Topic: MOSA

GUEST BLOG: Employing MOSA in DoD programs – implications for real-time operating systems

January 14, 2026

I’ve been into modular since I was a kid. I didn’t know it, but I was. Think Legos and Lincoln Logs. If you don’t know the latter, just Google it.

MOSA e-Book: In-depth coverage of MOSA strategies, acquisition reform, and open architectures

Backed by a 2019 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) memo from the leaders of the Air Force, Army, and Navy mandating the use of a modular open systems approach (MOSA) in new programs and upgrades, MOSA strategies are part of most conversations at U.S. defense industry events.

Topic: MOSA

GUEST BLOG: Employing MOSA in DoD programs – implications for real-time operating systems

MOSA e-Book: In-depth coverage of MOSA strategies, acquisition reform, and open architectures

Safety-critical avionics solution announced by Curtiss-Wright and Green Hills Software

Radar/EW

PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: Annapolis Micro Systems WILDSTAR 6U OpenVPX switch

Unmanned

GUEST BLOG: The Internet of Battlefield Things -- From vision to reality

Radar/EW

GUEST BLOG: MOSA is the conduit for commercial insertion … but there is a floor to commoditization

Radar/EW

Company's open-systems hub aims to simplify VPX sourcing for defense designers

Comms

Hydra MAX SATCOM terminal reaches TRL 6 in U.S. Army testing

Radar/EW

Making the case for MOSA

Unmanned

Uncrewed system interoperability added to AV_Halo Command through OpenJAUS collaboration

Radar/EW

PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: SOSA Aligned Power Supply From Vicor

Unmanned

AI-enabled 3U OpenVPX single-board computers developed by EIZO

Avionics

Army C5ISR Center provides new CMOSS, VICTORY, and MORA updates

Radar/EW

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

Unmanned

Autonomous AI-powered aircraft concept from GA-ASI gets U.S. Navy nod

Unmanned

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

Unmanned

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

Avionics

Secure processing, modular VPX servers showcased at AUSA by Mercury

Radar/EW

MOSA in defense acquisition: challenges, solutions, and a model

Radar/EW

GUEST BLOG: Solving CJADC2's last mile

Comms

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Marine Corps ARV prototype can control UASs, anticipate component failures

Radar/EW

Connected combat: How U.S. military branches are learning to fight as one

Avionics

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

Avionics

High-performance rugged computing systems to be showcased by One Stop Systems at AUSA 2025

Avionics

FACE and SOSA Consortia Technical Interchange Meeting set for October 7 & 8

Avionics

3U OpenVPX mini ATR enclosures introduced by Pixus Technologies

Unmanned

AI-powered uncrewed flight under development by GE Aerospace, Merlin

Avionics

VPX computers, mezzanine modules to be provided to U.S. Navy by Curtiss-Wright

Comms

VITA Standards Organization and ANSI formally ratify ANSI/VITA 93.0-2025 QMC

Radar/EW

Demand for open standards, architectures growing in Europe

Featured White Papers/e-Books

Avionics

Top 10 Military Embedded Systems stories of 2025

Unmanned

Integrated counter-UAS defense demonstrated at U.S. Army exercise

Cyber

Cybersecurity certification level 2 announced by Spectra Defense Technologies

Comms

Wireless MANET radio with mesh networking introduced by Silvus Technologies