Author: Scott Nicholas|| Date Published: March 20, 2017
GlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLC has secured a one-year, $99.8 million contract modification from the Defense Microelectronics Activity to provide the Defense Department and federal civilian agencies access to microelectronics and other trusted processes.
DoD said Friday the company will perform contract work in Burlington, Vermont and East Fishkill, New York through March 31, 2018.
The obligated amount of $11.1 million at the time of award is from defense-wide research, development, test and evaluation funds, according to DoD.
Hopewell Junction, New York-based GlobalFoundries manufactures semiconductor materials for automotive, communications, data center, internet of things and mobility applications.
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