Through advanced reverse engineering and specialized manufacturing, GCI delivers custom, authorized-source solutions for platforms ranging from F-22 fighter aircraft and Black Hawk helicopters, Navy ships and satellites. Among its notable accomplishments, GCI developed a form, fit, and function solution that continues to keep a fleet of Black Hawk helicopters mission ready. and is currently engineering circuit card solutions for the DSM-157 test box used in Maverick Missile testing. The company has engineered replacement circuit card solutions for the DSM-157 test set used to support Maverick missile testing as well as FPGA and MCM solutions for otherwise obsolete components.
Defense platforms commonly remain in service for 20 to 30 years, or longer, while the commercial semiconductor market often operates on product cycles of only two to three years. As a result, the electronic components used in radar systems, avionics, weapons, and test equipment routinely become obsolete decades before the platforms they support are retired. Sustainment programs are then forced to consider costly system redesigns, high-risk gray-market components, or expensive lifetime-buy inventories simply to maintain operational readiness.
GCI has built its business around solving this critical sustainment challenge. Through reverse engineering, die-transfer technology, advanced packaging, and specialized manufacturing, GCI can repackage obsolete or damaged semiconductor die and develop qualified, form, fit, and function replacements that meet all requirements, often eliminating the need for a costly system-level redesign.
