Welcome to the 38th Annual GOMACTech Conference
MARCH 31-APRIL 3, 2014 - Las Vegas, NV

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Title: Trustworthy Integrated Circuits

Abstract:
For the past Century, the Department of Defense has employed technological superiority as a central tenant of our Defense strategy. Much of this superiority was built on the backbone of Defense Microelectronics. From the earliest experiments with silicon wafers through Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMIC), to today’s III-V compounds, to super/lattice designs; microelectronics have enabled the Department.

The most recent Defense Strategy, dated January 2012 is based on five high level tennets—two of which rely directly on the continued technology superiority of the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense (DoD) has a wide-ranging Research and Engineering (R&E) Enterprise that is the foundation of the Department’s technological strength. While the Department is headed into a challenging fiscal environment, preservation and delivery of advanced technology remains a high priority. The Department and Nation are at a strategic crossroads—the available funds for our national defense are decreasing, while the complexity and depth of the challenges are growing. Through all the changes, one Department conducts Research and Engineering for three reasons; Mitigate new and emerging threats, Affordably enable new or extended military capabilities, and Create technology Surprise through science and engineering. Microelectronics are at the core of each of these missions.