Title :
The future of military standards-a focus on electronics
Author :
Pecht, Michael ; Hakim, Edward
Author_Institution :
CALCE Electron. Packaging Res. Center, Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
It is noted that with cutbacks in the military and the changing international economic environment, there is a growing perception that the military must rely on commercial industries in order to afford the next generation of high-performance and high-reliability military systems. What is not clear is whether an industrial base for the defense can be provided and maintained without dramatic changes in the operation of both the government and commercial industry. The authors examine one issue associated with this question-whether commercial standards can effectively supplant military standards and still provide high performance and reliability for military missions
Keywords :
military standards; reliability; commercial industries; defense; economic environment; government; military missions; military standards; reliability; Consumer electronics; Costs; Defense industry; Design engineering; Government; Manufacturing processes; Military standards; Standards publication; Testing; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1992. NAECON 1992., Proceedings of the IEEE 1992 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0652-X
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1992.220506