:

Army

Army Brass: Industry Unreceptive To Open Architecture Requirements

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

SHARE:

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),…

Congress

HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW

House defense authorizers added a measure to their version of the next defense policy bill that would expand the list of weapons platforms eligible for multi-year contracts, to include the […]

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]