EL 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.

C5ISR 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.

EL 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).

EL 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).

EL 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. 

MARINE 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.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Open systems integrator Pacific Defense has contracted with the U.S. Marine Corps USMC to deliver multiple SX-3000 systems in support of the MAGTF Electronic Warfare Ground Family of Systems (MEGFoS) static site system evaluation effort.