EMBEDDED COTS SYSTEMS IN MILITARY, AEROSPACE, AND DEFENSE APPLICATIONS - THIRD EDITION A MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS Volume I: North American & Volume II: European

Abstract

This report comprises an examination of the present and future North American and European markets for COTS products. Included are current market sizes (base year 2005) and forecasts through year 2010, along with brief descriptions of selected technologies. Trends are identified, markets analyzed, and strategies recommended.

Report Highlights

The leading method of applications software procurement by users of embedded COTS systems remains in-house development. VME continues to be the industry standard board architecture with the integration of new technologies into the standard. North America, fueled by consumption of the United States military, is the largest market for Embedded COTS Systems. Among integrated systems, passive backplane systems comprised most of the market, largely because the primary alternative approach, motherboard-based server systems, are not perceived as being reliable and rugged enough to be viable in combat situations.

Product Categories

• Merchant Computer Boards;
• Merchant Integrated Systems and Subsystems;
• Embedded and Real-Time Operating Systems; and
• Software Development Tools.

Geographic Focus

• North America
• Europe

The quality of this report is based upon the strength of VDC' s methodology. Our 34 years of market research and consulting experience allows us to design robust methodologies that yield the most valuable analyses and insights for our clients. To produce these reports, the following methodology was used:

Primary research comprised interviews with and/or surveys of vendors of boards, systems, RTOSs, and development tools; defense planners; OEMs; Systems Integrators; end users, etc.

Supply Side Research - VDC conducted research among more than seventy vendors, serving the embedded COTS market. Typically, senior management personnel familiar with the company' s business, marketing and product engineering activities were interviewed to provide the in-depth information required by VDC' s exhaustive questionnaire.

Demand Side Research - An online survey, in cooperation with Military & Aerospace Electronics Magazine, was conducted among planners, defense contractors/subcontractors, OEMs, systems integrators and end users that purchase COTS computing products. An additional online survey was conducted among software developers.

Extensive Secondary Research - Secondary data sources included Web sites, annual reports, 10Ks and 10Qs, product literature, trade periodicals, other VDC studies, and the like.