Open standards enable a flexible framework for greater diversity in system function
What is HOST
Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST) is a standards framework that applies open architectures to high-performance embedded computing.
These standards support a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to implementing systems based on Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) components for embedded computing on U.S. Defense Platform Open Systems.
By ensuring that all developed components use standardized interfaces, HOST provides the interchangeability of newer technologies and promotes the reuse of hardware designs for existing and future platforms. HOST facilitates affordable and supportable system development and modernization.