ADVANCED MODULAR VEHICLE ARCHITECTURES AND CYBER RESILIANCE IN THE SOFTWARE DEFINED VEHICLE

Automotive electrical/electronic (E/E) architectures are continuously evolving to meet the technological challenges of the highly connected, software-defined vehicle. Advances are being made in µController/µProcessor compute hardware, software, and cyber security methodologies, to provide enhanced security, safety, flexibility and functionality.

These advancements will mature through millions of miles of road/lab testing and reach TRLs suitable for use by the Army to implement safe and secure cyber-resilient platforms for manned and unmanned ground vehicle systems.

This paper will describe three specific advances that will benefit Army vehicle programs of the future: Software that leverages the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) as a secure and flexible Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) framework; Hardware-based Communication Engines for high bandwidth/low latency network communications; and a Hardware Security Module (HSM) that enhances the cyber-resilience of the next generation of the Army’s neXtECU module.

Citation: J. Cates (GuardKnox), K Nielson, J. Stempnik, “Advanced Modular Vehicle Architectures and Cyber Resilience in the Software Defined Vehicle,” In Proceedings of the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS), NDIA, Novi, MI, Aug. 15-17, 2023.