EMBEDDED COTS SYSTEMS IN MILITARY, AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE APPLICATIONS, 2007 4th EDITION VOLUME 04: EUROPEAN MERCHANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS MARKET ASSESSMENT

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• COMBINED NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COTS INTEGRATED SYSTEM MARKET
• THE EUROPEAN COTS INTEGRATED SYSTEM MARKET
• LEADING EUROPEAN COTS INTEGRATED SYSTEM SUPPLIERS
• THE EUROPEAN COTS INTEGRATED PASSIVE BACKPLANE SYSTEM MARKET
• LEADING EUROPEAN COTS INTEGRATED PASSIVE BACKPLANE SYSTEM SUPPLIERS
• LEADING EUROPEAN COTS INTEGRATED VME SYSTEM SUPPLIERS
• LEADING EUROPEAN COTS INTEGRATED COMPACTPCI SYSTEM SUPPLIERS

II. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

• SCOPE
• Definitions of Terms
• Segmentation
• METHODOLOGY
• Supply-Side Research
• Demand-Side Research

III. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• HISTORICAL MILESTONES - UNITED STATES
• ADVANTAGES OF COTS
• COTS DEFINITION AND CRITERIA
• VDC Definition
• Specifications and the Key to COTS
• What Isn' t COTS?
• EUROPEAN CONSORTIA
• NATO AND OTHER TREATY ORGANIZATIONS
• THE EUROPEAN COTS PROCESS
• Stage I - Identification and Confirmation of Need
• Stage II - Specification
• Stage III - Quotation or Bid, Contractor Selection, Allocation of Funds
• Stage IV - Manufacturing through Delivery
• INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS
• Specifiers and Decision Makers
• Technology Providers
• TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
• HyperTransport™ Consortium
• InfiniBand™ Trade Association (IBTA)
• PC/104 Embedded Consortium
• PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG)®
• PCI Special Interest Group (PCI SIG)®
• PXI Systems Alliance (PXISA)
• RapidIOR Trade Association
• VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA)®
• VXIbus Consortium
• SIGNIFICANT RECENT MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

IV. DEFENSE EXPENDITURES

• EUROPEAN DEFENSE SPENDING
• NATO Military Expenditures

V. EUROPEAN COTS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS MARKET OVERVIEW

• COMBINED COTS SYSTEM MARKET
• EUROPEAN COTS SYSTEMS MARKET
• Product Types
• RoHS Compliance
• Life Cycles
• Distribution Channels
• Customer Classes
• Leading COTS board Suppliers

VI. EUROPEAN COTS INTEGRATED PASSIVE BACK PLANE SYSTEMS

• TOTAL COTS PASSIVE BACKPLANE INTEGRATED SYSTEMS MARKET - EUROPE
• Leading Passive Backplane Integrated System Vendors
• VME INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
• End User Services
• Electronics Platform Classifications
• Electronics Mission Classifications
• VME Architectures
• Backplane Switch Fabrics
• Board Sizes
• Board Cooling Methods
• Ruggedization Classes
• Reliability Enhancements
• Power Supply Types
• Liquid Cooled Power Supply Use
• Primary Processor Use
• Number of Processors Used
• Operating System Use
• Appropriate Allocation of Revenues
• Leading VME Integrated System Vendors
• COMPACTPCI INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
• End User Services
• Electronics Platform Classifications
• Electronics Mission Classifications
• Compact PCI Architectures
• Board Sizes
• Board Cooling Methods
• Ruggedization Classes
• Reliability Enhancements
• Power Supply Types
• Liquid Cooled Power Supply Use
• Primary Processor Use
• Number of Processors Used
• Operating System Use
• Appropriate Allocation of Revenues
• Leading CompactPCI Integrated System Vendors
• ATCA AND MICROTCA INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
• End User Services
• Electronics Platform Classifications

VII. COTS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS USER DATA

• DEMAND-SIDE DATA
• Respondent Demographics
• Projects Begun, Team Sizes, Customers
• Electronics Platform and Mission Classifications
• Integrated System Sourcing
• Number of Computer Platforms Used
• Bus Architectures/Form Factors
• VME Platform Types Used in Systems
• CompactPCI Platform Types Used in Systems
• Backplane Switch Fabric Usage in Systems
• Switch Fabric Usage Between Boxes
• Functional Board Types Used in Systems
• CPU Usage on SBCs Used in Systems
• CPU Configurations on SBCs Used in Systems
• DSP Configurations on DSP Boards Used in Systems
• Ruggedized Board Usage in Systems
• VITA 47 Compliance
• Board Cooling Methods Used in Systems
• System Cooling Methods
• System Working Environment (Ranges)
• System Environmental Protection
• System Reliability Enhancements
• System OS/RTOS Use
• System Applications Software
• Software Development Tools Importance
• RoHS Compliance
• Sources for Learning about COTS Computer System Products

VIII. OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• OVERALL MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH
• COTS
• COTS OPPORTUNITIES
• Supply, Maintenance and Logistics
• The Captive Market
• ROHS
• COTS TRENDS, OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: PRODUCTS
• Platforms
• Passive Backplane Architectures
• Switch Fabric Use
• Silicon
• TECHNOLOGY REFRESH AND INSERTION, OBSOLESCENCE MANAGEMENT, DIMINISHING MATERIAL SUPPLY (DMS) AND MATERIALS SHORTAGES (MS)
• SALES AND MARKETING, DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPORT

IX. VENDOR PROFILES

• AITECH DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC.
• BAE SYSTEMS, PLC
• CRYSTAL GROUP, INC
• CURTISS WRIGHT CONTROLS EMBEDDED COMPUTING
• DRS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• GE FANUC INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS
• GENERAL DYNAMICS
• GENERAL MICRO SYSTEMS
• KONTRON AG.
• L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
• LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
• MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS
• NALLATECH INC.
• PENTEK, INC.
• PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT GROUP, INC. - TAG
• THALES COMPUTERS.
• THEMIS COMPUTER
• VMETRO

• I-1 Combined North American and European Union COTS Merchant Integrated System Shipments and Projections, 2006-2011 (US$ in Millions)
• I-2 Regional COTS Merchant Integrated System Markets, North America & European Union, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• I-3 European COTS Merchant Integrated Systems Shipments and Projections by Product Type, 2006 & 2008 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• I-4 Leading Vendors of COTS Integrated Computer Systems, Europe, 2006
• I-5 European COTS Passive Backplane Systems Shipments and Projections, 2006-2011 (US$ in Millions)
• I-6 European COTS Passive Backplane Systems Shipments by Primary Bus Architecture, 2006-2011 (US$ in Millions)
• I-7 Leading Vendors of COTS Passive Backplane Integrated Systems, Europe, 2006
• I-8 Leading Vendors of COTS VME Integrated Systems, Europe, 2006
• I-9 Leading Vendors of COTS CompactPCI Integrated Systems, Europe, 2006

• III-1 Process Flow
• III-2 Industry Structure

• IV-1 Year 2006 Military Expenditures by Country (includes "traditional" Western Europe and other countries now members of NATO) (Millions of Year 2005 Constant US Dollars)
• IV-2 Year 2006 Military Expenditures by Country: USA, Japan, China, Russia, India (Millions of Year 2005 Constant US Dollars)
• IV-3 Military Expenditures of Selected Countries and Regions compared to those of the United States, 1996 & 2006 (Percentages of US Expenditures)
• IV-4 Shares of European Military Expenditures, 2006 (Millions of Year 2005 US Dollars)
• IV-5 Military Expenditure Curves, Top 4 European Countries, 2001-2006 (Year 2005 Constant US Dollar Expenditures, Normalized to Year 2001 Values)
• IV-6 Military Expenditure CAGRs, European Countries Spending More Than US$ 5 Billion Annually (Year 2005 Constant Dollars), 2001-2006
• IV-7 European countries with the Largest Increases in Military Expenditures, 2005-2006 (Percent Increase over 2005)
• IV-8 NATO Equipment Expenditures, 2001-2006 (Millions of Year 2005 Constant US Dollars)
• IV-9 NATO Equipment Expenditures, 2001-2006 (Year 2005 Constant US Dollar Expenditures, Normalized to Year 2001 Values)
• IV-10 NATO Equipment Expenditure CAGRs, 2001-2006
• IV-11 NATO Equipment Expenditures by Member Nations, 2006 (Millions of Year 2005 Constant US Dollars)
• IV-12 Shares of NATO Equipment Expenditures by Member Nations, 2006 (Percentage of Total Equipment Expenditures)

• V-1 Combined North American and European Union COTS Merchant Integrated System Shipments and Projections, 2006-2011 (US$ in Millions)
• V-2 Combined North American and European Union COTS Integrated System Shipments and Projections by Product Type, 2006-2008 (US$ in Millions)
• V-3 Regional COTS Merchant Integrated System Markets, North America & European Union, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• V-4 Regional COTS Merchant Integrated System Shipments, Normalized Growth Curves, 2006-2011 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized to Year 2006 Levels)
• V-5 Regional COTS Merchant Integrated System Market CAGRs, 2006-2011
• V-6 European COTS Merchant Integrated Systems Shipments and Projections by Product Type, 2006-2008 (US$ in Millions)
• V-7 European COTS Merchant Integrated Systems Shipments and Projections by Product Type, 2006 & 2008 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• V-8 European COTS Merchant Integrated System Shipments by Product Type, 2006-2011 (US$ in Millions)
• V-9 European COTS Merchant Integrated System Shipments, Normalized Growth Curves by Product Type, 2006-2011 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized to Year 2006 Levels)
• V-10 European COTS Merchant Integrated Systems Shipments, Estimated RoHS Compliance, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• V-11 COTS Merchant Integrated Systems Products, Average Years Offered (% of Vendor Respondents Answering)
• V-12 COTS Merchant Integrated Systems Products, Average EOL Notice in Months (% of Vendor Respondents Answering)
• V-13 COTS Merchant Integrated Systems Products, Support After EOL (Years) (% of Vendor Respondents Answering)
• V-14 European COTS Integrated Systems Shipments by Distribution Channel, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• V-15 European COTS Integrated Systems Shipments by Consuming Customer Class, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• V-16 Leading Vendors of COTS Integrated Systems (all types), European Market, 2006 (Estimated Market Shares)

• VI-1 European COTS Passive Backplane Systems Shipments and Projections, 2006-2011 (US$ in Millions)
• VI-2 European COTS Passive Backplane Systems Shipments and Projections by Primary Bus Architecture, 2006-2008 (US$ in Millions)
• VI-3 European COTS Passive Backplane Systems Shipments and Projections by Primary Bus Architecture, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-4 European COTS Passive Backplane Systems Shipments by Primary Bus Architecture, 2006-2011 (US$ in Millions)
• VI-5 European COTS Passive Backplane Systems Shipments by Primary Bus Architecture, Normalized Growth Curves, 2006-2011 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized to Year 2006 Levels)
• VI-6 European COTS MicroTCA Systems, Normalized Growth Curve, 2007-2011 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized to Year 2007 Levels)
• VI-7 Leading Vendors of COTS Passive Backplane Integrated Systems (all architectures), European Market, 2006 (Estimated Market Shares)
• VI-8 European COTS VME Integrated Systems Shipments by End User Service, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-9 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments by Electronics Platform Classification, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-10 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments by Electronics Mission Classification, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-11 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments by VME Architecture, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-12 European COTS Fabric-Enabled VME Integrated System Shipments by Backplane Switch Fabric, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-13 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments by Board Size, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-14 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments by Cooling Method, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-15 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments by Ruggedization Class, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-16 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments, Reliability Enhancements, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-17 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments, Power Supply Types, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-18 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments, Liquid Cooled Power Supply Use, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-19 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments, Primary Processor Use, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-20 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments, Multiple Discrete Processor Use, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-21 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments, With and Without OS, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-22 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments, Estimated Operating System Use, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-23 European COTS VME Integrated System Shipments, Approximate Allocation of Revenues, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-24 Leading Vendors of COTS VME Integrated Systems (all architectures), European Market, 2006 (Estimated Market Shares)
• VI-25 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated Systems Shipments by End User Service3 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-26 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments by Electronics Platform Classification, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-27 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments by Electronics Mission Classification, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-28 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments by CompactPCI Architecture, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-29 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments by Board Size, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-30 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments by Cooling Method, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-31 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments by Ruggedization Class, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-32 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments, Reliability Enhancements, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-33 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments, Power Supply Types, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-34 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments, Liquid Cooled Power Supply Use, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-35 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments, Primary Processor Use, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-36 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments, Multiple Discrete Processor Use, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-37 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments, With and Without OS, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-38 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments, Estimated Operating System Use, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-39 European COTS CompactPCI Integrated System Shipments, Approximate Allocation of Revenues, 2006 & 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-40 Leading Vendors of COTS CompactPCI Integrated Systems (all architectures), European Market, 2006 (Estimated Market Shares)
• VI-41 Projected European COTS ATCA & MicroTCA Integrated Systems Shipments by End User Service, 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
• VI-42 Projected North American COTS ATCA & MicroTCA Integrated System Shipments by Electronics Mission Classification, 2009 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)

• VII-1 System Purchasers' Involvement in COTS Military/Defense Market (Percentage of System Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-2 Number of COTS Projects Begun (Percentage of System Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-3 Average Number of Engineers per Project (Percentage of System Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-4 Customers for Identified COTS Projects, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-5 Electronics Platform Classifications Utilizing Identified COTS Projects, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-6 Electronics Mission Classifications Utilizing Identified COTS Projects, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-7 Role of System Purchasers' Organizations for Identified COTS Projects (Percentage of System Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-8 Design and Manufacture of COTS Integrated Computer Systems (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-9 Number of Separate Computer Platforms (Systems) Included in Indentified COTS Projects, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of System Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-10 Platform Usage Within Identified COTS Projects, Segmented by Primary Bus Architectures/Form Factors (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-11 VME Platform Type Usage in Identified VME COTS Projects (Percentage of Identified VME Projects)
• VII-12 CompactPCI Platform Type Usage in Identified CompactPCI COTS Projects (Percentage of Identified CompactPCI Projects)
• VII-13 Backplane Switch Fabric (point-to-point communication in the box) Usage in Identified COTS Projects (Percentage of Identified Fabric-enabled Projects)
• VII-14 Switch Fabric (point-to-point communication shelf-to-shlef and/or system-tosystem) Usage between Boxes in Identified COTS Projects (Percentage of Identified Fabric-enabled Projects)
• VII-15 Media Used Most Often to Communicate "Between Boxes" (shelf-to-shelf and/or system-to-system) (Percentage of System Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-16 Board Functional Product Type Usage in Identified COTS Projects, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-17 CPU Usage on Slot Single Board Computers or CPU Blades in Identified COTS Projects, SBC System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-18 CPU Configuration Usage on Slot Single Board Computers or CPU Blades in Identified COTS Projects, SBC System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-19 DSP Processing Configuration Usage on DSP Boards in Identified COTS Projects, DSP System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-20 Ruggedized Board Usage in Indentified COTS Projects (Percentage of System Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-21 VITA 47 Compliant Ruggedized Board Usage in Identified COTS Projects (Percentage of Ruggedized System Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-22 Board Cooling Usage in Identified COTS Projects, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-23 System Cooling Usage, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-24 System Working Environment
• VII-25 System Environmental Protection, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-26 System Reliability Enhancements, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-27 System OS/RTOS Usage, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Identified Projects)
• VII-28 System Applications Software Inclusion, System Purchasers Responding (Percentage of Board Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-29 Importance of Software Development Tools to the Completion of Identified COTS Projects, As Rated by System Purchaser Respondents (Average Rating Received by System Purchaser Respondents on a Scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is the Highest Rating)
• VII-30 Purchased System RoHS Compliance Requirement Time Frame (Percentage of System Purchaser Respondents Answering)
• VII-31 Importance of Sources for Learning about Product, Technical, and Information Concerning COTS Integrated Computer Systems (Average Rating Received by System Purchaser Respondents on a Scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is the Highest Rating)