At first glance, the article at the link below appears to be about as boring as can be, but there are actually some very interesting things going on here. It re-demonstrates the continuing growth of systems testing, the value of commercial testbeds for getting that work done, the importance of a little-understood contributor to DOD research - the FFRDC - and something even more impressive, even if only to software pukes: Probably the most important aspect of the article is the importance attached to the idea of having someone other than an original equipment manufacturer develop new software loads for an existing software-intensive system. Despite the tongue-in-cheek "geek" logo at the top of the page, this is NOT a small deal. If USAF figures this one out, it could eventually blow the doors off the cost of software upgrades. Keep an eye on this one.
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2014/05/ddr-design-poised-serve-open-systems-architecture-pathfinder
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