Editorial – Page 2 – COTS Journal

FY2017 Budget Reloaded

Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief — The $54 billion—the amount of proposed fiscal year 2018 increase in military spending by unveiled by

Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief — In the world of military embedded computing, Intel processors are now long past the days when

February 17, 2017 John Reardon 0 Comments

I have now officially lost count of how many U.S. Secretaries of Defense have come and gone since I

December 13, 2016 John Reardon 0 Comments

After a turbulent path through Congress, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (NDAA) finally passed the

November 13, 2016 John Reardon 0 Comments

For anyone who has followed this column over the years, I’ve always been keenly interested in the various DARPA “Challenge”

October 13, 2016 John Reardon 0 Comments

Earlier this month I trekked down to Washington D.C. to attend the annual Association of the United Systems Army (AUSA)

September 14, 2016 John Reardon 0 Comments

It makes sense that military UAVs and unmanned systems in general are key topics for COTS Journal. By definition unmanned

This issue of COTS Journal has a section devoted to space-qualified electronics where we highlight some key rad-tolerant products and

July 14, 2016 John Reardon 0 Comments

During my tenure at COTS Journal there’s been several Secretaries of Defense and all have very sincerely demonstrated an emphasis

June 14, 2016 John Reardon 0 Comments

For a technology editor like me, the responsibility of being careful with words and their meanings could be considered