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West Midlands manufacturing SMEs positioned for global growth after ‘Breaking into Defence’ event
More than 60 ambitious manufacturers from the West Midlands gathered for a special event designed to accelerate SME participation in international defence markets and to strengthen the UK’s sovereign defence capability. “Breaking into Defence: Enter Overseas Markets with the Ministry of Defence”, which was delivered by Oxford Innovation Advice, directly addressed key priorities championed by Make UK Defence - supporting smaller manufacturers to become export-ready, building resilient domestic supply chains and ensuring UK innovation is embedded within global defence programmes. Delivered in partnership with business support programmes across the West Midlands
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(including the Investment Readiness Programme), the event provided SMEs with direct access to Ministry of Defence export specialists, global primes and regional growth advisers. By supporting SMEs to scale, innovate and export, the event reinforces the West Midlands’ contribution to national defence resilience, ensuring the region remains a critical component of the UK’s advanced manufacturing and defence ecosystem.
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the team have been to Germany for a great Embedded World (more on page 10). It was brilliant to see so many new innovative products and technologies collaboration in the industry is thriving with in-person meetings back on the up. March also saw us celebrate the women in our industry on International Women’s Day,
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Pickering launches Test System Architect
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Pickering’s Test System Architect design tool for signal switching and cabling systems. Its end- solutions such as the System Design Tool, Product Selector and Migration Tool with previously released tools, including the company’s Cable Design Tool and Microwave Switch Design Tool. This powerful graphical toolset, available free and online, enables engineers to create detailed schematics, automate cable designs and From graphical concept to production-ready test system, accelerates time-to-market.
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With Test System Architect, engineers can select
appropriate PXI, PXIe hybrid, and LXI/USB chassis and pinpoint the exact switching, simulation and instrumentation modules They can also incorporate third-party instruments, add modelled DUTs (devices under system, graphically interconnect all items and automatically generate cable designs. a. Designs are securely stored in the cloud, allowing test system designers to collaborate with colleagues, third-party systems integrators and Pickering engineers worldwide through the integrated project manager.
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