Definitions
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- initialism Acronym of Consumer Off-The-Shelf (Commercial Off-The-Shelf). Refers to ready-made merchandise that is available for sale, defined by market need, significant functionality and complexity, and self-contained.
- initialism Acronym of Commercial Orbital Transportation Services.
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Examples
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But since COTS is an award, and that award comes along with application benchmarks, Mr. Musk in the end is allowed to do his own final accounting.
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So far COTS is funding two fairly successful ventures that have made a great deal of progress in developing cheaper launch systems.
Reader's Consensus: Develop a new launch vehicle - NASA Watch 2009
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The question with regards to COTS is why did the President's request go down to 39. 1M in 2010?
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COTS is mere pennies compared to the potential investment return.
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I expect every possible bureaucratic, budgetary and techno-gibberish obstacle possible to be put in COTS-D's way.
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Right now, between the House and Senator Shelby, COTS is out $263, not $113
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Post-Griffin COTS: Dead or Not Dead? is the next entry in this blog.
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Presumably that's what COTS is about, and it's also a hot political issue.
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Something like COTS is the FUTURE of Space exploration.
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Post-Griffin COTS: Dead or Not Dead? was the previous entry in this blog.
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Complex commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions assembled partly or wholly from open-source software create elaborate attack surfaces whose components (and interactions) are accessible and well understood by bad actors.
The end of open source? – TechCrunch Annie Siebert 2021
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One of the long-held norms of government IT is the perceived benefit of COTS solutions: “commercial, off the shelf” software.
“Fake COTS” and the one-day rule Sean Boots 2022
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