Article: Printed circuit boards to become part of DOD's 'trusted' production program.

The Department of Defense has developed a strategy to deal with the erosion of the U.S. printed circuit board industry and its growing inability to make parts that can be "trusted" for systems used in national security and military weapons systems. A task force made up of representatives from 10 military agencies, the National Security Agency and the State Department agreed with a 2005 National Research Council report that recommended DOD begin a multi-structured program aimed at creating a "trusted" supply of printed circuit boards. "DOD concurs with comments on all National Research Committee recommendations, discussing current and potential actions to address" the loss ...

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