Phase 1 of the Pb-Free Electronics Manhattan Project consisted of capturing and documenting the current best aerospace and defense (A&D) industry practices to deal with the multiple technical and business issues from the commercial industry transition to Pb-free electronics. The set of Pb-free electronics best practices contained in the report constitute the current baseline practices as determined by the assembled team of nationally-recognized subject matter expert scientists and engineers. "Current baseline practice" is defined as a practice that describes the current state-of-the-art as a baseline against which future improvement can be measured. Known issues with the current baseline practices and technical gaps are also identified in the Phase 1 report.
Phase 2 of the Pb-Free Electronics Manhattan project focused on the development of a time-phased roadmap, including a detailed technical approach, to deal with the multiple technical risks and knowledge gaps identified during Phase 1. The three-year roadmap and supporting details contained in this Phase 2 report define the Phase 3 research and development (R&D) recommended by the team of subject matter experts to deal with those issues. To convey the scope and purpose of the needed R&D, Phase 3 has been named the Pb-Free Electronics Risk Reduction Program.
