The military's commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) initiative is based on the premise that military programs would benefit from new technology and economies of scale if they could adapt to commercially available components, boards, and systems.
While the COTS approach has been somewhat successful, there is still room for improvement. Commercial vendors must do a better job of meeting the challenging needs of the military and aerospace markets.
Altera's enhanced COTS initiative for FPGAs helps to meet these needs by ensuring that military contractors are able to reduce risk, provide highly reliable systems, and achieve expected commitments.
