Laura Hazelwood

Conformance to MOSA means embracing business and technical strategies to create systems grounded in modularity and standard, open interfaces to:  

• Drive cost-effectiveness 
• Reduce programmatic risk  
• Promote interoperability 
• Remove barriers to rapid technology insertion 

While not new, it became U.S. law in 2018 that all major defense acquisition programs adopt MOSA to the maximum extent possible. At this time, CodeMettle had been involved in multiple U.S. Army initiatives, which had implemented MOSA as a requirement. As the Department of Defense (DoD) rolled out the MOSA requirement across all programs in early 2019, we realized embracing MOSA was key to:  

• Working directly with customers within their construct
• Providing scalable, innovative solutions to all our customers
• Our long-term viability and competitiveness in the defense market  

CodeMettle concluded that conforming to MOSA necessitated two fundamental changes in the way we do business and develop software:  

1. Shift from custom solutions to a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product portfolio. Industry expertise dictates that COTS products with defined purposes grounded in open standards enable the benefits of MOSA for both industry and customers, whereas customized solutions are antithetical to them.  

2. Commit ourselves to true Agile and institute DevOps. This led to a period of organization-wide restructuring, during which we let go of the programmatic and technical processes of the past and embraced new methods that enable MOSA and productization. 

We have spent the last five years developing the most advanced NetOps product portfolio that is MOSA-conforming, capable of meeting defense customer requirements, and adaptable from the edge to the enterprise. The forthcoming white paper will explore how our alignment to product development and DevOps and Agile restructuring enable our product portfolio to conform to MOSA.

Download our white paper to learn how CodeMettle leverages MOSA in our business and technical strategies to bring you the most advanced NetOps products.

Watch our presentation “How Software Can Enable Continuous Transformation” at 9:15 AM at the APG Tech Expo. The presentations will be located on the second floor of Top of the Bay.

Presentation Abstract:  

Network modernization is a continuous cycle driven by the need to outpace near-peer adversaries. However, it is often complicated by the increasing pace of emerging technologies, the amount of effort it takes to bring users up to speed with new technology, and the addition of individual-component software tools that fail to holistically address entire systems. While the task of modernization can seem daunting, the military can leverage lessons learned from commercial software providers to overcome these challenges and realize the transformative benefits for the future of warfare.  

In this presentation, CodeMettle will explore how it and companies such as Apple and Tesla have found success in bringing about modernization in their respective domains by putting real-world users and a focus on seamless interoperability at the heart of their products. Whether it be Apple’s magic-like interoperability across its portfolio, Tesla’s incremental usability updates, or CodeMettle’s user-centric Network Operations solutions for unifying networks, these examples illuminate valuable insights readily applicable to military modernization efforts. Taken together, these insights reveal that real transformation and modernization occurs when users’ needs drive development. Additionally, we find that when executed properly, commercial software can effectively bridge the gap between new and legacy technologies, simplify the modernization process for users, and significantly enhance the operational efficiency desired in military efforts. 

CodeMettle team members attending Satellite: David Lassiter and Tyler Zaneski

Email [email protected] to set up a meeting with us at Satellite. We’d love to link up with you!