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The US Department of Defense has been pursuing an open systems approach for its technology acquisitions for several years now; successful implementation has major benefits for the warfighter and the taxpayer including reduced costs, accelerated development cycles, increased interoperability, and rapidly addressing emerging threats on the battlefield. In this blog post, we look at the DoD’s open systems initiatives under the MOSA umbrella and how technology suppliers such as Systel are ensuring compliance.

Embedded computers are a combination of hardware and software that are designed to perform specific tasks, and as the name suggests they form part of – or are “embedded” into – wider mechanical or electrical systems.

Artificial intelligence is being used to help make decisions on the battlefield, greatly reducing the cognitive burden on the warfighter and freeing them to concentrate on what is critical their mission.

Systel was excited to participate in the MOSA Virtual Summit hosted by Military Embedded Systems on February 23, 2022. Systel's session, "Applying a MOSA Strategy Across Multiple Domains," covered cross-domain solutions.

Here’s the problem – there is a massive proliferation of HD sensors in the modern battlespace, creating an enormous amount of “Big Data.” Data is collected at numerous ingest points and streamed to processing nodes, providing the ability to act in real-time.