Industrial technology has always played a critical role in the defense sector. In recent years, additive manufacturing has begun to play an even more critical role in weapon design and prototype development. This is due to the many advantages that additive manufacturing offers over traditional manufacturing methods.
Over four days at GOMACTech, industry will be doing tech demos, creating partnerships with government agencies and other commercial leaders, and developing solutions for the warfighter. This year’s program provides a forum for discussing and demonstrating advanced microelectronics and microsystems that can provide the means to build confidence in transformational, leap-ahead technologies and capabilities.
Russia is amping up is hypersonics weapons campaigns against Ukraine. North Korea recently claimed it has tested their own fleet of hypersonic missiles, a claim that has been deemed credible. Top U.S. generals openly state that China’s hypersonic developments are “very concerning”.
Today, the “final frontier” is no longer a moon measuring 1,079.6 miles but 10 nanometer microchips powering 1.15 trillion semiconductor units annually.
The Additively Manufactured Prototypes (AMP) for Hardware Technology Protection (HTP) has been awarded utilizing the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S²MARTS) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) vehicle. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division has awarded $1.6 Million to Mercury Systems, Raytheon, Charles Stark Draper, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Lockheed Martin.
The United States is in a hypersonic race against two of the world’s most advanced militaries, Russia and China. With the potential that Hypersonic technology holds, we must consider the impact of it in the hands of other nations.
Since its inception in 2019, S²MARTS has effectively been able to move forward multiple contracts to support the Department of the Navy and America’s Warfighters. Now, celebrating its four-year anniversary S²MARTS has awarded over $1 Billion in government contracts. The management of S²MARTS by NSTXL and its close relationship with NSWC Crane has led to S²MARTS undeniable success.
The Microelectronics Commons program is a first of its kind approach aimed at decreasing our dependency on other nations for microelectronics. The Department of Defense is looking to cast a wide net on the technology industry and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) to innovate and collaborate to successfully deliver on a project of this scale.
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) has proposed a prototype project to close the gap between microelectronics innovation and market adoption. The prototype project- Microelectronics Commons - will enable lab-to-fab prototyping– that is, evolve microelectronics laboratory prototyping to fabrication prototyping – in domestic facilities.
In 2022, we welcomed 300 new member organizations across 64 technology focus areas, 75% representing Small, Non-Traditional organizations. This year, our members top technology areas included 5G, Microelectronics, Hypersonics, and Space Awareness.
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