Application Lifecycle Management
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Life cycle management, semiconductor re-creation, and mitigating counterfeit parts
Life cycle management, semiconductor re-creation, and mitigating counterfeit parts
Obsolescence management continues to be a challenge for military system designers, who are faced with designing for platforms that must last decades but using components that become obsolete in 18 months. In the following Q and A with Daniel Deisz, Director of Design Technology at Rochester Electronics, he discusses how Department of Defense (DoD) planners need to build in life cycle management costs in projects up front, the advantages of authorized re-creation or porting of semiconductor components for extending the life of parts, the importance of testing for aftermarket solutions, and how best to mitigate the spread of counterfeit components in the defense supply chain. Edited excerpts follow.
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Economics of modularity and reuse, continued
In our March issue, I talked about how electronics-reuse initiatives within the Department of Defense (DoD) such as Hardware Open Systems Technology (HOST), the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA), and the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) are driving commonality in avionics, radar, unmanned systems, and other defense applications, thus enabling long-term cost savings in an era of expensive platforms such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA), an overview
Budget cuts and sequestration, while handcuffing the defense industry and the warfighter, have also forced the government to embrace a movement toward more commonality across multiple platforms through open standards and establishing a culture of re-us…
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Avionics data bus users demand more reliability and flexibility
Avionics data bus users demand more reliability and flexibility
New and old military aircraft platforms are continuing to embrace high-speed networks in their new avionics data bus selections, choosing protocols such as high-speed Ethernet and ARINC 429. Meanwhile, MIL-STD 1553 continues to live on in new designs and sustainment contracts despite its slower speeds.
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Open architecture and reuse initiatives make economic sense
I’m often preaching in this space about how the demand for commonality is driving procurement and technology development within the Department of Defense (DoD), a demand brought on by the DoD budget cuts the last few years and sequestration. Now, with budget increases promised by the Trump administration, I see the demand only growing because it just makes good business sense; I also see a number of initiatives currently pushing for more open architectures and technology reuse across multiple platforms.
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Challenger 2 main battle tank obsolescence management contract won by Rheinmetall
Engineers at Rheinmetall will be managing obsolescence issues for the British army’s Challenger main battle tank under a Challenger 2 Life Extension Program (CR2 LEP) Assessment Phase contract from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD).
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Trump election, phased array tech, Intel Xeon, VPX, and ARM v-8A impact 2016 military COTS market
Every month the McHale Report will host an online roundtable with experts from the defense electronics industry – from major prime contractors to defense component suppliers. Each roundtable will explore topics important to the military embedded elec…
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Open architecture role in avionics and electronic warfare designs
Enabling commonality across multiple platforms is a priority within U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) procurement for new and upgraded avionics platforms and this open architecture approach is gaining traction in the electronic warfare community as well…
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Army procurement and COTS
Every month the McHale Report will host an online roundtable with experts from the defense electronics industry – from major prime contractors to defense component suppliers. Each roundtable will explore topics important to the military embedded elec…
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COTS and mega-constellations, satellite export reforms, and military space market trends
Every month the McHale Report will host an online roundtable with experts from the defense electronics industry – from major prime contractors to defense component suppliers. Each roundtable will explore topics important to the military embedded elec…
