SOSA standard taking hold in military embedded computing: The Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) seeks to ensure rapid upgrades and technology insertion, no vendor lock, and accommodation of existing standards.

The article report that the Government and industry partners are working together to ensure that technology is vendor-neutral and easily upgradable. Topics discussed include the high-level goals of Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) include openness and being platform and vendor-agnostic while being aligned with Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA); and the consortium aims to leverage existing and emerging open standards and align with U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) service objectives.