USING COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) PRODUCTS IN THE DESIGN OF MISSILE FLIGHT-QUALIFIED HARDWARE

• Main Author: Kujiraoka, Scott R.
• Other Authors: Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
• Language: en_US
• Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 2001
• Subjects: Antenna; coupler; certification; testing; telemetry
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/607685; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/607685

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 22-25, 2001 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada === During these times of acquisition reform in the federal government, various missile systems are being forced into using Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) products in the design of their subsystems. However one problem that this presents is the lack of configuration management. There is a concern that the manufacturer will modify the product without informing the end user. This may have a severe effect on the performance of an already flight qualified subsystem. An example of how one program is dealing with this issue will be discussed.