There are many reasons why military embedded systems become obsolete. Sometimes it’s because vendors stop supplying required hardware or supporting certain operating systems or versions.

Software reuse is a critical strategy for all software development groups. By reusing code while moving to the next-generation platform, corporations can leverage their existing software investment and lessen time to market. However, many companies are struggling to fully implement code reuse throughout their organization. In order to achieve efficient and methodical code reuse, organizations must integrate this goal into their culture.

As today's military electronics industry continues to evolve and increase in complexity, older technologies often become obsolete, creating a need for standardized development tools. These complex military applications can also present many challenges, including that of making OS-specific code run on a different OS. Thus, viable cost- and resource-efficient remedies to the problem include recycling and sharing software across multiple platforms via porting and abstraction.