INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
Rugged computing & thermal management
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Unified network communications management: the next step to realizing MOSA By Dominic Perez The vision of hardware interoperability at the tactical edge, from air platforms to ground vehicles to base stations, is now being realized. Because MOSA [modular open systems approach] is an approach and not itself a standard, solutions that support this vision can be achieved through many different means as long as interfaces and communications protocols are based on open standards. There remains a key area to address, though, to achieve seamless interoperability between heterogeneous systems. Consi er, for e am le, the Sensor O en Systems Architecture SOSA Technical Stan ar hile most as ects of sensor rocessing system architectures are ell efine ithin SOSA, one area that has not een rigi ly efine is the net or configuration an o erational en ironment of in i i ual car s an mo ules.
The embedded system industry is at a turning point now that it can provide government customers with true modular open systems approach (MOSA)-based hardware for warfighter communications in a variety of hardware form factors, from ultra-compact line replaceable units to
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VITA standard-based rugged chassis and plug-in-cards (PICs) aligned with standards such as ensor pen ystems rchitecture , odular pen uite of tandards and pen . ost s support user-definable configuration and options ia the software and firmware and many cards in the same profile will li ely support similar functionality. hile the T ehicle ntegration for nteroperability standards body
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