COTS May Be a Difficult Formula

Credit: BOEING CONCEPT
Boeing has found that once the Defense Dept.'s adaptation of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology for weapons systems moves past the concept stage it runs into some practical hurdles in design, development and certification. These obstacles range from suppliers' resistance to giving up...

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