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1 Workshop Context and Issues
Pages 4-8

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... The primary goal of program managers and engineers in national security programs is to assure mission success of weapon systems, and access to reliable and trusted microelectronics are essential to assuring that success. Many of the technologies critical to national security are dependent on leading-edge semiconductors and microelectronic devices that, in many cases, do not have a commercial market (see Figure 1-1)
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... SOURCE Kristen Bald r E: dwin, Acting Deeputy Assistant Secretary of D t Defense for System Engineering and Principal Deputy Assistan Secretary of Defense for Sy ms D nt f ystems Engineering, presentaation to the worksh on March 16, 2016. Distr hop 1 ribution Statem A -- Appro ment oved for public release by DO c OPSR; SR#15S S-1541 applies.
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... However, several participants noted that in lieu of having a trusted supplier or an end-to-end trusted production flow for certain microelectronics, there are efforts underway today to create what are thought to be acceptable alternatives, including broadening the acceptable use of otherwise untrusted sources. Some refer to this concept as establishing "tiers" of trust.5 Another method to reduce costs for obtaining assurance in lieu of a trusted supply chain that encompasses all electronic components is one that instead focuses the trust requirements only on mission critical parts.
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... Other members include the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) , the DoD Chief Information Officer, Military Departments, the Missile Defense Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Defense Information Systems Agency.
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... Industry watchers are concerned with an accelerating rate of consolidation and closures that are taking place within the manufacturing sector. In summary, the workshop presentations and discussions highlighted the observation that the national security electronics industrial base is being pulled in different directions.
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