VPX-based solutions have been deployed in signal-processing-intensive military applications like radar and electronic warfare (EW) for more than a decade, but the adoption of the VITA standard has been slow in Europe. Meanwhile, the more recently ratified small-form-factor VNX standard is already getting interest from European military system designers.

While there is not a huge program of record or one nation’s war department mandating adoption of a modular open systems approach (MOSA) in Europe, systems integrators are building with modularity in mind and acquiring technology based on open standards like the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard. I discussed this trend with MOSA proponents during Eurosatory in Paris, France, this week.

ASHBURN, Virginia. Curtiss-Wright launched the Ground Tactical Data Link System (GTS) Continuous Monitoring System, a centralized cybersecurity and compliance management suite designed to secure large-scale, geographically dispersed tactical networks across coalition military operations, the company announced in a statement.

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright announced that its DTS1X 10 GbE network attached storage (NAS) device’s hardware and software encryption layers for data at rest (DAR) have attained National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) approval. 

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright announced that it integrated the NATO-developed Cooperative Electronic Support Measure Operations (CESMO) tactical data link protocol directly into its flagship TCG LinkPRO tactical data link software.

ASHBURN, Va. and SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Curtiss-Wright and Green Hills Software announced the availability of a new high-performance commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) joint hardware/software solution leveraging the 13th-gen Intel Core i7 process that is intended for use in safety-critical avionics. 

A 2019 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) memo mandated the use of a modular open systems approach (MOSA) in new programs and upgrades.