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CH-53K Cockpit A Good Example of Navy’s OA Effort, Official Says

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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

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The Navy's decision to go with Rockwell Collins' [COL] Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) will not only make the service's CH-53K common with Army helicopters, but it could cut future system upgrade costs, according to a Navy official. Incorporating CAAS into the CH-53K is part of the Navy's ongoing effort to move toward open architecture (OA), Capt. Rick Muldoon, CH-53 program manager, told sister publication Defense Daily in a recent interview. Open architecture is something Navy aviation program offices are…

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