Microelectronics Availability for the Army's Missiles.

Abstract

Our modern Army is critically dependent on high technology and in particular sophisticated electronics. Microcircuit technology is the 'brain-trust' of our advanced weapon systems. Because of the central role that microelectronics plays in the total acquisition, and maintenance of the Army's weapon systems, it is extremely important that the Army have ready access to this technology. However, the semiconductor industry is not motivated toward serving this need and therefore potential supply problems exist in this area. The Army's requirements cannot be satisfied with off-the-shelf standard products produced by the large semiconductor manufacturers. Rather, they are typically low volume, high reliability, military standard components -- some of which have the added requirement of radiation hardening. In this report the many facets and ramifications which impact the cause/effect relationships among the various factors of this very timely problem will be discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1980
Accession Number
ADA095379

Entities

People

  • Charles E. Riley

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Circuits
  • Commerce
  • Electronics
  • Fabrication
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Large Scale Integration
  • Manufacturing
  • Metal Oxide Semiconductors
  • Military Standards
  • Quality Control
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • Semiconductors
  • Standards
  • Very Large Scale Integration
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics