NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–The Air Fight Electronics program workplace (PMA-209) launched its new Hardware Open Techniques Applied sciences (HOST) web site on Oct. 20, which gives a {hardware} framework for designing the open structure (OA) embedded computing programs for DoD programs.

Developed by a group from academia, trade, and throughout the DoD, HOST is an OA requirements framework designed to permit coordination between integrators, module distributors, and associated requirements teams. It features as a key open requirements useful resource in assist of the Modular Open System Strategy (MOSA) initiative set forth by the Military, Navy, and Air Drive Secretaries.

As illustrated on the web site, OA is a kind of laptop structure (together with software program and {hardware}) meant to make additions, upgrades, and swapping of elements simple and interchangeable. HOST, already adopted by main acquisition class applications, makes use of OA to offer a standardized construction throughout part design for manufacturing and redesigns of fielded plane. This framework leads to facilitating modularity and interoperability to scale back prices and extra quickly improve upgradeability.