General Dynamics: Littoral Combat Ship Team -- Open Architecture

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The Best of Industry
General Dynamics defines open architecture as a technical infrastructure that uses strict industry standards, commercial available products and published interfaces to enable a business model that prevents any contractor from locking a customer into proprietary systems that shut-out competitors and limit customer access to alternatives. Dependencies on any specific hardware and software products are eliminated. We provide:

Rapid capability integration
Lower cost and risk through spiral development
Elimination of dependencies on any specific hardware and software products
An open business model, allowing the best of industry to provide components of systems
A separation between individual software applications, making it possible to incorporate and upgrade functionality at a level that fosters innovation and competition

Built using proven standards of industry, the open architecture infrastructure will provide a solid foundation for all software systems of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), while ensuring an easy path for future upgrades and enhancements. Open architecture brings the best of industry together today for the best warfighting capability tomorrow and beyond.