Mission Systems Open Architecture Prototyping, Experimentation, and Demonstration (MOAPED)

The objective of this effort is to develop and demonstrate through collaborative experimentation, technology and advanced component prototype solutions to evolve and expand emerging open architecture (OA) standards and approaches for current and next-generation Air Force and DoD weapon systems. This effort seeks to identify and reduce barriers to adoption as well as demonstrate and prototype tools, technologies, and prototype solutions to enhance OA standards. Open Standards of interest include, but are not limited to Big Iron, Scalable Payload for Electronic Attack Development (SPEAD), Common Open Architecture Radar Processing Specification (COARPs), Open Mission Systems/Universal Command and Control Interface (OMS/UCI), and COBRA. The program involves phases of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E), mission/weapon system development, production, sustainment, operational assessments and deployments through participation in support of Joint All Domain Command Control and Advanced Battle Management System. The MOAPED program also includes advancing other enabling technologies such as Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A), Data Lake/Warehouse, Development/Security/Operations (DevSecOps), Digital Engineering, and Cyber Survivability, which must inherently accompany advanced mission capabilities for their verification, validation, maturation, and experimentation.