Material Acquisition Electronics (MAE)
Abstract
Funding and technical work for the Material Acquisition Electronics (MAE) program has been reallocated to the High Quality Sources Strategic Focus Area. Develop a capability to emulate most obsolete digital integrated circuits (ICs) in the Federal catalog using a single, flexible manufacturing line. DoD has estimated $2.9 billion is spent every five years redesigning circuit card assemblies. Many of these circuit card redesigns are performed to mitigate IC obsolescence. Commercial ICs have short Product Life Cycles (often only 18 months). IC Manufacturers subsequently move on to later generations of ICs, leaving little to no sources for their previous IC products. DoD maintains weapons systems much longer than IC lifecycles, resulting in an obsolescence problem. In order to avoid costs and potential readiness issues associated with buying/carrying excess inventories acquired before commercial availability ceases, or redesigning the next higher assembly to mitigate the obsolete IC, DLA (as the manager of 88% of the IC Federal Stock Class) must have the capability to manufacture needed IC devices.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 5_0708011S_7_0400_PB_2016
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