{"module":"ARCHITECTURE-OV2","version":"1.3.1","legalFoundation":{"primaryMandate":{"title":"10 U.S.C. § 4401 — Modular Open System Approach (MOSA)","enacted":"NDAA FY2017, Section 804","text":"All major defense acquisition programs shall implement a modular open system approach. Systems must expose open, non-proprietary interfaces so that any compliant component can be swapped or integrated without proprietary lock-in.","implication":"SHIELD/ATLAS is MOSA-compliant by architecture — domain adapters are swappable modules. Evaluators who assume contracts prevent system communication are citing a pre-FY2017 problem that statute has since prohibited.","ref":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/4401"},"jadc2Mandate":{"title":"JADC2 — Joint All-Domain Command and Control","jrocDecision":"JROC 2019 (Joint Requirements Oversight Council)","ndaaEnforcement":"NDAA FY2021 Section 832 — mandated JADC2 strategy + 180-day implementation plan","text":"DoD shall develop a framework to connect sensors from all services into a single network, enabling any sensor to task any shooter across all domains (land, sea, air, space, cyber). Every new DoD system must demonstrate JADC2 interoperability.","implication":"SHIELD/ATLAS is designed as a JADC2 node — it receives from and disseminates to ATAK, AFATDS, GCCS-Army, DCGS-A, and any CoT/Link-16/NIEM compliant system. The 2019 JROC decision is the binding authority.","ref":"https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2944806/"},"openArchitecture":{"title":"NDAA FY2019 Section 868 — Open Architecture for C-UAS","text":"DoD directed to establish an open architecture standard for Counter-UAS systems to prevent vendor lock-in and enable multi-vendor engagement solutions.","implication":"SHIELD/ATLAS USEIF (Unified Sensor Engagement Interface) implements this mandate — partner lanes (Smart Shooter, ARCYN, Magos) plug in without proprietary coupling.","ref":"https://fas.org/sgp/cong/2019/ndaa.pdf"},"theQuestion":{"title":"Why evaluators assume broken interoperability","answer":"Multiple contracts, each awarded to a different prime, historically produced closed systems. MOSA (FY2017) changed the legal requirement. JADC2 (2019 JROC) made it a joint warfighting mandate. Systems built after these dates — including SHIELD/ATLAS — are legally required to interoperate. Pre-2017 legacy systems remain closed; SHIELD/ATLAS bridges them via adapters (CoT/TAK for ground SA, NIEM-enabled APIs for EM, Link-16 gateway for air picture)."}},"summary":"Congressional mandate (MOSA FY2017 + JADC2 JROC 2019 + NDAA FY2021) requires all DoD systems to interoperate. Systems built after FY2017 that do not expose open interfaces are violating statute. SHIELD/ATLAS is designed from the ground up to be MOSA + JADC2 compliant."}