COTS Journal isn’t just a technology magazine; it’s an essential resource for engineering and project managers watching the industry landscape. Our monthly editorial brings in-depth analysis, from our Editor-in-Chief, of issues important to those making decisions for their company’s future.
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Engineering Cost Control
Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief
April 2012
We can look forward to the DoD’s budget getting thrown back and forth like a political football over the next several months, but there’s clearly one direction it’s going and that’sRead More...
Past Articles
The Army and Agile Acquistion
March 2012
Every February I look forward to trekking down to Fort Lauderdale for the annual Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) show—this was my ninth year attending the event. Escaping NewRead More...
More Than Ever, SWaP Matters
Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief
February 2012
We’ve said many times in COTS Journal how this new period ahead with a severely reduced U.S. defense budget does not necessarily mean a downturn for our military embedded computingRead More...
The Way Ahead for Unmanned Tech
Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief
January 2012
You’d be hard pressed to cite a segment of military systems development that so directly relies on embedded computing innovations more than unmanned systems. Unmanned systems inRead More...
The Tech All Around Us
JEFF CHILD, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
December 2011
Each month when I decide what to focus on in this column I always go with whatever struck me as the most interesting facts or trend that I came across in the last 30 days. That wasRead More...
Disconnect in the Networked Vehicle Road
JEFF CHILD, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
November 2011
When former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates cancelled the Army’s massive Future Combat System (FCS) program two years ago, it certainly disrupted the direction of a future vehicleRead More...
Pondering the Steve Jobs Legacy
Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief
October 2011
You merely have to be a human being living in the modern world today to have been moved in some way by the passing of Steve Jobs earlier this month. With just a look around anyRead More...
UAV Innovation in All Sizes
Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief
September 2011
Perhaps more than any other segment of military systems development, UAVs are directly reliant on and driven by the forward progress of embedded computing. It’s a space where size,Read More...
