Time-Sensitive Networking for Modular Open Systems: A Low-Risk Path to Integration

As the Department of Defense accelerates adoption of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) architectures, programs must solve the challenge of unifying mixed-criticality systems and next-generation digital backbones without increasing integration risk. Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) has emerged as a key enabler—delivering deterministic, low-latency Ethernet that unifies legacy and modern systems on a common digital bus. Yet deploying the Aerospace TSN Profile in safety-critical, resource-constrained, and multi-vendor environments introduces real hurdles in certification, interoperability, and compliance.

In this webinar, Wind River and DornerWorks will outline how their partnership addresses these challenges head-on:

• Wind River’s Helix Virtualization Platform (HVP) and VxWorks, with their proven pedigree across 750+ certified safety-critical programs, deliver a partitioned, cert-friendly foundation aligned with MOSA and open interface standards (FACE™, ARINC 653, VirtIO, AMCE).


• DornerWorks, a leader in TSN firmware and FPGA IP, contributes standards-based TSN endpoint stacks, reference designs, and accelerators that bring high-performance TSN determinism to heterogeneous avionics, mission compute, and vehicle control platforms.


• Together, the combined solution provides portable, configurable, and cert-ready TSN capabilities, reducing vendor lock-in while simplifying integration across ARM, Intel, and PowerPC architectures.

Attendees will learn how this approach not only accelerates MOSA adoption but also directly supports risk reduction in modernization and new start acquisition programs. Key discussion points will include:

• Applying TSN to unify digital backbones from edge sensors to mission computing.


• Preserving determinism while integrating third-party and open-source technologies.
  


• Meeting certification mandates (DO-178C, AC 20-193, AA 22-01) without slowing innovation.


• Enabling AI-enabled mission compute and next-gen avionics through guaranteed latency.

Why Attend:
DoD and industry leaders will gain insight into how TSN, powered by Wind River and DornerWorks, offers a low-risk path to modular capability insertion—driving down cost, accelerating timelines, and ensuring future-proof interoperability for MOSA-driven platforms.
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