COTS

Army, industry vehicle teams embrace off-the-shelf solutions, but not always

"We don't use a tank for everything, and we shouldn't use a COTS [commercial off-the-shelf] product for everything," said Anduril's Chris Orlowski.

Department of the Navy CIO ‘looking forward’ to working with DOGE on software modernization

"I think that at its essence, what the DOGE wants to do is become more efficient, and that is core to how we view our own portfolio," DON CIO Jane Rathbun told Breaking Defense.

Army eyeing commercial drones as Shadow ‘gap’ filler

“Our units have no assets and no capability to to train with right now, to learn with, to build TTPs with. We started thinking outside the box,” Col. Nick Ryan told Breaking Defense.

New Zealand’s half-billion dollar bet on COTS to network its army

The end goal of NEA is to create the NZ Army’s future network environment, known as the Land Tactical Information Network.

What The 809 Panel Didn’t Quite Get Right: Greenwalt & Levine

Every word is worth reading to find out what the 809 Panel did right and what needs to be done to fix some of its missteps. Read on! The Editor.

Perry Warns Against Industry Consolidation; Wary Of French Response to ISIL

WASHINGTON: Perhaps the most respected living Defense Secretary, Bill Perry, sat down with reporters today to tout a new book and give the American people a shot at one of the finer brains to have led the Pentagon. Perry is renowned for having hosted the so-called Last Supper with defense industry chiefs, which set the stage […]

The Great Cyber Convergence in 2015: AFCEA Speaks

Technology is moving too fast to keep track of everything, but there’s one overarching trend that policymakers must not miss in 2015. Call it “convergence.” Cybersecurity is no longer its own specialized function for tech geeks to take care of off to one side while the rest of the organization gets on with the real […]