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Time for a Space "Perry Memo"
Back in 1994, a famous memo was issued by William Perry, at the time the U.S. Secretary of Defense. This memo became known as the ‘Perry memo’ and it directed the department of defense to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products where possible rather than custom built solutions.
The Importance of Expansion and Scalability of Mission Computers
Jacob Sealander discusses how the modular design of Curtiss-Wright mission computers enables rapid expansion and scalability for integrating additional processing capabilities and payload-specific I/O interfaces for avionics, vetronics, and other...
Application Specific Recorder Systems for Defense & Aerospace Applications
Paul Davis and Matt Young discuss today's sensor-rich applications in defense and aerospace applications that have unique requirements and how to apply those needs to COTS solutions for a application-specific data recording system.