systems
Do more without more.
That was the message in a June 2010 directive from the U.S.
Under Secretary of Defense to military procurement specialists
regarding ways to deliver better value to both the taxpayer and
warfighter. A September 2010 Guidance document on means of
actually increasing value to stakeholders in an age of shrinking
defense budgets took aim at the
$400 billion earmarked for
contracts for goods and services out of the
$700 billion total
defense budget.
One key method of effecting cost savings that Under Secretary
Ashton B. Carter directed procurement officials to undertake
is a shift from Cost Plus contracts to Fixed Cost contracts. In
the former, contractors had the ability to pass unanticipated
costs along to the Department, while the Fixed Price para-
digm holds the contractor to a price determined before the
signing of the contract.
The new COTS Rugged System (CRS) line from GE Intelligent
Platforms can help contractors achieve platform goals while
minimizing the risks inherent with the Fixed Price mode of
operation. These SWaP-optimized packaged and pre-validated
control computer systems provide rugged computing platforms
with a wide range of I/O flexibility for a wide variety of military
and aerospace applications. Any CRS computer is deployable as
soon as the field application is ready or used as starting point
for multiple application-specific configurations. Furthermore,
the CRS concept greatly reduces non-recurring engineering
fees and system development risks, while providing an initial
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6.
A major source of contractor risk, integration of off-the-shelf
boards, is already completed, thus shortening the contractor’s
time to project completion. These modular systems are fully
tested and qualified for rugged systems deployment by a
company renowned for rugged systems deployments in platforms
such as UAVs, missiles, ground vehicles and manned aircraft.
Through computing solutions such as the GE Intelligent Platforms
CRS product line, contractors themselves can achieve more
without more risk or development cost.
COTS Rugged Systems
off-the-shelf solutions
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