Paper Title: Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) for Defense Unmanned Systems
Conference Name: ICMIC 2024
Abstract: The U.S. defense unmanned systems face numerous limitations due to inefficiencies such as technological redundancies resulting from the development of various small-scale and diverse unmanned systems, as well as difficulties in maintaining operations due to high-performance requirements for achieving complex missions. In response, the U.S. Department of Defense has introduced and mandated the implementation of the Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) to achieve significant cost savings, schedule reductions, rapid adoption of new technologies, technological upgrades, interoperability between systems, and mission integration, among other benefits. Recently, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense has been pursuing a policy of defense unmanned system standardization and modularization, known as the Korea-tailored Modular Open System Approach (KMOSA). Therefore, this study aims to explore the research trends for the advancement of South Korea's defense unmanned systems through an analysis of the Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) in the United States.