DoD Accredits Honeywell Plant

Honeywell said its silicon wafer processing plant in Plymouth, Minn., won Department of Defense (DoD) Accreditation of Trust, making it only the second such plant in the United States to achieve the distinction. The accreditation applies to the company’s 0.15-micron, 0.35-micron and 0.8-micron silicon wafer processes. “This accreditation provides all DoD prime contractors and other government agencies with a secure, on-shore silicon wafer foundry for microelectronics technology used in military/space electronics, including those requiring an International Traffic in Arms Regulations export license,” said David Wick, director, microelectronic sales, Honeywell Aerospace. Silicon wafers are used to make Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and memory components, which are subsequently used in obsolete replacement programs, commercial and military avionics systems, payload electronics for commercial and military space systems, inertial measurement units and flight control systems. More