Lockheed is Demonstrating Application Specific Integrated Circuit Technology

Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems, Owego, New York, has been awarded a $13,567,781 cost-plus-fixed-fee competitive contract for the System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware (SSITH) Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) effort. Lockheed Martin will demonstrate an ASIC using their Hardware Architecture Resilient by Design (HARD) techniques and emulation developed under the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s SSITH Program. Work will be performed in Owego, New York; Cherry Hill, New Jersey; and Eagan, Minnesota, and is expected to be completed Sept. 28, 2023. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $10,186,241 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-21-C-7123).