AGILE ACQUISITION
MODULAR OPEN SYSTEMS APPROACH We are incorporating a modular open systems approach (MOSA) on our new ground vehicle and aircraft platforms. MOSA avoids the problem of vendor lock that has been encountered on some platforms in the past. Tis allows small businesses to compete for and participate in contracts that offer greater innovation at lower costs. Tis system architecture also makes it easier and less expensive to repair, replace and upgrade subsystems on exist- ing platforms. It makes it easier for other companies to make subsystems for these platforms, which leads to a broader, more resilient supply chain that can more easily ramp up production when needed.
UNIFIED DATA REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE What MOSA is to hardware, the unified data reference architecture (UDRA) is to data. UDRA is a modular and standard- ized format that makes it easy for many different systems to use the same data. Until now, it was difficult for many Army digital systems, even those operating on a single platform, to communicate and share data because they handle and process data differently. Te UDRA sets up a system in which all these systems speak the same digital “language.” In March, the Army opened the cloud-based Innovation Exchange Lab, which allows prospective vendors to test their systems to see how they function using UDRA 1.0.
Tis allows better and broader use of data across the Army and opens doors for more innovation and competition.
AUTHORITIES Army acquisition has also laid foundations for acquisition at speed and production at scale by working with Congress for new authorities. Tese authorities give the Army the legal framework for conduct- ing acquisition in new and effective ways that promote fair and open competition to ensure we exercise responsible stewardship of taxpayer money.
Te new authorities provided by Congress give us alternative and flexible paths that enhance acquisition at speed.
RAPID FIELDING
1st Sgt. Patrick Casha, flight paramedic with the Oregon Army National Guard, demonstrates the new MH60M Medical Upgrade Interior kit designed for Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, in May 2023. MTA rapid prototyping could get the aircraft into service four years earlier than anticipated. (Photo by Mark Schauer, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground)
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Army AL&T Magazine
Summer 2024
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