Boise, Idaho - July 25, 2024 - Idaho Scientific announced that is it one of the recipients for a $499M up to 10-year Indefinite Delivery,Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract award from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Air Force will manage the contract, with the technology to be developed under this contract expected to be integrated into systems across the Department of Defense.
Idaho Scientific has been innovating and delivering solutions to the Department of Defense for nearly 10 years. Idaho Scientific solutions are expected to make an impact in cryptography solutions, root of trust and extension of security, and secure processing, among other technologies.
“The heart of technology protection is in hardware security.The software will always be exploitable if the hardware isn’t secure,” said Dan Herway, Executive Vice President at Idaho Scientific. “Security for mobile and IoT devices have driven hardware security into the public light. If you lose your iPhone, Apple is thinking harder than ever about how quickly somebody can gain access to your personal information. Defense system have a similar problem but the information to protect has national security implications and the people with bad intentions are better funded. We exist to solve that problem and this contract is a vote of confidence from the Government that our solutions are effective in doing that.”
Idaho Scientific Press Contact:
Hannah Brackett
208-275-8630
About Idaho Scientific: Since January 2015, Idaho Scientific has beendedicated to developing solutions so support the Government secure the critical infrastructure that makes our modern, connected lives possible. For more information, visitwww.idahoscientific.com.
