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  • Report: Northrop Embeds Security Features in Microchip Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop Embeds Security Features in Microchip Tech

    A Northrop Grumman facility in Baltimore, Maryland, produces microchip technology designed with security tools that are not available on the commercial market, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Vern Boyle, technology director at Northrop’s cyber division, told Breaking Defense that the company works to develop specific technologies that are only accessible to the U.S. government. He noted in the interview that the company creates its […] More

  • IBM to Design Self-Destructing Microchips For DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Design Self-Destructing Microchips For DARPA

    IBM will develop microchip technology that is designed to use a self-destruct mechanism under a $3.5 million contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company will explore methods for remotely shattering CMOS-based military electronics into powder once the items are discarded, DARPA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice. DARPA says IBM intends to use strained […] More