Advanced manufacturing has always been a power jack. The pentagon and Romania, signed a contract agreement for a period of 7 years chip manufacturing spy satellites, missiles and fighter jets and other military parts...
According to the Wall Street journal website reported that the United States department of defense has decided to accept Globalfoundries microchip suppliers for the government. Globalfoundries company headquartered in ABU dhabi, is one of the four largest chip maker, over the next seven years it will be for American spy satellites, missiles and fighter aircraft manufacturing microchips.
A senior dod officials said in an interview, the pentagon has reached a cooperation and Globalfoundries agreement in 2023 to seven years. But did not disclose specific terms.
The partnership has been pending for months. But the United States to protect confidential military system from cyber attacks has adopted a series of measures, in collaboration with Globalfoundries this move is just the first step.
Last year Globalfoundries to IBM acquired two major chip manufacturers. More than a decade, and the supply of the defense department's chip IBM almost monopoly.
For the department of defense on the advanced chip dependent on a single supplier this kind of practice, U.S. lawmakers and regulators have said concerns.
At the same time, the department of defense will be looking for more suitable suppliers, in order to enhance protection for the chip from being tampered with or fall into the hand of the wicked.
The defense department is no longer just rely on the United States manufacturing chips, but expanding the scope of the supplier to follow the change of business technology. Can say, commercial technology development speed beyond the defence.
Chip assembly plant has always been the weak link of the us department of defense as a military supply chain. They are most concerned about technology theft, embedded malicious components or "self-destruct switches (kill switch)". Malicious invasion components can be achieved remote equipment. While "self-destruct switches" will make equipment a pile of scrap metal.
