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Calling all COTS: Everyone wants COTS in the military, but with upside comes risks
In this magazine we focus on “COTS and technology for the entire military life cycle,” and it says so right on the cover. While I prefer to emphasize the “life cycle” part of our mission statement with stories such as our new guest column series Legacy Software Migration, Commercial Off-The-Shelf plays a huge part of what we write about. If recent conferences and trade shows are any indication, more companies than ever ...
preview: http://www.mil-embedded.com   date: 5/9/2008

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COTS life-cycle management matures in changing market
Working hand in hand with integrators and end users, rugged COTS vendors have adopted various strategies to combat component obsolescence over the lifetime of a piece of equipment. However, rapid changes are taking place as a result of operational experience, reductions in the maintenance infrastructure, and changing market expectations of equipment life; these point to a renewed emphasis on rigorous management at the component level.
preview: http://www.mil-embedded.com   date: 6/24/2008

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COTS: That which can change, changes
The COTS market has unquestionably changed over time. The question is: Does COTS still deliver the values that it was originally envisaged would be delivered?
preview: http://www.mil-embedded.com   date: 6/24/2008

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Dancing with wolves: The COTS illusion
Enhanced Voice Processor (EVP) units are at the heart of many a military communications system. When sourcing Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) enabling technology for these communications, there are always two key requirements that come to the fore: high density and low cost per channel. Although COTS is perceived as a one-size-fits-all solution, COTS products rarely meet military systems’ needs all by themselves; often add-on or enablin...
preview: http://www.mil-embedded.com   date: 5/9/2008

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Designing COTS electronics for mission-critical systems
Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) electronics developers face a host of challenges when designing for mission-critical systems. However, the advent of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology, advances in semiconductor fabrication and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing, along with the capability to design in reliability and maintainability from the start are presenting engineers with viable remedies to design issues.
preview: http://www.vmecritical.com   date: 4/25/2008

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Graphics Processing Unit accelerates scan conversion
Many examples abound as to why the adoption of COTS technologies has been such a success story for the military. The maximum benefit is obtainable where massive commercial technology investment can be leveraged directly to solve a similar technology problem in another domain. Nowhere is this level of investment more evident than in the commercial video gaming market, providing the opportunity for the technology being developed for real-time, d...
preview: http://www.mil-embedded.com   date: 4/2/2008

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New consumer technology does not equal ideal COTS
Today’s consumer technology is so advanced and alluring that we’re all primed psychologically to expect it in all applications – even complex COTS-based military systems. This priming subconsciously makes us gloss over the fact that consumer technology was not designed for high-performance defense applications and could result in serious repercussions for the COTS industry.
preview: http://www.mil-embedded.com   date: 6/24/2008