MOSA FOR DEFENSE SUMMIT
- April 30-1 May, 2025
- 151 St. George, National Harbor, MD
Event Overview
Defense Strategies Institute’s 2nd Annual MOSA for Defense Summit will provide a forum for members of the DoD, Military Services, Industry, Academia, and other key stakeholders to discuss the warfighting imperative of implementing a modular open systems approach (MOSA) in the design, development, delivery, acquisition, and sustainment of modern defense systems.
2025 Confirmed Speakers
Download the Agenda for Full Line-up of Speakers.
Agenda Current as of 3/18/25
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Dr. Raymond D. O’Toole, Jr.
Acting Director, Operational Test & Evaluation DOT&E -
MG Robert L. Barrie, USA
Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army -
Lily Arcusa, SES
Director of Engineering and Technical Management Chief Engineer, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center -
HON Nicholas Guertin
Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition -
Michael Heaphy
Director, Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO) -
Nadine Geier
Director of Systems Engineering, OUSD (R&E) -
COL Jeffery Jurand, USA
PM, XM-30 Combat Vehicle, PEO GCS -
CAPT Jarrod Hair, USN
Program Manager, Air Combat Electronics, PMA 209-NAVAIR
About the 2025 MOSA for Defense Summit
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
- Empowering the Future of Defense System Development with MOSA
- Applications for MOSA: Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems
- Remaining Beyond the State of the Art: Utilizing MOSA to Push Across the Boundaries of Engineering at the DAF
- Defining the Future of Navy System Development and Acquisition through MOSA
- Understanding the DoD’s Role in Intellectual Property and MOSA
- Building the Future of Defense: A Joint Service Exploration of Modular Open System Architecture
- Applications for MOSA: Ground Combat Systems
Why You Should Attend This Summit
96.1 billion dollars or 31% of the DoD’s total investment funding, was dedicated to major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs) in FY 2025. These programs under US law: Title 10 U.S.C. 2446a.(b), Sec 805 states all major defense acquisition programs (MDAP) are to be designed and developed using a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA). This approach is an attempt to counter rapidly modernizing adversaries and is DoD’s plan to modernize its acquisition and development processes, prioritizing adaptability, accelerating innovation, and lowering cost. A cornerstone of this transformation is the implementation of MOSA across all defense systems. MOSA is an integrated business and technical strategy that uses open standards and modular design to achieve competitive and affordable acquisition and sustainment of defense systems throughout their lifecycle MOSA enhances flexibility, interoperability, and efficiency, ensuring the U.S. maintains a technological edge.
96.1 billion dollars or 31% of the DoD’s total investment funding, was dedicated to major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs) in FY 2025. These programs under US law: Title 10 U.S.C. 2446a.(b), Sec 805 states all major defense acquisition programs (MDAP) are to be designed and developed using a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA). This approach is an attempt to counter rapidly modernizing adversaries and is DoD’s plan to modernize its acquisition and development processes, prioritizing adaptability, accelerating innovation, and lowering cost. A cornerstone of this transformation is the implementation of MOSA across all defense systems. MOSA is an integrated business and technical strategy that uses open standards and modular design to achieve competitive and affordable acquisition and sustainment of defense systems throughout their lifecycle MOSA enhances flexibility, interoperability, and efficiency, ensuring the U.S. maintains a technological edge.
This year’s MOSA for Defense Summit brings together leaders from across the DoD, industry, and academia at the forefront of MOSA implementation. Attendees will gain insights into how these organizations are implementing this critical strategy and the resulting benefits.
The summit will explore how MOSA is driving enhanced competition, innovation, interoperability, and cost-effective system design and delivery through open system development. By enabling easier and more cost-effective addition, removal, and replacement of components and subsystems, MOSA enhances program agility and reduces costs. This year’s event will delve into MOSA’s impact on key areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Air Dominance, Space and Missile Defense, and Ground Combat Systems. Attendees will also hear the role of Intellectual property laws play in MOSA and hear from the perspective of a Tri service panel. Connect with senior leaders and join the critical discussion around implementing open systems across the DoD.
DSI’s team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Summits’ content and focus areas, and we will assemble the most respected minds in modular open systems approaches across the DoD, industry, and academia. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers.
At Our Summit You Have the Ability To
Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the MOSA community.
Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue among all in attendance.
Influence: Help foster ideas! Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.
Operating Guidance for Government Attendees
DSI’s Summit directly supports DoD and Government priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their department’s mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.
DSI’s Summit will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.
The Summit is open and complimentary to all DoD and Federal employees and is considered an educational and training forum.
SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS
The MOSA for Defense Summit provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions.
BECOME A SPONSOR or ExhibitorPlatinum Sponsor
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Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is the leading infrastructure software company for mission-critical systems. RTI Connext® provides a standards-compliant connectivity foundation that reduces costs and risks for aerospace and defense leaders. Helping customers meet MOSA, FACE™, and open standards requirements, RTI accelerates system development and integration. With over 2,000 customer projects, RTI supports 300+ autonomous vehicle programs and 500+ major defense programs, enabling next-gen robotics, NASA launch control, and more—bridging Silicon Valley innovation with proven expertise in system interoperability.
Gold Sponsor
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LCR designs, develops, and manufactures integrated systems, chassis and backplanes for the defense and aerospace markets. Our COTS and custom system solutions are designed in accordance with modular open system architecture (MOSA) principles for VPX and SOSA aligned board payloads. We are proud and proven, long-term suppliers of mission critical systems to US and international defense programs. LCR is a member of VITA and the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Consortium.
Exhibitors
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The NAVAIR Air Combat Electronics PMA-209 program office led by CAPT Jarrod Hair, Program Manager – delivers critical, innovative capabilities to the warfighter. PMA-209 is the executive agent for the development and management of cutting-edge air combat electronics systems. Its Avionics Architecture Team (AAT), comprised of subject matter experts (SMEs), is dedicated to providing Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)/Open Architecture/Open Standards expertise, resources and knowledge-sharing. AAT supports MOSA-centric efforts across the Naval Aviation Enterprise as well as externally collaborating with the U.S. Army, Air Force, Industry and Academia. NAVAIR PMA-209 state-of-the-art technology solutions include the Hardware Open Systems Technologies/HOST open architecture standards framework (www.host-oa.com) Come to meet NAVAIR PMA-209 AAT experts at the MOSA for Defense Summit! Contact AAT, aka the Open Architecture Engagement Team at PMA209-AAT@us.navy.mil
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ZMicro provides rugged computing solutions primarily for military and aerospace applications. We provide off-the-shelf, customizable and built-to-spec military-grade computers, displays, storage and video enhancements systems. Leading Provider Since 1986: We have been a leading provider in the deployable computing market for more than thirty years. We credit our successes to innovation, customer responsiveness, and our dedication to ongoing improvement.
Association Partner
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The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) provides a collaborative forum between government, industry, and academic leaders to resolve emerging technology challenges. Alongside public forums, ATARC introduces innovative technology to the Federal government, providing agencies with crucial market research opportunities.
ATARC’s core goal is to drive technological innovation and foster a working environment where public and private sectors can come together to solve complex challenges. ATARC’s events, white papers, research initiatives, Working Groups, and more are all designed to provide valuable insights and create a platform for open dialogue. Through this, ATARC serves as a trusted Federal advisor that serves as a catalyst for change in government.
MEDIA PARTNERS
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We provide over +200 leading organisations with global visibility of their innovations, products and capabilities to an audience of +500,000 visitors annually.
Contact us here to find out how we can use our expertise to improve global visibility of your business. https://www.defenseadvancement.com/partner/?utm_source=event&utm_medium=mediapartnership&utm_campaign=MilitaryVirtual
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Military Embedded Systems focuses on embedded electronics – hardware and software – for military applications through technical coverage of all parts of the design process. Coverage includes topics such as radar, sonar, uncrewed system payloads, signals intelligence, electronic warfare, C4ISR, avionics, imaging, and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)initiatives like FACE and SOSA. We provide the industry’s largest print Resource Guide (100pages) and exclusively produce the SOSA Special Edition and FACE Special Edition.
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