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Navy R&D Official Talks Importance Of Open Architecture, Faster Prototyping

Wednesday, November 1st, 2017

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A Navy official said the service's changing missions are driving open architecture structures and that quickening prototype work is important for the service going forward.As the Navy returns to more sea patrols and recognizing single systems can no longer do a whole job by themselves, this means integration is more important, William Bray, deputy assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN) for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), said Oct. 19 at sister publication Defense Daily’s 2017 Open Architecture Summit. Bray is…

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