THE RIGHT BALANCE
The PEO IEW&S Contracting Division has paid particular attention to IP and data rights, as they have important implications to several products within the PEO’s portfolio.
IP and data rights are a critical component of any program, and TITAN is no differ- ent. TITAN was pursued as a competitive effort leveraging an Other Transaction Agreement, and IP and data rights were considerations in evaluating proposals and prototypes during the competitive phases. Working with commercial and nontradi- tional vendors can necessitate different perspectives on IP. PM IS&A has been working with its contracts teams, legal teams and industry to define the appropri- ate IP rights for TITAN, while mandating
modular and open system architecture approaches to allow for future integration of third-party components and extension of TITAN.
The TITAN prototypes include commercial-off-the-shelf, open source, developmental and government- off-the-shelf software and hardware components. PM IS&A will monitor and manage data, data rights and licensing of all products included in the TITAN base- line throughout the system life cycle to
assess the effectiveness of the IP, data rights and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) strategies and continue apply- ing the lessons learned across the TITAN program and overall PM IS&A portfolio.
TITAN was selected by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (OASA(ALT)) as the Army’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2024 Section 808 pilot, which focused on the IP and data rights as it relates to operations, maintenance, installation and training (OMIT) data. Te Section 808 pilot is a congressional mandate that establishes a program for the use of innovative IP strate- gies that meet specific criteria described to acquire the necessary technical data rights required for the operation, maintenance, installation and training for the designated programs. With organic (unit personnel) operation and maintenance being one of the desired characteristics for TITAN, strategies associated with obtaining the appropriate OMIT data are important to achieving those objectives. Tis becomes a bigger focus as the TITAN program transitions from prototyping into produc- tion, which is scheduled to occur in fiscal year 2026.
SOLID SELECTION
TITAN was selected by OASA(ALT) as the Army’s NDAA 2024 Section 808 Pilot, which focused on the IP and data rights as it relates to OMIT data. (Photo courtesy of PM IS&A)
Te PEO IEW&S Integration Directorate assists project managers in leveraging the MOSA and ensures that this requirement is included in their acquisition artifacts. MOSA is an integrated business and technical strategy to achieve competitive and affordable acquisition and sustain- ment over the system life cycle. It applies a system architecture that allows major system components at the appropriate level to be incrementally added, removed or replaced throughout the life cycle of a major system platform to afford oppor- tunities for enhanced competition and innovation. Tis requires these compo- nents to work together, despite coming
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