defense logistics

The defense logistics tag covers reporting on the effort to recreate obsolete semiconductor components for U.S. defense systems. Featured coverage focuses on Phoenix Semiconductor, an Austin-based startup that received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The project targets aging microelectronic parts, including a 1970s-era logic chip used in carrier launch-and-recovery infrastructure. It highlights how defense readiness can depend on maintaining legacy hardware, reproducing components to their original specifications, and supporting established systems without forcing broader redesigns, software changes, or platform-level recertification.