Telecom components must pass muster for military

摘要

After surviving the telecom bust in the beginning of this century, some of us might be looking for diversification strategies for products and technology. Recent government spending may make the military and defense market an attractive opportunity. One of the main questions then becomes how performance specifications and standards for fiber-optic components in military and defense differ versus commercial applications and which test standards apply. The commercial telecom industry may be used to turning to Telcordia (formerly Bellcore) for performance requirements for fiber-optic components—but where/who does the industry turn to for performance requirements for military and defense?