Pacific Defense
MOSA momentum, DoD acquisition, and engineering talent - Story
January 23, 2025Leveraging open architecture designs for EW [electronic warfare], PNT [position, navigation, and timing], and other applications, Pacific Defense is pushing innovation and adding to the momentum of the U.S. Defense Department’s (DoD's) MOSA [modular open systems approach] mandate. In this Q&A with Travis Slocumb, co-founder and CEO of Pacific Defense, he elaborates on the benefits of MOSA and how 2025 will be a pivotal year for MOSA. Slocumb also covers the impact MOSA initiatives like CMOSS [C5ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards] and CMMF [CMOSS Mounted Form Factor] will have on military technology shares while also sharing Pacific Defense’s origin story. We also discuss how to speed up the DoD’s acquisition process and recruit engineering talent to the U.S. defense industry.
AI/ML-enabled EW system development garners Pacific Defense follow-on contract - News
December 11, 2024EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense and affiliate company Perceptronics announced the award of a follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) for the development of advanced electronic warfare (EW) mission systems; this latest follow-on agreement expands on previous Pacific Defense AFLCMC EW development efforts and includes further implementation and flight test of U.S. government EW software frameworks.
CMOSS: True MOSA with high readiness level - Story
September 10, 2024C5ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) originated nearly 10 years ago as a concept within the U.S. Army RDECOM/CERDEC/I2WD office as CERDEC C4ISR/EW Hardware/Software Convergence. Eight years of subsequent research and development has created a comprehensive technology base that is currently being specified as a threshold requirement for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs including CMOSS Mounted Form Factor (CMFF). With the potential for near-term disruptive innovation in both the acquisition and operational commands, broader awareness of CMOSS technology and manufacturing readiness levels is warranted.
Pacific Defense announces U.S. Army CMOSS mounted project team - News
August 14, 2024EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense announced that it will lead a team to compete for the U.S. Army’s CMOSS Mounted Form Factor (CMFF) program; the team will also include Thales Defense & Security Inc., BAE Systems, Regal Technology Partners, Palantir, and STC (an Arcfield Company).
MOSA sensor for cislunar space missions gets green light from AFRL - News
December 12, 2023EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense signed at Phase II contract worth $9.4 million with the Space Control Technology Branch of the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to complete development of a low-size, weight, and power (SWaP) sensor built using modular open systems approach (MOSA) principles in an effort to address the rapidly expanding challenge of space situational awareness (SSA) in the cislunar region (the space between the earth and the moon).
Pacific Defense, Perceptronics win USAF contract to advance SOSA for airborne EW and SIGINT - News
December 11, 2023EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense and affiliate business Perceptronics (Farifax, Virginia) report winning $9.94 million in new contracts from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) to advance and mature modular system capabilities aligned to The Open Group’s Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Standard for airborne electronic warfare (EW) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) missions.
MOSA solutions highlighted by Pacific Defense at Navy field exercises - News
November 17, 2023MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. Electromagnetic-spectrum specialists Pacific Defense demonstrated its modular open systems approach (MOSA) solutions at the recent Bold Quest 2023 field exercise at Camp Pendleton, in support of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) ENDOR Future Naval Capability (FNC) initiative.