Unmanned Vehicles: Open Business Model - Building future unmanned aircraft systems requires breaking up proprietary systems

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Long Description: An article in Seapower (November 2013) describing how unmanned aircraft systems is moving to avoid vendor lock by breaking down proprietary components in their common control system.

Nick Guertin, Director of Transformation for DASN RDT&E, further supports the direction that UAS is taking by concluding, "Competition gets us a better deal. It's the way to get better performance for our warfighting systems.
URL Title: Seapower Magazine
Web Site Address: http://www.seapower-digital.com/seapower/november_2013#pg46
Benefit/Value: An article in Seapower (November 2013) describing how unmanned aircraft systems is moving to avoid vendor lock by breaking down proprietary components in their common control system.

Nick Guertin, Director of Transformation for DASN RDT&E, further supports the direction that UAS is taking by concluding, "Competition gets us a better deal. It's the way to get better performance for our warfighting systems.