VPT Rad expands DLA-approved services to include single event effects testing of electronic devices

CHELMSFORD, Mass. VPT Rad, the radiation lab and test services facility division of VPT Inc., has expanded its suite of services to include MIL-STD-750 Test Method (TM) 1080 for Single Event Effects (SEE) testing of electronic devices.

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) officials granted Laboratory Suitability approval to VPT Rad for the new services. The new approval adds to VPT’s existing DLA suitability status, expanding the scope of its DLA-approved services.

The Electronic Devices branch of the DLA also performed an extensive audit on the Quality Assurance program, covering VPT Rad’s suite of DLA-approved irradiation test services. The DLA audit is now closed and VPT Rad received continued approval to provide radiation testing on electronic components to MIL-STD-750 and MIL-STD-883 Test Method 1019 – Ionizing Radiation (Total Dose): Conditions A, C, and D, and Test Method 1017; per MIL-STD-750 and MIL-STD-883.

VPT Rad provides radiation test services to the electronics industry where radiation environments can degrade component performance. Its in-house facility includes Total Ionizing Dose (TID) irradiators for both High Dose Rate (HDR) and Low Dose Rate (LDR).

Heavy Ion Single Event Effects (SEE) testing and neutron irradiation testing for Displacement Damage Dose (DDD) services are also provided to VPT Rad customers at facilities throughout the U.S.

For customers and programs outside of the U.S., the facility provides radiation test solutions using test methods compliant to ESCC 22900. VPT Rad also serves the gamma irradiation needs of the biomedical research and development market.

“The maintenance and expansion of our Laboratory Suitability status from the DLA demonstrates our continued commitment to thoroughly meet the needs of our customers in the military/aerospace electronics markets,” VPT Rad Executive Director Aridio Sanchez explains. “We are extremely pleased to welcome those clients that must utilize DLA certified labs for their electronics testing processes.”

The DLA Laboratory Suitability issued to VPT Rad is number is VQE-17-030893.

VPT Rad is a comprehensive radiation laboratory and test services facility that serves the radiation and related test needs of aerospace electronics manufacturers as well as the gamma radiation needs for the research and development efforts of biomedical device manufacturers.

VPT Inc., part of the HEICO Electronic Technologies Group, provides DC-DC power converters, EMI filters, and custom engineering services for avionics, military, industrial, and space applications globally. Every day, organizations like NASA, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, ESA, and many more depend on quality power conversion solutions from VPT to power critical systems.

HEICO Corp. (NYSE:HEI.A) (NYSE:HEI) is engaged primarily in the design, production, servicing, and distribution of products and services to certain niche segments of the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunications, and electronics industries through its Hollywood, Florida-based Flight Support Group and its Miami, Florida-based Electronic Technologies Group. HEICO's customers include a majority of the world's airlines and overhaul shops, as well as numerous defense and space contractors and military agencies worldwide, in addition to medical, telecommunications, and electronics equipment manufacturers.

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