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The SOSA Technical Standard defines a common framework for transitioning sensor systems to an open systems architecture. The SOSA standard leverages OpenVPX to define card profiles with specifications for features such as pinouts, Ethernet capabilities, and serial ports.
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Proven Solutions Aligned to the SOSA™ Technical Standard
Curtiss-Wright is committed to delivering the broadest selection of reliable, high-performance hardware developed in alignment with The Open Group SOSA Technical Standard. We are an active participant in the development of the SOSA Technical Standard itself through our membership in the SOSA Consortium, ensuring our products will be ready to meet future requirements, alleviate interoperability challenges, and deliver a variety of benefits to mission-critical C5ISR systems.
Our innovative plug-in cards (PICs) designed to meet SOSA program requirements provide the hardware foundation for next-generation defense capabilities, like machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). And our system integration experts are ready to provide the expertise, services, and chassis options to bring your system to market even faster.
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Exploring SOSA, CMOSS, FACE, VICTORY, and More
This white paper examines the 2019 tri-services memo regarding MOSA, and what open standards such as SOSA, FACE, and VICTORY mean for today’s military programs.
Read More About SOSA in our MOSA White Paper
Introducing your essential guide to all things MOSA. Read the white paper to explore
- The MOSA directive and its significance for defense technology
- Reasons to adopt a MOSA-based architecture
- MOSA-supporting standards found in today's program requirements, including SOSA, CMOSS, VICTORY, GVA, FACE, and OMS/UCI.
Common Hardware and Software Components for Sensor Processing Systems
The SOSA Technical Standard defines a common framework for transitioning sensor systems to an open systems architecture. The SOSA standard leverages OpenVPX to define card profiles with specifications for features such as pinouts, Ethernet capabilities, and serial ports.
Rugged, deployable systems developed to Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) standards are becoming increasingly important in the defense industry. The U.S. military’s 2019 Tri-Services memo, signed by the Secretaries of the Army, Air Force, and Navy, has even explicitly mandated that “MOSA supporting standards should be included in all requirements, programming, and development activities for future weapon system modifications and new start development programs to the maximum extent possible.”
The MOSA directive has accelerated the adoption of several open standards, including The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) Technical Standard and the U.S. Army CCDC C5ISR Center’s C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS). Complementing industry standards, such as OpenVPX™ and Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™), the SOSA Technical Standard defines common hardware and software components for sensor processing systems.
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An acquisition and design strategy that prioritizes the use of open standards-based technology.
Aims to standardize approaches to bring open standards solutions to avionics systems.
Promotes the use of open standard physical and logical interfaces between LRU systems.
Developed to offer new capabilities including reducing SWaP as well as interoperability functions.
Mandates the use of open, modular, and scalable architectures in the design of new and upgraded ground vehicles.
Ensures accurate positioning, navigation, and timing information is delivered in GPS/GNSS-denied environments.