AdvancedTCA (ATCA) is an open standards based COTS architecture initially designed for and by the telecommunications market to address the robust networking needs of the central office.  As the military becomes more network-centric and the warfighter through upper command require rapid access to actionable intelligence, traditional computing solutions are proving to be insufficient. The ATCA ecosystem of products and vendors is proving to be an excellent solution for many military applications that require a transition from purpose built equipment and need to be deployed more rapidly than ever before.   ATCA defines ruggedized form factors that boast superior computing density, inherent redundancy, class leading power efficiency, modularity and convenient serviceability thus addressing both the COTS and SWaP-C requirements of Modular Open Systems approach to new DoD acquistion programs.