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Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) Supporting
America's War on Terrorism For More Information: On Thursday, February 21, 2002 at the event highlighting how DMEA is supporting America's War on Terrorism, Congressman Doug Ose of the Third Congressional District expressed his personal support as well as Congress' backing of DMEA's efforts. He stressed the importance of the partnership between Congress and DMEA in developing the tools necessary to support our troops in the field. Validating his observations, Congress has appropriated and the President has approved funding for two new projects totaling $4.7 million which directly involve this local laboratory. DMEA is a Department of Defense applied engineering facility charged with keeping the microelectronics components in our military systems operational and technologically current. DMEA works in cooperation with both defense prime contractors and with the commercial semiconductor industry to ensure the full range of military systems (spanning over 40 years of technology) are supportable and operationally ready to perform their mission. This funding, personally sponsored by Congressman Ose, will allow DMEA to continue providing the devices which make our weapons systems "smart" and give our forces a technological edge on the battlefield. It will also have a direct economic impact on the Sacramento region. The first project of $2.3 million will allow DMEA to purchase and install commercial processes for producing and testing radiation hardened microelectronics devices. These devices are critical in the operation of military weapon systems and are also being considered for use in sensors to detect "dirty" bombs in the continuing war on terrorism. The project has become even more important since commercial suppliers are discontinuing their production of radiation hardened components. The other project carrying a $2.4 million price tag, will allow DMEA to install processes to produce a newer generation of microelectronics devices which are smaller and more complex. Even though newer and a part of our more modern weapon systems, these devices are already being taken out of production by commercial suppliers. Therefore, this project must be successfully completed to insure that affected weapons systems remain supportable. [ Back to Top ] [ Event Photos & Info. ] |
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