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Army

Army Brass: Industry Unreceptive To Open Architecture Requirements

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

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Army Brass: Industry Unreceptive To Open Architecture Requirements

Gen. David Perkins Commander Army Training and Doctrine Command Photo: TRADOC

Senior Army leadership is concerned that the defense industry is less than willing to offer up intellectual property and access to its widgets as the service invests in future technology.Army program managers have been writing requirements for modular, open-systems architectures (MOSA) into acquisition documents to ensure that future weapons, platforms and systems are easily upgraded as technology emerges.Industry is less receptive to that message than the Army would like, Gen. David Perkins, chief of Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC),…

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