Anti-Tamper Technology Support

Anti-Tamper Technology Support is a critical component of the Army's efforts to prevent exploitation and reverse engineering of U.S. systems lost or captured on the battlefield or sold via Foreign Military Sales (FMS) or Direct Commercial Sales (DCS). The program is managed by the Protective Technologies (PT) organization, which serves as the Army's Technical Center for the Department of Defense (DoD) Anti-Tamper (AT) program. The specific objectives of this program include conducting AT Validation and Verification (V&V) activities with Army programs, maintaining AT/RE Lab facilities and equipment, and performing AT/RE Lab assessments to evaluate vulnerabilities of micro-electronic components used in the electronic designs of Army weapons systems with Critical Program Information (CPI) that requires protection.

The program's planned activities for FY 2024 include continuing to build and maintain the PT core team of subject matter experts (SMEs) to support the development and fielding of new and upgraded Army programs through technical evaluation of their AT architectures. Additionally, the program aims to build and maintain state-of-the-art reverse engineering capabilities to facilitate technical assessments for evaluating vulnerabilities of micro-electronic components used in electronic designs of Army weapons systems with CPI that requires protection. The funding changes reflect the planned lifecycle of these efforts, with increased funding due to revised economic assumptions. Overall, the program is focused on enhancing the security and integrity of critical technologies within U.S. weapon systems to safeguard against exploitation and reverse engineering.