REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — It’s more than just a buzzword — it’s the way of the future for Army aviation. MOSA — modular open systems architecture (or approach) — has become a popular term in recent years in the defense community, but it’s something the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center’s Joint Technology Center/System Integration Laboratory has worked on for years. That expertise and baseline are helping the DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center adapt technologies quickly, efficiently, and at a lower cost to support Army modernization efforts.
“While it’s a new term today, for us, it’s business as usual,” said Joe Reis, Multiple Unified Simulation Environment Lead for the JSIL. “We’ve been striving for the last 10 years to try to break our software down into components so it can be reused. Wherever possible, we started adopting all these different standard protocols with the vision of being able to reuse those components and being able to integrate with more than just ourselves. With that, we’re able to stretch into areas we never have before.”