By Buck Biblehouse, The Open Group FACE Consortium Director In a recent white paper titled "The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of...
Weaponizing Weakness: How 60 GHz Wireless Turns Its Flaws into Frontline Strength
In military tech, the best solutions are often born from paradox: fragility becomes resilience, limits become safeguards, and what was once written off as a...
FAR Reform and Fast Tracks: DoD’s Procurement Overhaul Gives Small Innovators a Fighting Chance
By Buck Biblehouse, COTS Journal The Department of Defense is reshaping how it buys technology—prioritizing speed, flexibility, and innovation. Through sweeping acquisition reforms and targeted...
Ready for Anything: HUMS and Predictive Maintenance
By Marc Steiner, CEO, Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. (ADTI) The U.S. military is under immense pressure to keep its equipment operational. From aircraft to submarines...
COTS for military power without the hidden costs
By Christian Jonglas, Technical Support Manager, GAIA Converter Reliability and performance are absolute requirements in electronic systems for defense applications. Engineers in the sector have...
Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine frontline: Autonomous vehicles, AI-driven logistics, and quantum-enhanced defense security are recalibrating military strategy.
By Chris Morton & Bianca Nobilo Chris Morton is the Global Industry Director for Aerospace & Defense at IFS. A retired attack helicopter pilot with...
The Battle for the Future of Defense: Titans, Tech Upstarts, and the Trillion-Dollar Shift
Publisher’s Note – John Reardon In a Washington boardroom, defense officials pore over a sprawling concept: the "Golden Dome"—a trillion-dollar missile shield promising to stop...
Rethinking the DIY Approach to Automated Test Equipment Design
By Joe Engler, President at Intepro Systems Developing in-house Automated Test Equipment (ATE) is costly and complex, diverting resources from core innovation. To address this,...
The Unintended Straitjacket: How MOSA and SOSA Are Smothering Innovation
For decades, open standards have been a rallying cry for those of us working in the defense electronics ecosystem. The idea is simple: create interoperable...
How SoC FPAA Technology is Bringing Analog Computing to the Frontlines of Defense Systems
In an increasingly digital world, the whisper of analog computation might seem like a relic of a bygone era. Yet, beneath the sleek facades of...