OAR (Open Access Radio) announced during MOSA Summit Keynote
NewsJune 17, 2024
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Dr. David Honey, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, spoke at the MOSA Industry & Government Summit in National Harbor today: While discussing the impact of open architecture initiatives like SOSA [Sensor Open Systems Architecture], he also mentioned a new initiative called Open Access Radio (OAR).
While not going into many details about OAR, Honey did say it would develop an architecture of wireless networks used worldwide and follow a modular open systems approach (MOSA). OAR will expand a trusted ecosystem and look to counter China’s efforts to dominate global telecom, he said. It will work with the commercial industry, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and across the U.S. government.
Regarding SOSA, Honey said SOSA enables government to develop open standards across the C5ISR (command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) community.
Moreover, the SOSA business guide enables all industry and government to effectively partner to facilitate affordable open architecture suites that are critical to the battlefield, he added.
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