PODCAST: Military sustainment reform, obsolescence, aftermarket trends, and more.

About this episode

The episode discusses military sustainment reform and aftermarket trends with Ethan Plotkin, CEO of GDCA.

Military platforms often last for decades, long past the life spans of modern computing components and boards. System designers for these aging platforms must rely on a variety of solutions from lifetime buys of components when they go end of life to working with aftermarket suppliers, who buy obsolete product lines and keep producing them for customers with ultra long-term needs. In this podcast with Ethan Plotkin, CEO of GDCA, we discuss military aftermarket trends, open architectures, arti...

People in this episode

Guest: Ethan Plotkin

Topics covered

• military sustainment
• obsolescence
• aftermarket trends
• open architectures
• long-term needs

Keywords

• military platforms
• lifetime buys
• obsolete components
• system designers
• aftermarket suppliers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GDCA

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