William Antypas, Jr. currently supports NAVAIR PMA-209 OSA initiatives. He has broad experience in academia, commercial industry, defense contracting, and government DoD programs. Dr. Antypas has been Chief Scientist or Lead Engineer for several large-scale open systems, including CANES, Global Hawk Advanced Mission System, and other autonomous vehicles. He is a principal author of the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) standard and a contributor to others, including SAE AS-4UCS. He can be reached at antypaswg@crltechnologies.com