As critical military and commercial applications grow more dependent on semiconductor devices fabricated overseas often at untrusted foundries, the United States is becoming vulnerable to attack at a basic level. There are a number of techniques to alter a chip's design during manufacturing… More

The armed forces commonly use UHF frequencies for mobile communications including ships at sea. At UHF frequencies, communications is predominately line-of-sight. In many situations, mobile communications is dependent on UHF space assets. The use of nano-satellites is an attractive alternative to… More

The objective of the Phase I program is to develop the requisite technologies to build tamper response devices that prevent the reverse engineering of military infrared focal plane array systems by destroying key elements of the IR system upon the detection of a tamper attack. The combination of… More