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Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) is a military term for equipment developed to non-military standards but approved for military use. Since June, 1994, such commercially developed equipment has been fully integrated into military procurement practices.

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DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center).
The DTIC runs the Reliability Analysis Center (RAC) designed to collect, analyze, and disseminate data and information to improve the reliability and maintainability of military components and systems.

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