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Avionics International

Open or Out: U.S. Military Requirements for Modular Open Systems Architectures

Now that the Army has chosen its preferred Future Long Range Assault Aircraft in Bell’s V-280 advanced tiltrotor, the race is on to populate it with mission systems that will allow the machine to operate through adversaries’ sophisticated air defense systems.

03/21/2023
Understanding GCIA

Understanding GCIA: A Paradigm Shift for Establishing an Overall Ground-combat Vehicle Architecture

The U.S. Army has long pursued a standardized infrastructure and architecture for ground-combat vehicle hardware and networking.

02/16/2023
DoD’s MOSA Mandate Drives CMOSS Approach to A-PNT

DoD’s MOSA Mandate Drives CMOSS Approach to A-PNT

The U.S. Army’s Mounted Assured PNT System (MAPS) program was initiated to replace existing GPS receivers and antennas in most of the Army’s ground vehicle variants.

12/01/2022
Military Embedded Systems

Unified Network Communications Management: The Next Step to Realizing MOSA

Because MOSA (Modular Open Systems Approach) is an approach and not itself a standard, solutions that support this vision can be achieved through many different means as long as interfaces and communications protocols are based on open standards.

08/24/2022
Military Embedded Systems Magazine

Bringing Security to Legacy Systems for Modern Missions

Upgraded systems require security to be built-in to protect sensitive mission information and maintain warfighter technology advantage.

06/24/2022
military and aerospace electronics

Embedded Computing Enclosures go Standard, and go Small

Industry standards and guidelines such as MOSA, SOSA, CMOSS, SAVE, and FACE are driving the latest developments in enclosures, chassis, and backplane databuses, as small for factors are ready to take center stage.

02/24/2022
military embedded systems

Open Source SDR: a Faster, Better Way to Develop and Deploy EW Capabilities

Maintaining dominance of the electromagnetic spectrum has never been more critical to mission success. The challenge facing system designers is how to accelerate the transition of new communications and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities from concept to the laboratory and then expedite the deployment of those new capabilities to the warfighter.

02/08/2022
military embedded systems

SAVE this Space: Defining the C5ISR Space for Army Vehicles

To lower the cost and help speed the pace of technology upgrades for C5ISR [command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] systems on Army vehicles, the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Ground Combat Systems (GCS) has issued an Interface Description Document (IDD).

02/04/2022