Open Architecture
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Northrop Grumman Unveils OpenPod IRST Sensor System
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Tuesday unveiled its OpenPod infrared search and track (IRST) sensor system that allows maintainers to swap sensors in theater. The OpenPod system consists of line-replaceable units […]
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CyberNavy’s CANES Enters Full Deployment Phase
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on June 1 delivered the last of 37 ships sets of the Navy’s newest shipboard computing system, closing the low-rate initial production (LRIP) phase of the program. […]
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Navy Seeks Greater Access to Industry Intellectual Property
The Navy needs greater access to industry intellectual property (IP) if it is to achieve the rate of technological refresh desired to keep those systems relevant, the service’s director of […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Won’t Protest Navy’s SEWIP Award
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and partner Raytheon [RTN] have chosen against protesting a Navy decision last month to award Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract for the production of third block upgrade […]
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Navy/USMCNAVAIR Chief Envisions ‘Bottoms Up’ Open Architecture Approach On Next Generation Aircraft
The chief of Naval Air Systems Command, Vice Adm. David Dunaway, believes system integration designs of next-generation aircraft should be centered on an open architecture approach that allows for components […]
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BudgetHASC Chair: Congress Should Get More Assertive On Open Architecture Solutions
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), believes Congress should ask more questions about whether the Pentagon is adequately pursuing open architecture solutions in systems, […]
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PentagonGet Open Architectures In S&T Phase, Senior Acquisition Official Says
As the Pentagon moves to implement open architecture solutions into acquisition programs, a senior official believes they should also be brought to bear while the technologies and systems are in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Chief: Specialized Computing Architectures Needed as Moore’s Law Winds Down
As most defense technologies are shifting to an open systems architecture, the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said computers and microprocessors may only become more advanced […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Chief Cites Need For Open, Modular Designs
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert recently said that the service needs to focus on open, modular designs to make ships and systems more easily and rapidly upgradable to […]
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ArmyIntegrating Open Systems On The EMS Poses Challenges, Army, Navy Officials Say
The integration of open architecture solutions on systems operating on the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) must include considering the overall operating environment on the EMS and threats posed in the cyberspace, […]
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