MOSA for Defense Summit 2025

The upcoming MOSA for Defense Summit, hosted by the Defense Strategies Institute, offers a platform for stakeholders from the Department of Defense, Military Services, Industry, Academia, and various other crucial sectors to deliberate on the vital necessity of integrating a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) when designing, developing, delivering, acquiring, and sustaining contemporary defense systems.

Where is MOSA for Defense Summit being held?

151 St George Blvd, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

Topics to be covered

To uphold its competitive advantage amid swift technological advancements, evolving information landscapes, and increasing threat intricacies, the United States is enforcing the adoption of a modular open systems approach (MOSA) in crafting intricate warfighting systems. In this interest, the following topics will be under discussion:

• Empowering Future Defense System Development with MOSA

• AI and Autonomous Systems Applications for MOSA

• Advancing Engineering at the DAF with MOSA

• Defining Navy System Development and Acquisition via MOSA

• Understanding DoD’s Intellectual Property Role in MOSA

• Joint Service Exploration of Modular Open System Architecture for Future Defense

• Ground Combat Systems Applications for MOSA

What to Expect at the 2025 MOSA Summit

The 2025 MOSA Summit brings together key leaders from the DoD, industry, and academia to discuss the transformative impact of the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) on defense acquisition. With $96.1 billion dedicated to major defense programs in FY 2025, MOSA is essential for modernizing the DoD’s acquisition process, fostering innovation, adaptability, and cost-efficiency.

Attendees will explore MOSA’s role in enhancing flexibility, interoperability, and competition across critical defense systems, including Artificial Intelligence, Air Dominance, Space and Missile Defense, and Ground Combat Systems. The summit will also address how MOSA supports cost-effective system design and lifecycle management.

This year’s event will feature a Tri-service panel and insights on the influence of intellectual property laws on MOSA implementation. Connect with senior leaders and gain valuable insights into the future of defense system development at the 2025 MOSA Summit.

Confirmed Speakers

• Dr. Raymond D. O’Toole, Jr. – Acting Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E)

• MG Robert L. Barrie, USA – Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army

• Lily Arcusa, SES – Chief Engineer, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

• HON Nickolas Guertin – Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition

• Michael Heaphy – Director, Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO)

• Nadine Geier – Director of Systems Engineering, OUSD (R&E)

• Col. John Dayton – Senior Materiel Leader, Architecture & Systems Engineering, Advanced Aircraft Division, AFLCMC

• George Winborne – Lead for Communications & IP Management, OUSD (A&S)

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