Expert opinion: dramatic changes loom for the defense infrastructure
Article Abstract:
The US Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will continue to be major markets despite a continuing 4 percent decline in the DOD's share of the national budget. Defense electronics, for example, is expected to remain a good market niche, because of the need of the military to improve existing vehicle and weapons platforms and systems. Specifically, information systems, secure communications, electronic combat systems, systems integration, intelligence and C3I systems are expected to be major growth areas. Some analysts predict up to a 38 percent growth in the defense electronics market by the year 2000. Generally, the major expected changes in US Armed Forces (force reductions, total restructuring and consolidation of laboratories) will require defense industry manufacturers to pursue alliances and joint ventures and to diversify or target narrow market niches to survive. Problems in the aerospace market are discussed.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1992
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Large-scale projects: developing Patriot missiles and other big systems
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Raytheon Inc's Government Group began implementing concurrent engineering (CE) in the mid-1980s for the production of such systems as the Patriot air defense missile system. The CE environment now serves about 400 workstations at the group's Lexington, MA, headquarters and throughout New England. Circuit designers are now focusing on total quality rather than electrical performance in their designs; this entails a balance of performance, ease of manufacture and ease of support. The goal of product assurance has shifted from inspection of the finished product to ensuring the quality of a design from the beginning to make sure it is done right the first time. The three parts of Raytheon's CE environment are system-level design, module-level design and system management level; each is described, as is the process of optimizing manufacture.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1991
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