Convincing the Military to Embrace Open Source
December 29, 2007 - LinuxInsider
... "Misconceptions about open source software have made many U.S. Defense Department sectors reluctant to employ this technology. Although a 2003 department policy allows its use, many still believe that open source software poses an increased security risk to networks and that it is not supported as well as commercial products." ...
Peer Reviews, Advanced Capability Process, and Open Architecture Processes
November-December 2007 - Defense AT&L
... "The Naval Open Architecture initiative represents an entrepreneurial approach to acquiring and fielding capabilities to the warfighter that takes advantage of new technologies as they emerge. ... This article provides a practical and proven approach to leveling the playing field when evaluating possible technologies." ...
Q&A With Mr. Nick Guertin, Deputy Director, Open Architecture
November 2007 - Navy CHIPS Magazine
... "In his policy memo establishing the OAET, Mr. Young gave several reasons why it is critical for the Navy to embrace open architecture. He cited computing architectures in the fleet that are performance limited and expensive to upgrade as one driver." ...
Technology Spending Will Target Current and Future Navy Fleet
November 2007 - National Defense
... "Newer ships, which are designed to be more modular and will feature 'open systems' electronics networks will make it easier for the Navy to incorporate new technologies, even as they undergo routine maintenance, [Michael L. Bosworth, deputy chief technology officer at the Naval Sea Systems Command,] notes." ...
Navy C4I Open Architecture Strategy
October 2007 - SoftwareTech News
... "In order to effectively support the warfighter in this dynamic and unpredictable environment, the Navy's Program Executive Officer, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) has embarked on an aggressive plan to change not only its technical model, but also its business approach. The principles of Naval open architecture form the basis for this multifaceted strategy." ...
U.S. Navy's Top Acquisition Official Steps Down
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - Defense Industry Daily
... "Dr. Delores Etter, the U.S. Navy's senior acquisition official, submitted her resignation Oct 5/07. ... Dr. Etter has made a significant but under-appreciated contribution via the mainstreaming of 'open architecture' ship electronics into current and future combatant classes." ...
COTR Warriors: Open Technologies and the Business of War
June 2007 - DoD Software Tech News
... "Being able to treat open source and proprietary code as modular components that can be improved or replaced within an open architecture mitigates the risk of having to junk an entire system, at exorbitant cost, when next-generation capabilities come along." ...
A Question of Cost
June 2007 - Armed Forces Journal
... "Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is exploring reduction of types and models of ships to reduce nonrecurring costs and increase learning benefits. This includes maximizing reuse of ship designs, components, use of open architecture and mission systems modularity." ...
Future Navy: Open Architecture May Matter More Than Iraq
Monday, June 5, 2007 - The Lexington Institute
..."Open architecture is a design philosophy and business model that allows any qualified provider to contribute software to an information system. By separating hardware from software, publishing interface standards and building in modularity, the Navy promotes competition and innovation in the development of information tools." ...
Open Architecture Explored at Symposium
Thursday, February 22, 2007 - The Sun Herald
... "With open architecture, the systems of new ships will be modular so it will take days or weeks to replace engines or radar systems rather than years and allow Navy shops to remain relevant longer." ...
Lockheed Martin's Open Architecture Efforts Transitioning into P-3, BAMS
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - Defense Daily
"Lockheed Martin is using open architecture (OA) systems developed for the P-3 Orion aircraft and migrating them into its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) effort to evolve the mission
capability of both systems." ...
Navy's SHARE Repository Seeing Steady Growth in First Six Months
February 2, 2007 - Defense Daily
... " 'The big open architecture policy and the movement the Navy has been [doing] ... at first, a couple of years ago, people were skeptical about it. But the fact that today we are putting systems that were solely owned or thought to be solely owned by other companies and the fact we have shared them with other companies, I will tell you OA (open architecture) has arrived,' Shannon said."
Solutions
February 2007 - Seapower Magazine
... "Open Architecture fosters lower-cost, interoperable systems that provide sailors with better capabilities in an era of scarce funding." ...
USA Upgrades Submarine Fleet Acoustics Under A-RCI Program
Monday, Jan. 22, 2007 - Defense Industry Daily
... "A-RCI's open architecture confers other advantages as well, notably the capacity for faster, more economical, and more frequent hardware and/or software upgrades. The program expanded to provide improvements that could be back-fit into all nuclear attack (SSN) and ballistic missile (SSBN) submarines, totaling over 60 ship sets." ...
EELV Contracts: After the Merger
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007 - Defense Industry Daily
"The EELV program was designed to reduce the cost of government space launches through greater vehicle modularity, component standardization, and contractor competition, with system requirements that emphasized simplicity, commonality, standardization, new applications of existing technology, streamlined manufacturing capabilities, and more efficient launch-site processing."...
