Northrop Grumman zeroes-in on technologies to protect military from counterfeit electronics

摘要

Defense microelectronics experts at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Mission Systems segment in Linthicum, Md., are moving forward on a U.S. military research initiative to safeguard the military electronics supply chain from substandard used and counterfeit electronics. Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., announced a $7.3 million contract option for the second phase of the DARPA Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense (SHIELD) program.