Ted Glum, DMEA Director (right), thanks
Congressman Doug Ose, 3rd District, California, (left) for his support
of the high tech facility. |
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DMEA: Supporting America's
War on Terrorism
February 21, 2002
On Thursday, February 21, 2002 more than 150
people from the community and the laboratory attended the event
highlighting how the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA)
is supporting America's War on Terrorism.
The keynote speaker, Congressman Doug Ose of
the Third Congressional District, expressed his personal support
as well as Congress' backing of DMEA's efforts. 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.
Following the formal program, invited guests
and members of the press were given a tour featuring the Advanced
Reconfigurable Manufacturing for Semiconductor (ARMS) "Flexible"
Foundry and other laboratories within the complex. As part of
the tour, examples of projects completed by DMEA in support of
our military forces were DMEA, located at McClellan Park in Sacramento,
is responsible for supporting and updating the microelectronics
devices which make Department of Defense weapons systems "smart"
and give our forces a technological edge on the battlefield. Projects
completed to date have solved parts obsolescence problems on subsystems
of the Air Force B-2 Bomber , TSC-102 satellite Communication
System and Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SUAV), and the Navy
Aegis Radar and Missile System , the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile,
and the E2C Hawkeye Aircraft, to name a few. Even the newest DoD
weapons are not immune from diminishing manufacturing source problems,
and DMEA has partnered with the manufacturers of the F-22, an
Air Force Air Dominance fighter still not in full production,
to replace already obsolete microelectronics devices. DMEA is
also supporting Navy Special Operations Forces and intelligence
community personnel in the new Homeland Defense and Counter Terrorism
Initiatives.
The new funding identified by Congressman Ose
will allow DMEA to produce and test radiation hardened micro-electronics
devices and smaller, more complex microcircuits already being
phased out of production by commercial suppliers, but still required
to support our fielded systems. With continued support by Congress
and the community, DMEA will remain technologically current and
will continue to serve as an economic engine in the Northern California
area.
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Congressman Doug Ose, California, 3rd District, Allice Astafan,
CEO, The FTC, and Ted Glum, Director, DMEA, showcase the partnership
neccessary to support the War Fighters. |
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(L-R) Earl Hendricks, Deputy Director, DMEA, Dr. S.K. Ramesh,
Professor and Chair of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
(E & EE) Department, CSUS
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