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Archive: 2014

A Chinese Eastwind EQ2050 vehicle (green) bears a striking resemblance to an original U.S. military Humvee (top), showing the results of tampering with and reverse engineering vital equipment. - A Chinese Eastwind EQ2050 vehicle (green) bears a striking resemblance to an original U.S. military Humvee (top), showing the results of tampering with and reverse engineering vital equipment.

Anti-tamper: To delay, deter

The acquisition commands of the U.S. armed services pride themselves in providing an unfair advantage to the American warfighter. That advantage comes at a price, which goes to waste if the enemy can reverse engineer similar technology. Marine Corps Systems Command's Dave Matthews, Technology Protection Branch chief, and his team have taken the mission to keep technology from falling into the hands of the enemy.