The Department of Defense, through the Office of Naval Research, awarded a $18.4M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Pacific Defense Strategies, Inc. on June 2, 2025, for development work on the C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS). This initiative represents the DOD's effort to establish an open-standard hardware and software platform that converges electronic warfare, communications, signals intelligence, and position, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities into a unified architecture. The contract, which extends through December 2, 2026, will be performed at the contractor's El Segundo, California facility. No set-aside designation was utilized for this award, indicating the contract was competed on a full and open basis.
Pacific Defense Strategies, Inc., a prime federal contractor specializing in advanced defense technology solutions, is well-positioned to execute this effort based on its established expertise in electronic warfare, open architecture integration, and radio frequency payload development. The company's previous contract portfolio includes multiple significant awards from the Office of Naval Research, Air Force Research Laboratory, and other defense agencies, with particular experience in modular and open systems architecture programs. This CMOSS development contract complements Pacific Defense Strategies' existing $6.2M Other Transaction Agreement with the Army's Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors on the same initiative, further demonstrating the company's critical role in advancing DOD's modernization priorities around interoperable, open-standard EW and communications platforms.
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