2006

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) held its Third Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, May 17-18, 2006, in Monterey, CA. CAPT Jim Shannon (PEO IWS 7), program manager, Future Combat Systems Open Architecture, chaired the symposium panel on "Implementing an Open Systems Approach in Weapon System Acquisition" during the first day of the program. The briefs from this panel are available on our page dedicated to the symposium. More information on the symposium is available at its website.

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The Naval Open Architecture Asset Repository Workshop was held Feb. 21 - 23, 2006. The briefs on the different approaches taken by organizations within the Navy and outside organizations are available by clicking this link or the link below.

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Naval Open Architecture Industry Day was held February 14, 2006. If you missed the presentations or want to take another look, a link to the event's homepage where the briefings are posted is available below.

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PEO IWS Hosts Symposium on Contracting

On Sept. 29, PEO IWS hosted its inaugural OA Contract Symposium. The Symposium was held to provide Navy contracting personnel and acquisition professionals with a forum for learning and discussing contracting issues, best practices, and "lessons learned" that help facilitate the implementation of open architecture across the Naval Enterprise. Topics of discussion included the Navy's OA Enterprise initiative, intellectual property rights, the relationship between OA and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, OA-driven contracting practices, and large and small business perspectives on contracting to facilitate OA.

The presentations of industry speakers who participated in the Symposium are posted below. Presentations by government presenters have limited distribution and must be requested from the presenter or your domain representative.

Overall, the inaugural event for the OA Enterprise Team was a big success. Approximately 125 participants from all domains attended the event to learn more about the "business" aspect of OA and incorporating principles in our acquisition strategies and contracting documents.