Due to this methods inherent reliability and robustness it attracted a great deal of interest at the Department of Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency.
Uncapher persuaded both the US government and USC Engineering Dean, Zohrab Kaprielian, to form a university-based research agency and ISI opened the offices it still occupies in Marina del Rey, California.
During the 1980s, along with his colleagues, Uncapher helped to create the MOSIS system that made VLSI design more practical and cost effective for researchers, and as a result, architectural innovation more plentiful.
After co-founding the Corporation for National Research Initiatives in 1986[3] with Robert E. Kahn, Uncapher worked to advance new areas of information technology.
He also received the "Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service" from the Department of the United States Air Force as well as the Centennial Medal of the IEEE Computer Society .