The continued thrust to increase competitiveness and shorten time-to-market in industry, and the more recent effort to “reinvent” the procurement process in government, has created sustained pressure to adopt new paradigms for aerospace projects. The banner of “faster, cheaper, better” places emphasis on use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) systems and components, Non-Development Items (NDI) (previously developed products that are not commercially available), and advanced, lightweight components.
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