architectures and standards, to determine where expansion to other industries is practical. Such expansion will open doors for the industry participants’ products and help the government drive down unit costs for these products.
In the past four years, the overall prog- ress for establishing the consortium and putting out versions 1, 2 and 2.1 of the FACE technical standard along with the associated products on the business side, such as the Business Guide and the Contracts Guide, has been tremendously successful when compared to similar con- sortia efforts. Te Open Group manages
a number of consortia around the globe, and its leadership has noted that the FACE consortium has produced the most relevant and significant work in the shortest amount of time in comparison to other consortia under their purview. Tis underscores the value that industry and government have placed on working together to bring the most capability, in the shortest time, at the lowest cost to the Soldier—and to do so in a collaborative environment that benefits all involved.
For more information, contact the author at (256) 955-0596 or
terance.f.carlson.
civ@mail.mil.
CONSORTIUM STRUCTURE The FACE consortium has five sponsor organizations:
NAVAIR, PEO Aviation and representatives from Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Rockwell Collins. Current membership includes more than 75 companies and 800- plus individuals. (For a complete list of current participating organizations, go to
http://opengroup.org/face/member- list.) Two academic institutions, the Georgia Tech Research Institute and Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Software Inte- grated Systems, also participate in the consortium.
The FACE advisory board consists of senior representatives from the Army and Navy as well as a few select individuals from industry and academia. The board provides guidance on goals and advises the steering committee, which is elected by members. Two major working groups meet frequently to develop technical and business standards.
The steering committee sets the direction for the consor- tium, working closely with The Open Group to manage the working groups and subcommittees. The Technical Work- ing Group (TWG) comprises several subgroups charged with developing the enterprise architecture, standards, data model, conformance verification, implementation guide, security specifications, airworthiness requirements and trans- port layer protocols (Ethernet, 1553, data distribution service and others). Each subcommittee’s volunteer members develop the products and present them to the TWG for review and
concurrence. The package is then presented to the entire FACE consortium membership to give them an opportunity to comment and have their concerns addressed. After a review period, the consortium members vote on the products for consensus approval and incorporate them into the FACE standards.
The Business Working Group (BWG) functions in the same manner. It includes four major subgroups, which address the business model, conformance, library and outreach. The outreach subcommittee works to inform industry and govern- ment organizations that could benefit from participation in the consortium, and develops and maintains the education component presented to new and potential members at the in-person meetings. Other subcommittees or working groups form as necessary to address specific areas that the advisory board or steering committee identifies as potentially benefit- ing the consortium.
The TWG currently has a FACE and unmanned aircraft systems control segment
(UCS) working group focused on
exploring the potential synergies of the FACE and UCS stan- dards. The goal is to determine if the UCS standards are compatible for inclusion in the FACE architecture. Another TWG sub-working group is looking at the impacts of FACE on the airworthiness and safety of flight requirements for DOD aviation platforms.
To learn more about FACE, go to http://
www.opengroup.org/face. User registra- tion is at
https://www.opengroup.us/face/ register.php.
MR. TERRY CARLSON is the chief infor- mation officer/G6 and assistant program executive officer for information manage- ment in PEO Aviation. He has a master’s degree in management from Florida Insti- tute of Technology and a B.S. in computer science from Athens State University. He is Level III certified in program management and information technology.
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