Open-systems standards like C4ISR/ EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS), Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA), and Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) are helping drive development of small-form-factor (SFF) embedded military and aerospace hardware. Open systems standards help to ensure components share a common platform and can interchange information across military branches. Experts at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions of Ashbum, Va., say the SOSA committee aims to define the entire connector interface for 3U and 6U VPX. "SOSA started a small form factor sub-committee a little over a year ago or so, and they were originally considering VITA 74 as the base standard from which they were going to work," says Ivan Straznicky, chief technology officer for advanced packaging at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions.
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