1. Panel Three - Small Businesses: Sustaining and Growing a Market Presence Open Interfaces and Market Penetration Protecting Intellectual Innovation and Data Rights Cross-Platform Reuse 9 November 2011 Mr. Bob McCaig ASSETT, Inc Manassas, Va 703-365-8940 Bob.mccaig@assett.net

2. The Power of Modularity Modularity Brings: – Well defined system segments that encourage upgrades and competition Publish interfaces Isolate SW, HW and OS Isolate proprietary components – Re-usable software components – Interoperable applications – The Potential for Additional contractors capable of providing innovative solutions To Be Successful – Modularity Must Address – Not just published interfaces but well understood and widely used interfaces – Functionality that is commonly recognized and used across systems and platforms – Technology trends – modularity may migrate over time – Life cycle support Defense Daily Open Architecture Summit2

3. Open Architecture Characteristics of Open Architecture – Exposes interfaces to data and information that is used elsewhere in the system or supports competition Exposing Interfaces that have limited use elsewhere does not constitute “open” – Implements widely accepted standards Software development standards to ensure maintainability Interfaces that eliminate the need for proprietary design – Provides capabilities that can be re-used across systems and platforms Common system functions such as system monitoring, and time synchronization Common applications such as contact tracking, and navigation – Executes on widely used common hardware elements No unique hardware design – Requires a business model on both the customer’s and contractor’s side that ensures competition, maintenance/supportability and the protection of intellectual property Defense Daily Open Architecture Summit3

4. Open Architecture Example Defense Daily Open Architecture Summit4 Display Processing System Monitoring Reconfiguration Control Navigation Peripheral Interface Management Adapter Ethernet Peripheral A Peripheral B Peripheral C Peripheral D Peripheral N Command and Control Processing Peripheral New

5. Open Architecture Example (Levels of Modularity) Defense Daily Open Architecture Summit5

6. Business Model DoD and the commercial markets are different – Size of the customer set – Emphasis on information assurance – Need to access data and information at different levels Business model must – Facilitate technology insertion cycles Address migration of standards (e.g. 1553 obsolescence – modern OS’s don’t have drivers to support) Open source code incorporates more capabilities and eliminates less used capabilities not managed by the DoD contractors – DoD needs to keep pace – Protect intellectual property Life line of small business – Define and maintain the role of the integrator Manage Risk Maintain System Level Configuration Control – Enable market penetration Horizontal integration – Product lines vs stovepipes Competition Defense Daily Open Architecture Summit6

7. Summary Open Architecture has proven to provide a significant reduction in cost while expanding system capabilities – Opening the door to small business brings innovative ideas for the solution of complex problems – Leveraging commercial industry research and development maintains DoD technological advantage while minimizing costs Maintaining the advantages in OA requires: – Tracking technology trends and the migration of standards – Defining the role of the integrator – Ensuring market penetration by “newcomers” through competition and the definition of product lines – Protecting intellectual property Defense Daily Open Architecture Summit7