Development of DoD C3I Systems Using Commercial Off-the-Shelf Products

Abstract

The use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products in the development of command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I) systems for the Department of Defense (DOD) is crucial. Significant reduction in the DOD budget and the expectation of further reductions will force the defense community to build lower cost systems that do not depend heavily on customized hardware and software. The concept of 'open system architecture', where individual subsystems designed and manufactured by different industrial organizations can be integrated into systems of high performance (by virtue of common interface standards), is making its appearance in the commercial marketplace. This creates the possibility that large-scale military systems can be integrated at low cost from commercial products, with relatively short development schedules. The DOD will need to exploit this possibility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA249679

Entities

People

  • Barry M. Horowitz

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Consumers
  • Contractors
  • Corporations
  • Cycles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Judgment
  • Life Cycles
  • Open System Architecture
  • Prototypes
  • Software Design
  • Specifications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control