Washington / DC / Washington / D.C. / N.W. Washington / /
Company
UAS / Could Reduce Weapon Systems / Google Inc. / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / / /
Facility
Ground Control Station / Defense Acquisition University / /
IndustryTerm
acquired proprietary systems / prime contractor / system integrator / open software interface / software standards / weapon system electronics / smallest systems / individual software applications / software markets / less expensive commercial off-the-shelf hardware / weapon systems / consumer products / open architecture avionics systems / metrics to track open systems / avionics systems / open systems / literature search / unmanned aircraft systems / mission systems / /
OperatingSystem
Android / /
Organization
House of Representatives / Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces / Defense Science Board / Open Systems Joint Task Force / U.S. government / Army / OSD’s UAS Task Force / Navy / Congress / Defense Acquisition University / Honorable Loretta Sanchez Ranking Member Subcommittee on Tactical Air / Naval Air Systems Command / Committee on Armed Services House / UAS Abbreviations DAU DOD IBM OSD SE STUAS UAS UCLASS UCS USB Defense Acquisition University Department of Defense International Business Machines Corporation office / Air Force / Department of Defense / office of the Secretary / Committee on Armed Services / /
Person
Michael J. Sullivan / / /
Position
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition / Secretary of Defense / Secretary of Defense / Acquisition / Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology / contractor / Governor / Chairman / prime contractor / Under Secretary / Secretary of Defense Systems Engineering Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System / /
Product
C-130 / B-2 / /
ProgrammingLanguage
DC / /
ProvinceOrState
Washington / DC / /
Technology
Universal Serial Bus / MP3 / Android / operating system / smartphones / cell phones / /
GAO, DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: DOD Efforts to Adopt Open Systems for Its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Have Progressed Slowly