DocumentCode
994243
Title
The Military Computer Family: a New. Joint-Service Approach to Military Computer Acquisition
Author
Coleman, Aaron H. ; Smith, William R.
Author_Institution
U.S. Army Electronics Command
Volume
10
Issue
10
fYear
1977
Firstpage
12
Lastpage
15
Abstract
A new approach to developing and acquiring computers for the military has been under development over the past 2½ years by the Army´s Electronics Command and the Navy´s Air Systems Command. Known as the Military Computer Family Program, the joint effort now includes the Air Force´s Electronic Systems Division and Rome Air Development Center (as observers). It is aimed at providing defense system developers with a software-compatible family of military computers that have extensive systems/support software. The various phases of the work being performed under the MCF Program are the subject of the principal articles in this issue. The overall objectives and major thrusts are summarized below.
Keywords
Computer aided manufacturing; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Costs; Defense industry; Hardware; Microcomputers; Military computing; Military equipment; Software tools;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/C-M.1977.217521
Filename
1646254
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