Sensor Open Systems Architecture
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The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) Consortium was formed in 2017 to define an open sensors environment for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. The SOSA Consortium is a professional group made up of industry suppliers, customers, academia, and users. The SOSA approach is a government-industry software standard and business strategy for acquisition of affordable hardware and software systems that promotes innovation and rapid integration of portable capabilities across programs. The SOSA Consortium provides a vendor-neutral forum for industry and government to work together to develop and consolidate the open standards, best practices, guidance documents, and business strategy necessary to result in:
- Reduction in development cycle time and cost
- Reduce system integration cost and risk
- Increase commonality and reuse
- Reduce sustainment and modernization cost
- Support capability evolution and mitigate obsolescence
- Enable technology transition
- Facilitate interoperability
- Isolate the effects of change
The SOSA Technical Standard is an open and common hardware and software framework for transitioning sensor systems to an open systems architecture, based on key interfaces and open standards established by industry-government consensus. The creation of the SOSA Consortium was driven by the tri-service memorandum issued jointly by the U.S. Offices of the Secretaries of Navy, Army, and Air Force, "Memorandum for Service Acquisition Executive and Program Executive Officers", issued January 7, 2019. [1]
Background
The SOSA Consortium was formed by The Open Group as a "Voluntary Consensus Standards Body", as defined by the National Technology Transfer Act and OMB Circular A-119. This facilitates government participation in the consortium. One goal of the effort is to reduce the typical development and deployment cycle of new capabilities in sensor platforms from as long as six years under the current methodology to as little as six months.
The SOSA effort is a result of observing the best practices of The Open Group FACE Consortium, leveraging common work underway by the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), US Army and US Air Force.
Technical Approach
The SOSA technical approach is to leverage existing open standards where possible, influence existing standards development organizations as needed, and create new standards through industry in cases where new standards are needed.
References
External links
- The Open Group
- Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) Consortium
- Future Airborne Capabilities Environment™ (FACE) Consortium
- OMB Circular A-119
- VITA
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