GEM Reaches 1,000 QML Parts Listing Milestone
Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) is a certification issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for parts that have been manufactured in a QA-certified technology flow that is capable of producing military-grade microcircuits in compliance to the performance requirement of MIL-PRF-38535. Microcircuits achieve “QML” status upon successful demonstration of the certified technology flow and compliancy to a device military specification. The DLA sourcing and qualification division (VQ) reviews all testing and
qualification data before certifying as QML and listing a device on the Standard Microcircuit Cross-Reference (SMCR).
The SMCR is a publicly available database which lists all DLA supported microcircuits, used on various weapon systems, that are compliant with Standard Microcircuit Drawings, M38510 Slash Sheet specifications, and DLA Vendor Item Drawings. The SMCR provides information on the microcircuit suppliers (vendors) and the latest version of the controlling specification. It also provides the DLA National Stock Number (NSN) for microcircuits actively supported by DLA.
There are instances where a microcircuit on the QML has no vendor listed as a source. In many cases when this situation occurs, and based on demand, the GEM Program has designed and manufactured an emulation of the original microcircuit. We have recently added our “1,000” QML-Q part listing on the DLA QML. Since 1997 a total of 1,000 microcircuits have been designed, manufactured in our captive foundry, qualified, and listed on the QML. Every microcircuit has been available on a continuous basis and none have ever been removed from the list.
The GEM Program is currently working on several GEM parts which will be listed on the SMCR when the qualification is completed. If you have a need for a microcircuit which has no source, submit your request to geminfo@sri.com for a possible GEM replacement.
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Total Record Count: 1,000
CAGE Code: 0DKS7
QPL: QML-38535
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DLA Certificate “custom microcircuit…”