Elbit Systems' chunky, ruggedized military handheld computers

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  Resto

  11 years ago

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  The Developer has a responsibility to his customer to provide a holistic approach is design and functionality.
  Specialization of the manufacturing is key to working on a this type of project.
  

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  Sean Hagen

  11 years ago

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  The developer (contractor) is typically not involved in defining the requirements and specifications and therefore does not get user inputs until the product is already engineered to the level of a functional prototype when it is usually too late to make significant changes. The industry also falls victim to the same traps the medical industry did in the not so distant past (and in some cases still does) it relies on key opinion leaders, often in-house, to evaluate design decisions and trade-offs.

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  Sean Hagen

  11 years ago

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  Having worked for Elbit and its competitor, DRS Tactical, it is painfully obvious why the products are so cumbersome and have little to no design sophistication. The development model starts with requirements and specifications, typically from the DoD or DARPA, which are inflexible.

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  Rob Colburn

  11 years ago

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  Genuinely Rugged-ized Tech tends to lag heavily behind the mainstream industry. Mainstream will developed rugged versions - rugged enough to handle toddlers, not military conditions. Hopefully, the open-source nature of Android will speed up the industry.
  
  Check out this article on one company's military vision:
  http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/military_grade_augmented_reality_could_redefine_modern_warfare.php

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  Josh

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  Pretty cumbersome and bland. Check out the units from Black Diamond Advanced Technologies.

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