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Integrated Topside Highlights Navy’s Open Architecture Efforts

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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has several projects showcasing its pursuit of new open architecture technologies, including the Integrated Topside (InTop) innovative naval prototype (INP) program that has ONR's Chief beaming about the possibility of getting radar antennas off ships for good. "Integrated Topside is the system that I'm really excited about," Rear Adm. Nevin Carr recently said during the opening keynote address at Defense Daily's 3rd Annual Open Architecture Summit in Washington, D.C. "This is a real success…

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