SBIR-STTR Award

Global Circuit Innovations (GCI) has developed innovative proprietary technologies available to the USAF that can provide solutions to military electronic obsolescence. GCI will utilize these commercially successful reverse engineering technologies that currently benefit the oil & gas industry to provide electrical microcircuits and a fully functional Multi-Chip Module (MCM) with proven durability in harsh environmental conditions to the USAF. GCI is not designing new components, but will acquire Original Device Manufactured (ODM) microcircuits to reverse engineer components to provide form, fit, and function drop-in replacements. For this effort, GCI plans to address an obsolete 512Kx32 SRAM, brought to our attention by Michael Spencer, F-22 Program Technical Lead at BAE Electronic Systems. This 512Kx32 SRAM is used in a module within the RF unit in the Electronic Warfare (EW) system of a F-22 which is supported at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) at Hill AFB, UT. GCI will identify the requirements of this 512Kx32 SRAM to generate a form, fit and function drop-in replacement MCM. In a Phase II Program, GCI will complete the customer validation process and deliver a fully functional production MCM. This will include procurement of necessary die and passive components; fabrication of any required internal cavity

In this effort, GCI will deliver a form, fit, and function drop-in microcircuit to replace an obsolete 512Kx32 bit Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). This urgent need was brought to our attention by Michael Spencer, F-22 Program Technical Lead at BAE Electronic Systems, and is used in a module within the RF unit in the Electronic Warfare (EW) system of an F-22, which is supported at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) at Hill AFB, UT. During the Phase I effort, GCI was able to identify the USAF Technical Point of Contacts (TPOCs) Vince Eddards/NH-04/Chief, F-22 Avionics and Ted Stokes/NH-04/Chief, Sustainment, F-22. GCI has interacted with numerous stakeholders of the project including BAE Systems engineering, contracts, program management, as well as members of the F-22 sustainment team. Our primary contact at BAE Systems is Michelle Moran, Senior Mechanical Engineer. The F-22 has a requirement for up to 500+ units of 512Kx32 bit SRAM. This SRAM is currently obsolete, making it no longer available in inventory or in the supply chain. GCI will perform reverse engineering to provide a form, fit, and function, drop-in replacement that will work identically to the obsolete 512Kx32 SRAM. Not only does this provide the USAF F-22 with a solution, but a Phase II project will generate an 80% cost savings and 75% schedule savings relative to an expensive and time-consuming system redesign. During the Phase I, GCI was able to identify the engineering approach and schedule to move forward for a solution to be executed in a Phase II contract.