Industry Must Seek Balance Between Conventional, Cots-based Systems

摘要

As defense industry firms clamor to readjust their development strategies for future platforms to mesh with the Pentagon's new philosophy of emphasizing low-tech weaponry, military and industry must reach a balance between conventional and non-traditional weapons programs in the DOD portfolio, a top industry executive tells Inside the Pentagon.rnWhile the department's recent focus has been on the development of smaller, mission-specific weapons systems utilizing commercial off-the-shelf technologies (COTS), that pendulum will eventually swing back toward development of more traditional, multimission platforms, according to Daryl Davis.rnDavis is the president of Boeing's Phantom Works shop in charge of research and development of next-generation weapons systems. At press time (Feb. 25) officials from Lockheed Martin declined to comment for this story and Raytheon had not responded to a reporter's request for comment.