COTS for military applications: been there, done that, got the PC cards

Author

Balakirsky, Jay ; Hall, W. J Jim, Jr.

Author_Institution

Orbital Sci. Corp., Germantown, MD, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

24-26 Jun 1996

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

23

Abstract

OSC/FD has successfully implemented unmodified PC Cards in military equipment. These implementations have been for memory only. In one instance PC Cards are being used in a new system (Bradley Fighting Vehicle Mass Memory Unit) and in another instance PC Cards are being used to cost effectively upgrade an existing system (the PC Card upgrade to the AN/ASQ-215 Navy standard data loader). OSC/FD is working on the application of PC Cards (or Credit Electronics) beyond memory. Both retrofit and new developments are being considered. Using PC Cards, with their limited processing and interface capabilities, in a complex, multi-processor military applications is significant challenge, but one OSC/FD will achieve

Keywords

add-on boards; military equipment; smart cards; COTS; OSC/FD; PC cards; interface capabilities; military applications; military equipment; multi-processor military applications; retrofit; system upgrade; Aerospace electronics; Aging; Application software; Cost function; Economies of scale; Hardware; Military computing; Military equipment; Procurement; Production;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonvolatile Memory Technology Conference, 1996., Sixth Biennial IEEE International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3510-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NVMT.1996.534663

Filename

534663