DEFINITION:

It includes all the new approaches using commercial of the shelf components for spacecrafts and the necessary quality approaches to be implemented to assure the overall mission performances. It also includes the spin-in of technologies used by other sectors into space vehicles and space missions in general.

(Source: PAE own elaboration)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Technologies for using COTS electronic components into space vehicles
2. Technologies for using COTS software components into space vehicles
3. Technologies for implementing in space vehicles technological solutions coming from another sectors