Designing A New Generation of Rugged Military Electronics

The military electronics industry is reinventing itself as DoD budget cuts are creating a need for rugged solutions that deliver long-term viability. Despite reduced resources, the DoD doesn’t want to sacrifice the performance or quality of its battlefield electronics — an understandable sentiment since the effectiveness of these electronics can ensure mission success and soldier safety. As a result, the task of developing costeffective, powerful and rugged military electronics has fallen into the hands of manufacturers that must reengineer, rethink and redesign current electronics to meet the DoD’s budgetary and performance requirements.