MOSA
INDUSTRY STANDARD

5 Principles of MOSA

Dave Walsh, VP of Engineering, Parry Labs, explained the five principles of MOSA at “Quad A” in April 2023. The combination of market advocacy and push from the US Army around MOSA and the pioneering work from a series of like-minded ecosystem companies means that this activity is gathering momentum. There is strong advocacy in market forums from the US Army about the “why” behind MOSA and announcements about MOSA-compliant systems, including the RAIDER X and this ground platform from L3Harris.

At Lynx, we see the support of mission-critical system standards as just the start. That is because APIs don’t define system behavior and timing. Read this piece by our CTO, Will Keegan, for more thoughts on this topic.

Aviation Mission Computing Environment 

The Program Executive Office (PEO) of the US Army faces the challenge of modular and incremental deployment of software capabilities. The PEO Aviation (AVN) Enterprise has a platform entitled “Aviation Mission Computing Environment” (AMCE) and is developing its Component Specification Model (CSM). The AMCE CSM comprises configurable processing, Software Operating Environment (SOE), and software loading requirements.

At the 79th Annual Forum of the Vertical Flight Society’s 79th (May 2023), a paper proposed definitions for software modules, operating system properties, and key technologies for two distinct SOEs:

-  A mission system SOE

-  A safety-critical SOE intended to address the Army Aviation Airworthiness Release (AWR) 

This collaborative paper was developed by companies that include Collins Aerospace, JHNA, Lynx, Parry Labs, RTI, and US Army PEO.

The Vertical Flight Society is distributing this paper. If you need help tracking it down via that path, please get in touch with us here.