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Electronic obsolescence solutions for the Department of Defense

The part is gone.
The mission isn't.

GCI engineers form, fit and function replacements for obsolete microcircuits, hybrids and circuit card assemblies, builds them in our own Colorado Springs facility, and becomes the qualified source of supply. The platform keeps flying. Nothing above the part changes.

No part number yet? Send the platform and what you know. How it works

GCI replacement circuit card assembly for an F-16 radar, gold hermetic packages on a dark board
GCI replacement circuit card assembly, F-16 radar
CAGE
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UEI
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Quality
AS9100D · ISO 9001:2015
Since
2006, Colorado Springs

In service on

  • UH-60 Black Hawk
  • F-16 Fighting Falcon
  • AGM-65 Maverick
  • B-1 Lancer
  • B-52 Stratofortress
  • MIM-104 Patriot
  • [More platforms: clear with GCI]

The DMSMS problem

Fielded systems outlive the electronics inside them.

When a microcircuit, FPGA or circuit card goes end of life, the program is usually offered three ways to lose.

  • Lifetime buyRuns out, ties up budget in inventory, and the parts age on the shelf.
  • Gray marketCounterfeit risk on exactly the families, memories and FPGAs, that GIDEP flags most.
  • RedesignYears and millions, then requalification of everything above the part.
  • The GCI pathA qualified form, fit and function replacement that drops into the existing socket or slot, built and tested under one roof in Colorado Springs, with GCI standing behind it as the new source of supply. Components come only from franchised distributors with full traceability.
Diagram: an obsolete plastic package, the extracted die, and the same die in a new hermetic package with the same leadsU7OBSOLETEEND OF LIFE · NO SOURCEKNOWN-GOOD DIEGCIHERMETIC · SAME FOOTPRINTGC-U7-01
Same leads, same board, every stage. Illustrative diagram. Photographs of each stage replace it at launch.

What we sustain

Form, fit and function, at every level.

Same footprint, same pinout, same behavior. Nothing above the part has to change.

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    Microcircuits and hybrids

    Known good die extracted from available inventory and reassembled into new, qualified hermetic packages, or the device recreated as a monolithic replacement.

    • Die extraction
    • Hermetic repackaging
    • Monolithic recreation
    • Environmental hardening

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    Circuit card assemblies

    When a card can no longer be built, we reverse engineer it, regenerate the drawings, resolve every obsolete component on it, and produce and test it in house.

    • Reverse engineering
    • Technical data package
    • In house production
    • Test fixtures

  • Custom

    FPGA and programmable logic

    Function recovered from the original device, recreated in HDL, and implemented on a supportable part inside a package that matches the original footprint.

    • Design recovery
    • Interposer design
    • Drop in package
    • Xilinx, Altera, PAL, GAL, CPLD

How it works

From obsolete to available, with one partner.

Most suppliers hand you a part. GCI carries the obsolescence problem through to a qualified, producible item and stays on as the source.

  1. 01

    Obsolescence identified

    You

    Send the part number or NSN, the platform, what technical data exists, the quantity you expect and when you need it.

  2. 02

    Data and hardware assessed

    GCI engineering

    We review the drawings, samples and donor inventory that are actually available, and tell you what is missing.

  3. 03

    Technical feasibility established

    GCI with your program

    An engineering approach, a schedule and a cost basis, before anyone commits funding.

  4. 04

    Replacement engineered

    GCI engineering

    Die reassembly, monolithic recreation, FPGA conversion or a new circuit card, in a form, fit and function package.

  5. 05

    Verification and qualification

    GCI test, your program

    Tested in house to MIL-STD-883 and program requirements, then qualified in the next higher assembly.

  6. 06

    Production and replenishment

    GCI, as the source

    GCI delivers the technical data package, becomes the qualified source of supply and supports the item for the life of the platform.

Past performance

Trusted on the platforms that matter.

See past performance
  • UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in flight over wooded terrain

    UH-60 Black Hawk

    Global Circuit Innovations provided a form, fit and function solution to keep our Black Hawk helicopters flying.

    Peter KubikSenior Staff Engineer, Sikorsky
  • F-16 Fighting Falcon in flight

    F-16 Fighting Falcon

    GCI offers cost effective, proven obsolescence solutions to keep planes flying and save the USAF tens of millions of dollars.

    Jeffery SillartChief Avionics Engineer, F-16, USAF
  • Pilot standing beside an AGM-65 Maverick missile under an aircraft wing

    AGM-65 Maverick

    Circuit card solutions for the AN/DSM-157 test set used in Maverick missile testing.

    Program in work

Start here

Send us the part number.

Tell us the part number or NSN, the platform, what technical data you have, the quantity you expect and when you need it. An engineer comes back with an initial read on the path to a replacement.

  • A straight answer on feasibility before anyone commits funding
  • The engineering path: die reassembly, monolithic recreation, FPGA conversion or a new card
  • What technical data we need from you, and what we can recover without it
Or call and ask for engineering(719) 573-6777info@gci-global.com

Initial engineering discussion

Nine fields. Takes about two minutes.

Please do not include classified information or CUI in this form. We will set up a controlled channel for anything sensitive.

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