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Old 07-22-2006, 06:23 PM   #40
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by Maggie
Avionics has been a prominent arena for this
Yes, the military is just starting to realize that off the shelf avionics, that commercial aviation have proved reliable for about a jillion air miles, might work as well as the ones they were having built.....at 100 time the price. Well duh.

I guess nobody was willing to tip the sacred cow of Mil Spec.
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