The Role of Prototype/Test Systems in Next-Generation C5ISR Development

Providers of C5ISR solutions often focus on the powerful deployable computer systems that provide superior performance capability. But to get to that end-design, there were prototyping/test systems that played a critical role in their development. It's an important time for development systems as the military moves to more advanced modular open standard systems. This includes the SOSA/HOST/CMOSS efforts over the OpenVPX architecture, wideband testing via programable software defined radios (SDRs), and much more.