Modular Open Systems Architecture and Directed Energy

Congress, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the service leads have made it clear that modular open systems architecture (MOSA) is a warfighting imperative for all weapons systems—and directed energy weapons (DEW) are no exception.

As the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD[R&E]) stands up an open systems architecture working group for directed energy weapons, how can the Department of Defense (DOD) realize the benefits of MOSA without adversely impacting the continued innovation from industry needed to support U.S. defense strategy?

Watch our recorded panel discussion featuring key government and industry stakeholders as they discuss modularity, interfaces, architectures, and systems as part of the open systems architecture plans and strategy for service directed energy weapons. 

What You'll Learn:

• How the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering is approaching the working group process for directed energy weapons open systems architectures, including timelines, objectives, and outcomes
• The important distinction between “standards” and “interface standardization” in MOSA for directed energy weapons
• Perspectives from industry on how to avoid unintended negative consequences as DOD develops and implements directed energy weapons open systems architectures, particularly for high energy laser systems

Host:

• Joshua Peters
  Chief Technologist for Directed Energy, Booz Allen Hamilton

Guest Speakers:

• Christopher Behre, Jr.
  Designated Lead for DEW MOSA by the Assistant Director, Directed Energy, OUSD(R&E) and Technical Director, Surface Navy Laser Weapon System Portfolio, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division 
• Scott Keeney
  CEO and co-founder, nLIGHT
• Dr. Iain McKinnie
  Principal Engineering Fellow, Raytheon
• Dr. Sean Ross
  Deputy High Energy Laser Technology Area Lead, Directed Energy Prototyping Liaison, Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RDMP