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Open Standards Key To Future Army Electronic Warfare Capability

Tuesday, November 28th, 2017

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Open Standards Key To Future Army Electronic Warfare Capability

Lockheed Martin’s AESA ARES radar technology demonstrator using gallium nitride (GaN) technology. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Standards that define the hardware and software backbones of combat vehicles and other platforms are essential to keeping those weapon systems relevant in a digital world and will be key to fielding future electronic warfare capabilities, according to a top Army scientist.Jason Dirner, head of C4ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) at the Army Communication-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate, said the Army must require open architectures that would allow system upgrades for…

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