ScanCAD PCB Reverse Engineering and Legacy Sustainment for Defense and National Security
Empower your depot or arsenal to troubleshoot, repair, and recreate critical electronics in-house. ScanCAD delivers complete technical data packages from physical artifacts — eliminating dependence on obsolete suppliers.
The Growing Obsolescence Crisis
America’s defense platforms are operating decades beyond their original design life. The aircraft commissioned in the 1980s are still in service. The radar systems installed in the 1990s still guard our coastlines. The weapons systems fielded before many of today’s technicians were born remain mission-critical.
But the electronics inside these platforms face a harsh reality:
• **Suppliers have discontinued support** — or gone out of business entirely
• **Original design data is lost, incomplete, or inaccessible**
• **Spare parts inventories are exhausted**
• **Cannibalization rates are climbing** — consuming the remaining operational units to keep others flying
According to the GAO, sustained increases in cannibalization across the U.S. Navy correlate directly with increased casualty reports and maintenance delays. The result: degraded readiness, higher costs, and platforms grounded when they’re needed most.
The old approach — wait for a contractor, pay for a redesign, endure years of recertification — no longer works when mission-critical systems fail today
Take Control of Your Own Sustainment
ScanCAD technology transfers the power back to equipment owners. Instead of depending on OEMs, legacy contractors, or dwindling spare parts, your depot or arsenal can:
• **Troubleshoot failures** using dimensionally accurate imagery aligned with actual design data
• **Repair electronics** with complete understanding of circuit layout and connectivity
• **Recreate artifacts** — manufacturing exact-match replacements that maintain form, fit, and function
This is organic sustainment capability. Your team. Your timeline. Your mission.
Generate Complete Technical Data Packages
ScanCAD is the world’s only solution that transforms a physical circuit board into a complete, production-ready Technical Data Package (TDP).
**What you get:**
• **Bill of Materials (BOM)** — Complete component identification with manufacturer part numbers
• **Gerber files (274x)** — All layers including accurate inner-layer geometries
• **Drill data** — Through-hole, blind, and buried vias
• **Component placement data** — X/Y coordinates, rotation, and side
• **Netlist** — Complete electrical connectivity in IPC-2581, ODB++, and other standard formats
• **Native schematic** — Exportable to Altium, OrCAD, and other design tools
Every measurement is NIST-traceable. Every output is ready for manufacturing. No other solution delivers this level of completeness — especially the accurate capture of inner-layer copper that other systems simply cannot provide.
Eliminate Dependence on Cannibalization
Cannibalization is a downward spiral. Every unit stripped for parts accelerates the decline of your operational fleet. Eventually, there’s nothing left to cannibalize.
ScanCAD breaks this cycle by enabling the creation of new replacement boards from existing artifacts:
• **Capture the complete design** from a working unit — or even a failed one
• **Manufacture exact replacements** using the generated TDP
• **Preserve your remaining inventory** instead of consuming it
• **Expand capacity** rather than watching it shrink
One recent project demonstrated the stark economics: ScanCAD quoted a complete TDP for an environmental control system unit for approximately $200,000. The alternative — redesign and recertification — was estimated at $60 million.
Restore Platform Readiness
When a critical system fails and no spares exist, platforms go down. CASREPs stack up. Missions get delayed or cancelled.
ScanCAD-equipped facilities have resolved exactly these scenarios — getting major platforms back to operational status by generating the data needed to manufacture replacement electronics on an emergency timeline.
**Readiness impact:**
• **Reduce platform downtime** from months or years to weeks
• **Resolve CASREPs** that would otherwise wait indefinitely for contractor support
• **Maintain mission capability** even for systems long past their intended service life
• **Respond to urgent operational needs** without depending on external timelines
Proven Across All Branches
ScanCAD systems and services support critical operations throughout the defense and national security community and across all branches.
With over 33 years of proven performance, ScanCAD is the established standard for defense electronics reverse engineering.
Why Defense Leaders Choose ScanCAD
**The only complete solution.** Other tools address pieces of the problem — connectivity extraction, imaging, documentation. Only ScanCAD integrates the entire workflow from physical artifact to manufacturable TDP, including accurate inner-layer capture that no other system provides.
**NIST-traceable accuracy.** Defense certifications demand exact-match replacements. ScanCAD delivers measurements traceable to national standards, ensuring your recreated electronics meet the strictest requirements.
**Domestic source.** ScanCAD International is a U.S.-owned company with all operations performed within the United States. All service vendors maintain active ITAR registration with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
**Proven under pressure.** When major platforms have gone down due to failed electronics with no available spares, ScanCAD technology has restored operational capability — sometimes within weeks.
Empower Your Organic Sustainment Capability
Stop waiting on contractors. Stop cannibalizing your fleet. Stop watching critical platforms sit idle for lack of a circuit board that hasn’t been manufactured in twenty years.
ScanCAD gives your team the technology, training, and support to take control of your own electronics sustainment — today and for decades to come.
**Ready to restore your sustainment independence?**