Modernizing Defense Microelectronics

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White Paper • November 2023

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First published in 2023 by NDIA’s affiliate, the Emerging Technologies Institute. 2101 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22201, United States of America. (703) 522-1820 © 2023 by the National Defense Industrial Association. All rights reserved. This report is made possible by general support to NDIA and the Emerging Technologies Institute. No direct sponsorship contributed to this report. This report is produced by NDIA, a non-partisan, non-profit, educational association that has been designated by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization – not a lobby firm – and was founded to educate its constituencies on all aspects of national security. Its research is nonpartisan. DISCLAIMER: The ideas and findings in this report should not be construed to be official positions of either NDIA or any of the organizations listed as contributors or the membership of NDIA. It is published in the interest of an information exchange between government and industry, pursuant to its mission to bring industry and government together to engage in discussions of important topics. For more information please visit our website: EmergingTechnologiesInstitute.org Written by Jacob Winn and Dr. Michael Fritze. Typeset and produced by Hannah Meushaw, Alexander Feeser, and Eve Dorris. Edited by Jacob Trask.

Habiba Hamid, Director of Public Affairs & Communications at hhamid@NDIA.org

Contributors .......................................................................3 Foreword ..........................................................................4 Executive Summary ................................................................5 Introduction .......................................................................6 Background ........................................................................8

ETI's 2022 Workshop: Topics and Findings Findings ..........................................................................12 Recommendations ................................................................15 Conclusion........................................................................19 Appendix A: 2022 NDIA ETI Workshop Summary .....................................20 References .......................................................................21 3

Dr. Michael Fritze

Dr. Arun Seraphin We also thank Dr. Mark Lewis and Dr. Anna Melker for their contributions, and the entirety of the NDIA ETI staff for their review.

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Former Director, Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA)

Applied Research Institute (ARI) Dr. Yadunath Zambre