Impact of Software Obsolescence in Defence Manufacturing Sectors

Software plays an important role in Defence industry. Almost every project in defence manufacturing sectors has got software with various degrees of complexity and dependencies. Whilst various research and studies has been conducted on system obsolescence, and tools developed to cost systems and components obsolescence, no major research has been undertaken to develop a framework to estimate cost of software obsolescence. Software becomes obsolete even when it is completely functional but not useful. The aim of this paper is to understand the current practices in identifying the software obsolescence, types of software obsolescence and costing of software obsolescence.Video abstract To view the video inline, enable JavaScript on your browser. However, you can download and view the video by clicking on the icon belowHelp with MP4 filesOptionsDownload video (5187 K)