Volume 11, Issue 7

'COTS has not had its day,' board industry expert tells COTScon

July 1, 2000

WASHINGTON — Open systems — rather than commercial off-the-shelf, or COTS — is perhaps the best description of what is happening in the military electronics world...

Computers

Despite COTS, custom electronics are still vital on the battlefield

July 1, 2000

Military designers recognize that commercial-off-the-shelf electronics are more widely available and less expensive than custom-designed and mil-spec components,yet mission-critical...

Communications

New cooling technique enables Marine Corps to use COTS boards in AAAV; other programs may follow

July 1, 2000

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The U.S. Marine Corps is employing advanced vapor-cooling techniques to support initial use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology in the Advanced...

Power

Smart devices take military and aerospace power to the next level

July 1, 2000

The U.S. Navy Power Electronics Building Blocks program is one of the lead programs to develop intelligent power electronics for the growing number of electric aircraft applications...

Computers

PowerMIDAS from VMETRO provides high bandwidth for Comanche helicopter

July 1, 2000

HOUSTON — The new PowerMIDAS series of I/O subsystems, from engineers at VMETRO, follows its previous version into signal processing systems, and for the first time launching...

Volume 11, Issue 7

'COTS has not had its day,' board industry expert tells COTScon

Despite COTS, custom electronics are still vital on the battlefield

New cooling technique enables Marine Corps to use COTS boards in AAAV; other programs may follow

Smart devices take military and aerospace power to the next level

PowerMIDAS from VMETRO provides high bandwidth for Comanche helicopter

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