BOHEMIA, NY – March 2023 -- North Atlantic Industries, Inc. (NAI), a leading supplier of embedded computing solutions and power supplies, is proud to announce that its Serial I/O Services Segment (IOSS) Unit of Conformance (UoC) software has achieved FACE® Technical Standard conformance. This milestone marks NAI’s first FACE® conformant UoC and represents a significant achievement for the company’s COSA® configurable product line.

The FACE® Consortium is a collaborative effort between the U.S. government and industry stakeholders to establish open standards for avionics software, enabling more efficient development and integration of airborne systems. With FACE® conformance, NAI’s Serial IOSS UoC software aligns with the FACE Technical Standard, ensuring interoperability with other FACE® conformant systems and reducing overall development and integration costs.

The NAI Serial IOSS UoC supports a rugged, compact subsystem designed to switch serial communication lines between multiple devices in aerospace and defense applications. “We are proud to have achieved FACE® conformance for our Serial IOSS UoC software, and this is just the beginning,” said Lino Massafra, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at North Atlantic Industries. “Our commitment to providing customers with reliable and interoperable solutions for aerospace and defense applications remains unwavering.”

NAI has been a member of the FACE® Consortium since 2014 and has actively contributed to the development of the FACE® Technical Standard. The FACE® conformance of the Serial IOSS UoC software demonstrates NAI’s ongoing dedication to supporting open architecture initiatives in the avionics industry. Stay tuned for more FACE® conformant software solutions from NAI in the weeks ahead.