elcome to the inaugural edition of The RASSP Digest, the quarterly newsletter for the U.S. Department of Defense's RASSP program! The primary aim of the newsletter is to chronicle RASSP-related activities and to inform the general rapid systems prototyping community of developments and new results developed by the RASSP program. Each issue will include notices of upcoming RASSP related activities and focus on one of the topical themes that impact rapid systems development. These typically include but are not restricted to an Executive Outlook section that presents the views and comments from a programmatic point of view, and a Prime Development section that presents developments from the Lockheed/Sanders and Martin Marietta programs relevant to the newsletter's current topical theme. In addition, a Technology Base section presents one or more articles highlighting the advanced technology being developed within the universities and companies of the RASSP Technology Base. The Benchmark section will provide an update on the results and issues of the RASSP benchmarking activity. Lastly, there will be an Editorial section that discusses recent viewpoints and offers technical articles on various issues in the area of rapid systems prototyping. In this issue, the editorial presents a high-level comparison of the RASSP approach vis-'a-vis current practice approach. If you have ideas for topical themes to be addressed in future issues of the RASSP Digest, please contact the editors at the address below.
Dr. Anthony J. Gadient
Email: gadient@scra.org
SCRA
5300 International Boulevard
North Charleston, SC 29418
Dr. Vijay K. Madisetti
Email :vkm@ee.gatech.edu
Georgia Tech
Sch. of Elect. & Computer Eng.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
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