NASA Makes Plans for Permanent Moon Base
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 - The New York Times
... "Ms. Dale and other NASA officials said the agency envisioned a base at one of the lunar poles, to take advantage of the near-constant sunlight for solar-power generation, and giving it an 'open architecture' design to which others can add the capabilities they want." ...
Latest Release of OAAT Includes Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) Assessments
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
"Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), chair of the Naval Open Architecture Enterprise Team (OAET), released version 1.1 of the Open Architecture Assessment Tool (OAAT), an improved tool for assessing the "openness" of Navy and Marine Corps Programs." . . .
Navy Identifies 14 Action Items to Accelerate Open Architecture Process
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - Defense News
"The Navy's chief acquisition official Monday signed out on 14 open architecture (OA) action items seeking to speed up the transition of incorporating open architecture by implementing new business modesl, identifying changes to the test and evaluation process, and identifying barriers to implementing open architecture." ...
U.S. Navy Goal: 'Incentivize' Open Architecture
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 - Defense News
... "The goal now is to write open architecture requirements into contracts and provide companies incentives to meet the goals." ...
Changing Standards: Future Warships Will Embody the Conversion to Commercial Technologies, Guidelines
October 2006 - Navy League's SEA POWER Magazine
... "Capt. James Shannon, the program manager for major combat systems open architecture at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), said the Acoustics Rapid COTS Insertion program for the subs' sonar system is "blazing the trail" for the Navy in the use of commercial technologies and the development of systems that can be updated more easily and rapidly." ...
The Navy Needs to Rethink How It Buys New Technology
Monday, October 13, 2006 - Aerospace & Defense Network
... "The bottom line is that you don't get the full benefits of open architecture (or competition) in a closed market, so the Navy needs to start adapting its acquisition culture to a new era." ...
Changing Standards: Future Warships Will Embody the Conversion to Commercial Technologies, Guidelines
October 2006 - SEAPOWER Magazine
... "The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and the DDG 1000 class of destroyers will incorporate the maximum use of open architecture and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology in their computing systems, electronics and other equipment." ...
Air France Will Equip Its B-777s With Boeing's EFB
Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006 - Flt Tech Online
... "The Boeing EFB uses both internally created software and applications developed by its Jeppesen subsidiary, but also uses an open-architecture platform that allows the airline to add its own documents or third-party applications." ...
Anti-Submarine Warfare System Handed Over to Navy
Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006 - The Hindu
... "Project Director C.D. Malleswar said the system was modular and re-configurable with the state-of-the-art hardware and software using open architecture." ...
Decision on Defence's JCCS to Be Made This Year
Monday, Sept. 4, 2006 - ComputerWorld
... "Watts says the project was conceived at the cusp of major technological change — from proprietary systems to an open architecture" ...
LCAC Hovercraft: US Navy's Champion Schleppers Get SLEPped
Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 - Defense Industry Daily
... "The SLEP will also include open-architecture electronics relying on modern commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment, which allows much easier incorporation of precision navigation systems, new communications systems, et. al." ...
Plugin to Software Potential
Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 - Columbia Daily Tribune
... "The really cool thing about applications that support plugins is that they are programmed with an open architecture, which opens the door for third-party developers to build upon the original platform." ...
The Protector Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV)
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006 - gizmag.com
... "Through its modular platform design and open architecture, Protector can be rapidly reconfigured to meet changing mission requirements. It can also be integrated to operate from surface platforms such as the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)." ...
The Birth of the Machine That Changed the World
Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006 - AmericanHeritage.com
... "The team made decisions that went against the Big Blue grain. They assembled the new computer from off-the-shelf parts, building it around the Intel 8088 processor. They decided on what was called 'open architecture,' revealing all the machine's specifications in a 362-page manual for public use. This revolutionary step encouraged the inventors of application software and peripheral hardware to design their products to work with the PC, expanding its versatility."
Bid Made on NATO Anti-Missile Architecture
Thursday, Aug. 10,2006 - United Press International
... "The project seeks an open architecture that accomodates the relatively large number of components in a rapid plug-in basis." ...
Malayali Channel Opts for Omneon
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006 - ITP Business
... "The Omneon Spectrum media server is built on an open architecture that allows it to support a variety of third-party applications for control and transmission, media management, archiving, and collaborative production. This allows stored media to be shared among many users and applications." ...
Lockheed Martin Naval Radar Comes Ashore to Support SPY-1 Radar Evolution for U.S. Navy Aegis Modernization Program
Wednesday, August 2, 2006 - Irishdev.com
... "'Providing this transformation is the result of precise systems engineering and close collaboration with the Navy and multiple innovative business partners to replace custom designed software with open architecture software,' said [Lockheed Martin's Orlando] Carvalho."
AOL Opens AIM Service to External Developers
Friday, July 28, 2006 - PC-WELT
... "Google has been at the forefront of this trend with Google Maps, whose open architecture has prompted hordes of external developers to build applications on top of it." ...
Defense Contractor Unveils Plan to Modernize Spyware
Saturday, July 22, 2006 - Miles Technologies.com
... "The promise of open architecture allows small and budding innovative businesses and government labs to bring new technologies to the fleet rapidly," said Orlando Carvalho, vice president and general manager of the Moorestown plant which employs about 5,000 people.
Genesys Releases Contact Center Suite Version 7.2
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - Sci-Tech Today
... "According to the company, Genesys 7.2 is the only IP contact center solution that uses a completely open architecture to support virtually any hardware or software platform, regardless of vendor." ...
Tech Primer: Next Generation Networking
Friday, July 7, 2006 - Express Computer
... Another advantage of an open architecture is the improvement in the implementation of new services. Open technologies make it possible to change a component and to implement a new service in a few months ...
Boeing Unveils P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft Demonstration Trailer
Thursday, July 6, 2006 - Malaysian National News Agency
... "Visitors will be able to ... learn about the P-8A's advanced open architecture mission system, weapon system, worldwide commercial logistics, maintenance and training among other things." ...
