Learn About Conformance To The SOSA Technical Standard
Date: December 14, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT / 10:00 AM PT / 6:00 PM GMT
Sponsor: Elma Electronic and Mercury Systems
Duration: 1 Hour
Summary
The Open Group Sensor Open System Architecture, known as the SOSA™ Technical Standard, applies a modular open systems approach (MOSA) to high-performance defense sensor systems such as radar, electronic warfare, and SIGINT platforms.
The standard's goal is to design non-proprietary open systems based on DoD-relevant government or commercially available open architectures to lower system development costs and make system reconfigurability and future system upgrades easier and faster, to improve overall C5ISR capabilities.
A key part of the technical standard includes how conformance to the Technical Standard should be met for hardware, or SOSA modules, and how that certification process will take place.
During this webinar, experts involved in the SOSA Consortium and the standard’s development will discuss the elements of conformance to the Technical Standard, how the upcoming 1.0 release will address it, and considerations for the certification process.
Speakers
Patrick Collier | Senior Open Systems Architect and Systems Engineer | Aspen Consulting Group
Patrick Collier is Senior Open Systems Architect and systems engineer at Aspen Consulting Group. Patrick Collier focuses on the development and use of open architectures for both space and non-space applications. Previously he was a lead hardware engineer at PMA-209 NAVAIR, where he focused on the development of the Hardware Open Systems Technology (HOST) set of standards. His first assignment was as a senior electrical research engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate. While at AFRL, he founded the Next Generation Space Interconnect Standard (NGSIS) with Raphael Some (NASA JPL). Patrick also founded and is currently chair for the VITA 78 (SpaceVPX) and VITA 78.1 (SpaceVPXLite) efforts. He is also a cofounder of the Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) and chair of its Hardware Sub-Committee and Conformance Standing Committee. Additionally, he was a lead for the Space Universal Modular Architecture (SUMO), where he worked to incorporate existing space-related standards and architectures into SUMO.
Susan Harper | Manager of Standards and Certifications | The Open Group
Susan Harper is the Senior Manager of Standards and Certifications at The Open Group and works with forums and consortia to develop technical standards and respective certification programs. Susan specializes in executable standards that define product certifications. She has been in information technology for over 30 years and a PMP for over 8 years. In addition to working with the SOSA Consortium on their technical standard and conformance program, she works with The Open Group's Open Process Automation, the OSDU Forum, and the Open Footprint Forums doing the same. She is the Certification Authority for the FACE Conformance program as well as The Open Group’s subject matter expert on the O-TTPS standard. She also collaborates with other Standards Bodies to move The Open Group Standards forward.