COTS Enabled Rapid Development to Deployment

In Military, Aerospace and First Responder applications, System Integrators targeting highly rugged applications often utilize conduction cooled modules because of their superior performance in harsh environments. Historically, these have often been proprietary custom designs, but with tighter budgets System Integrators are increasingly turning to COTS suppliers in order to minimize non-recurring costs and shorten time to market. At the same time, their customers are seeking the same thing, resulting in a need for System Integrators to utilize IRAD funding to develop subsystems that are ready to demonstrate.