Critical Thoughts

Microgrid Death Spiral: The Argument Over “Obsolete” Power Infrastructure

By GDCA | May 7, 2014
City Lights

In January of 2013, the Edison Electric Institute released a report titled “Disruptive Challenges: Financial Implications and Strategic Responses to a Changing Retail Electric Business”, which outlined a variety of […]

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Counterfeit Components Hurt More Than Military Applications

By GDCA | April 23, 2014

When reading the news around counterfeit components, much of the dialogue is driven by the defense industry. When you are dealing with systems that protect our national security and the […]

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A Tale of Two SHIELDS: Marvel Comics, DARPA, and Counterfeiting

By GDCA | April 9, 2014
Avengers Ship

Marvel Comic’s SHIELD (Strategic help Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division) and, slick as it is, it is more likely to wind up counterfeited than prevent counterfeiting It is a […]

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Drinking From a Too-Short Straw: The Brutal Costs of Mismanaging Obsolescence

By GDCA | March 12, 2014

It can be easy for those of us in the embedded industry to think of obsolescence as predominantly an electronics or software issue and to imagine its scope as limited […]

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Obsolescence: Too Soon or Not Soon Enough?

By GDCA | February 26, 2014
High Voltage Utility Pole

It is strange how onboarding the concept of legacy sustainment can change the way you look at the world around you. On a recent road trip along one of the […]

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Keys to Managing DMSMS: A Clear Assessment of Obsolescence Risk

By GDCA | November 13, 2013

“Proactively consider DMSMS through[out] a system’s life cycle by anticipating potential DMSMS occurrences and taking appropriate logistics, acquisition, and budgeting steps to prevent DMSMS from adversely affecting readiness or total […]

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Keys to Successfully Managing DMSMS: Being Proactive

By GDCA | October 23, 2013
DMSMS Program Manager

“Proactively take timely and effective actions to identify and minimize the DMSMS impact on DoD acquisition and logistics support efforts.” SD-22 DMSMS Guidebook The DMSMS conference is just around the […]

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SAE AeroTech 2013: Innovation and Total Life Cycle Support

By GDCA | October 9, 2013
SAE CEO Podium

The SAE 2013 AeroTech Congress and Exhibition in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, brought together an international community to discuss both design and total life-cycle sustainment. Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) boards and components […]

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Software Obsolescence: Why Modernization Doesn’t Necessarily Mean “Modern”

By GDCA | September 18, 2013
Software Obsolsecence

For players in the embedded industry it is easy to forget how large the problem of obsolescence can be, especially beyond the component level. Recently, I was talking to a […]

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Golf: A Good Thing Never Truly Becomes Obsolete

By GDCA | September 4, 2013

Every year at National Instruments NI Week in Austin, TX the GDCA team gets to enjoy a wave of hot weather that is only overshadowed by a tide of hot […]

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