DoD mandates redefine role of systems integrators; reusing hardware and software takes priority. (Department of Defense)

EDN, August, 1989 by Stenzler-Centonze, Marjorie

DoD mandates redefine role of systems integrators When the system is broke, as they say, you fix it. When that system is the contracting, design, and development of military equipment, those responsible for the fixing get squeezed. Today's climate of budget austerity and pressure for improved development efficiencies is falling particularly hard on systems integrators.

Department of Defense (DoD) customers are increasingly demanding total system solutions from a single contractor, even as the DoD itself continues to push for reductions in time and cost. Add the two together, and system integrators, the engineers responsible for integrating components, subsystems, and interfaces into a complete system, often get caught in the middle. As a result,...

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