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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has proposed spending $23.67 billion in fiscal year 2010 for procurement and research in military communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence technologies, a 0.13% decrease from the 2009 budget level.

Industry analysts estimate an additional $75 billion would be needed to cover other electronic intensive military applications including; aircraft avionics, vetronics and missile guidance systems, according to Military & Aerospace Electronics, putting the total proposed budget for procurement and research related to electronics and electro-optics products at close to $100 billion.

Electronics related expenditures will account for nearly half of the DODs proposed $210.1 billion 2010 procurement and research budget.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – April wasn’t a good month for handset makers in Taiwan. Sales fell 4.4% sequentially to 519,000 units, the lowest level since 2007, says DigiTimes.

In terms of unit sales for the top five Taiwanese vendors, Nokia took the top position with a 29.7% share. Sony Ericsson came in second at 19.2%. Samsung had an 18.7% share, followed by LGE with an 11.9% share. Motorola claimed last place with only a 4.2% share, reports DigiTimes.