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Utilizing & Developing Open Technologies for National Defense

Mil-OSS connects and empowers an active community of civilian and military open source software and hardware developers across the United States.

This grassroots movement is a collection of diverse patriots that work for and with the Department of Defense and believe in adopting open technology innovation philosophies to effectively defend our nation.

Recent News

A lot goes on between the annual Working Groups, take a look to see what has been happening around the Military Open Source community.

Articles, Papers & Presentations

Be prepared for your next OSS-related briefing. We've collected quite a few papers and presentations on OSS to help you promote OSS.

Mil-OSS Google Group

Get involved in the original conversation. Google Groups has served Mil-OSS well, so we're still using it and invite you to join us.

OSS Projects in the DoD

Find an un-classified open source project already underway in the military. If you know about a new project, please let us know.

Mil-OSS'er to Co-Chair Open Source For America

Mil-OSS'er to Co-Chair OSFA

Mil-OSS Steering Committee member elected to co-Chair Open Source for America, an associate organization of Mil-OSS focused on promoting the use of open source technologies in the U.S. federal government.

DARPA Open Sources Code for Building Amphibious Tank

DARPA Open Sources Code for Building Amphibious Tank

The DoD’s forward-thinking DARPA group plans to release open-source software that will let anyone design and run virtual tests on their own swimming tank. And will kick off the first phase of a contest with a enticing $1 million prize.

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Mil-OSS exists to improve technology development and innovation across the DoD by connecting and empowering the active community of patriotic open source developers and solution providers, improving use of the taxpayers' funds through thorough requirements extraction, wise execution, and increasing the speed new technologies enable the Warfighter.

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