Mission-Ready for
Tomorrow’s Aviation Platforms

The U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program is redefining vertical lift. At the core of this innovation is LYNX MOSA.ic, the trusted operating environment chosen by Bell Textron Inc. to help power the Army’s next-generation aircraft and the MV-75.

The LYNX MOSA.ic software framework offers a standards-based modular approach to integrating multi-core safety-critical and security-critical applications. This design empowers developers to maximize software and toolchain reuse, both today and in future deployments, while streamlining integration workflows and reducing the cost and complexity of system recertification. This framework provides Bell and its partners the flexibility and agility needed to meet the Army’s Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) objectives.  

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Why LYNX MOSA.ic Was Selected for FLRAA

Meets the Moment: Designed to Support the MV-75

LYNX MOSA.ic is a FACE-conformant platform that complies with Department of Defense requirements regarding modular architectures (MOSA – Modular Open Systems Approach) and the use of open standards. This design approach delivers a scalable solution that prioritizes software flexibility and enables the U.S. Army to avoid vendor lock-in.


Flexibility Redefined

LYNX MOSA.ic is a multicore operating environment for building robust, deterministic and predictable systems for the aerospace and defense sector. It leverages modern separation kernel and virtualization hardware technology to safely partition application, driver, security and management environments. Additionally, it includes modularity and interoperability properties that allow a wide variety of software components of different programming languages, runtime environments and abstraction layers to be reintegrated into a cohesive system.  
 
Bell’s selection of LYNX MOSA.ic as the operating system (OS) provider for both Arm-based system and Intel-based systems on the same aircraft speaks to the system and platform-wide benefits of a common and modular OS. The selection showcases that Lynx is a leading provider of operating systems in the aerospace and defense sectors.

Industry-Proven, Certification-Ready 

Lynx Software has been deployed in defense and avionics platforms for over two decades. Field proven in the theatre, and industry certification-ready to the highest safety levels, where few things in today’s world are certain, the LYNX MOSA.ic operating platform is as close as it gets. 
 
 

Standards-Based Modularity at Mission Speed 

  • Supports rapid modernization, cross-platform interoperability, and digital transformation for MDO success. 
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MV-75 FLRAA

LYNX MOSA.ic is powering mission system software in the aircraft selected by the U.S. Army. 

“Bell’s mission is to modernize and maintain the Army’s aviation capabilities for decades to come.  We are pleased to leverage LYNX MOSA.ic as Team FLRAA works to equip soldiers with the speed and range they need to compete and win using the most mature, reliable and affordable high-performance long-range assault weapon system in the world.”  

- Ryan Ehinger, Senior Vice President and Program Director, FLRAA, Bell 

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Trusted. Proven. Ready.

LYNX MOSA.ic is trusted by Bell and other key suppliers to power mission systems across the FLRAA program, validating our leadership in safety- and security-critical software. Built for the Army’s vision, it delivers the agility and performance needed for today’s battlefield and tomorrow’s missions. 

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