, Ph.D., Redspin
Until July, contractors across the U.S. defense industry had circled Nov. 10 as a watershed date marking the planned start of Phase 2 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification rollout. CMMC is a Department of Defense initiative intended to validate that contractors have implemented the security requirements in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Special Publication 800-171 Rev. 2. For contractors who store, process, and/or transmit controlled unclassified information, implementation is not optional. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS) 252.204-7012 has been a contractual obligation since Dec. 31, 2017.

I-Connect007 Welcomes Newest Columnist, Dr. Adam Klett, KYZEN

09/28/2026 | I-Connect007
I-Connect007 is excited to announce its newest columnist, Dr. Adam Klett, director of science at KYZEN. His new column, The Clean Truth, will appear monthly in SMT007 Magazine, bringing a science-based perspective to cleaning, contamination control, and reliability in electronics manufacturing. Klett is a chemical engineer and scientist whose expertise includes chemical phase behavior, material characterization and selection, process development, and failure analysis. Through The Clean Truth, he will separate cleaning facts from industry myths while examining the practical realities manufacturers face when making decisions about cleaning processes and contamination control.

SMTA Bright Manufacturing Challenge Enters Its Second Year With 30 Teams

08/04/2026 | Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007
SMTA’s second annual Bright Manufacturing Challenge kicked off July 1 and will end at SMTAI in October as college students from 30 teams (nearly double from the first year) compete to build a robot from the design to fabrication to assembly. Finalists will watch as the robots they built race for the first-place award. SMTA’s Tara Dunn talks about the program and this year’s challenge, what they’ve learned, and how excited the students are to be involved.

Department of War Suspends CMMC Phase II Requirements

07/14/2026 | U.S. Department of War
The Department of War today announces the immediate suspension of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase II requirements, which were originally scheduled to come into effect on November 10, 2026. All Phase I self-assessment requirements remain firmly in place. Additionally, the Department will begin a comprehensive review of CMMC aimed at aligning with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's Acquisition Transformation System (ATS) directives prioritizing speed to capability, lowering barriers for small, medium, and non-traditional businesses, and replacing bureaucratic compliance with scalable, resilient cybersecurity measures.

Alpha, Omega Semiconductor Launches SmartClamp DrMOS for AI Servers and GPUs

05/01/2026 | Alpha
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of discrete power devices, wide bandgap power devices, power management ICs, and modules, announced the launch of the SmartClamp™ family of protected DrMOS.
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