The FACE consortium was created roughly five years ago to enhance interoperability and software portability for avionics software used across DOD platforms. Under FACE, a system on this AH- 64E Apache, shown here with an MQ-1C Gray Eagle during testing at Dugway Proving Grounds in Salt Lake City, UT, could be built by one company and used on all platforms that subscribe to the open architecture approach that FACE promotes. (Photo by the Project Office for Unmanned Aircraft Systems)