
Army aviation officials have detailed the service’s push for open architecture initiatives, including the new Common Modular Open Architecture (CMOA) effort, to allow for rapid technology insertion and long-term cost savings on both future platforms and the enduring fleet. “Our overarching objective is to invest once and then be able to apply that capability across multiple platforms,” Brig. Gen. Rob Barrie, Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Aviation, told reporters last week. “That’s something that, honestly, we haven’t done quite well…