Topic: AUSA

Talking Army SDRs, MOSA, and electronic warfare with Ultra I&C’s Clif Basnight at AUSA

October 22, 2025

WASHINGTON – AUSA ANNUAL MEETING 2025. Electronic warfare (EW) modernization, software-defined radios (SDRs), and modular open systems approach (MOSA) strategies are all trends within U.S. Army technology development and procurement. During the AUSA Annual Meeting this month in Washington, I sat down with Clif Basnight, Vice President, Strategic Technologies, Ultra I&C, to discuss these trends. Edited excerpts of our conversation follow.

Topic: AUSA

Talking Army SDRs, MOSA, and electronic warfare with Ultra I&C’s Clif Basnight at AUSA

Edge AI, counter-UAS, open architecture, and thermal tech set the tone at AUSA 2025

Military GPS solutions from BAE Systems on display at AUSA 2025

Radar/EW

Best In Show awards at AUSA 2025

Unmanned

Liquid Flow Through cooling module for VITA systems demonstrated at AUSA by nVent SCHROFF

Avionics

RF cables for harsh-environment systems showcased by Times Microwave at AUSA

Unmanned

GMS unveils rugged mission computer for small drones, wearables at AUSA

Unmanned

Autonomous version of the Black Hawk unveiled at AUSA 2025

Radar/EW

Sensor-based surveillance system from GA-EMS gets highlight at AUSA 2025

Unmanned

Stryker-based counter-UAS system showcased at Leonardo DRS exhibit at AUSA

Comms

AI-defined vehicle TITAN displayed at AUSA by Palantir

Avionics

Secure processing, modular VPX servers showcased at AUSA by Mercury

Unmanned

Sec. Driscoll: Drone warfare, counter-UAS initiatives take center stage in Army modernization push

Unmanned

Sec. Driscoll: Army launching Silicon Valley-style model to accelerate modernization

Avionics

Boeing and Leonardo will partner to obtain U.S. Army helicopter training contract

Avionics

Augmented reality systems for soldiers to be demonstrated by Kopin at AUSA 2025

Unmanned

Launched effect L-SPIKE 4X to be unveiled at AUSA 2025 by Rafael

Unmanned

AUSA EXHIBITOR PROFILE: C5 Warrior: Smallest, High-Density 10 Gbps Battlefield Connectors showcased by ITT Cannon at AUSA

Unmanned

AUSA EXHIBITOR PROFILE: ODU USA showcasing AMC® Series T Receptacles at AUSA Annual Meeting

Unmanned

AUSA EXHIBITOR PROFILE: Black Widow™ drone featured at Red Cat booth at AUSA

Unmanned

Electronic warfare system from Leonardo DRS wins DoD counter-UAS competition

Unmanned

Command-and-control, autonomous systems to be displayed at AUSA by Anduril

Unmanned

AI-based counter-UAS system to be showcased at AUSA by Axon Vision

Unmanned

Static inverter to power Bell’s MV-75 aircraft under U.S. Army FLRAA program

Radar/EW

SOSA aligned VNX+ lab platform from Elma will show at AUSA 2025

Unmanned

Rugged displays for vehicle protection, counter-UAS to get AUSA 2025 highlight

Unmanned

Autonomous land systems to integrate multimission defense systems

Avionics

Command and control processing solutions to be demonstrated by Ultra I&C at AUSA

Comms

Lightweight, tactical networking system for dismounted troops

A.I.

AI-enabled tools from Reveal Technology to be shown at AUSA 2025

Featured White Papers/e-Books

Avionics

The FACE Technical Standard: Enabling modular, open, and future-proof avionics systems

Unmanned

RIPSAW M3 robotic ground vehicle purchased by Sweden

Cyber

Air Force installation to begin M2M comms across systems, infrastructure

Comms

Beyond GPS: HORDE PNT for contested environments