The Modular Open Systems Architecture the Army is developing alongside its new Future Vertical Lift manned aircraft might require changes to current cost projection methods, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Currently, the acquisition community assumes that 70% of a program’s costs will come during operations and sustainment, including the cost of upgrades after a platform is introduced, according to the report . But while MOSA and other new acquisition approaches, such as...