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The mission of the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) is to focus on the warfighter’s needs by researching current and emerging microelectronics issues, leveraging advanced technologies to extend the life of weapon systems, improving reliability, maintainability, and performance, and addressing the problem of diminishing manufacturing sources. An important part of this effort is DMEA’s role in ensuring that the Department of Defense (DoD) has access to a reliable supply chain of Trusted manufacturers of key microelectronics technologies.

DMEA is the program manager for the DoD Trusted Foundry III (TFA3) program. The Trusted Access Program Office (TAPO) is chartered by the United States Government (USG) to find and accredit suppliers of Trusted microelectronics components. TAPO is entrusted to develop and maintain a reliable source of suppliers that give DoD, the Intelligence Community (IC), and other agencies required access to state of the art (SOTA) processes and services.

The purpose of the TFA3 Program is to ensure uninterrupted access to measurably secure, State-of-the-Art semiconductor foundry services over a 10-year period of performance. This contract will continue to provide Trusted access to advanced microelectronic Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) technologies and supporting fabrication processes and services for the DoD and other federal agencies.

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