in a matter of days,” said Henry Liao and Shaun Daimonji, software engineers in the Autonomous Systems Division of Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. (Te transport services segment allows data to pass between software located in other segments.) “We got a taste of what it would be like to integrate our component into another FACE system, and it’s really not too bad. Te clearly defined segment boundaries and data paths make the task straightforward.” A third team integrated multiple software products with the mes- sages tied together by a shared data model. Some of the products from this team have been certified through the FACE confor- mance program. Te final team built on its integration activity from the pilot BITS event by controlling a fixed-wing aircraft instead of a radio-controlled car.
Te encouraging results from the BITS events and the TIMs suggest that soft- ware suppliers are developing software products aligned to the FACE technical standard and that companies are inte- grating those products. Te number of solicitations and proposals aligned to the FACE technical standard that have been awarded since 2011 is also encouraging. Te next steps are to identify common capabilities across military aircraft, use modular open-systems approaches in
major system platforms, components and interfaces, and eliminate DOD acquisi- tion rules and regulations that inhibit the reuse of software.
CONCLUSION
“Te FACE Consortium members have reached the mountaintop in developing an implementable standard that enables ven- dors to develop capabilities that meet the government’s need for an open architec- ture-based solution for avionics software. I am pleased with the progress that we are making in populating our repository with FACE-conformant products and with the participation in our integration workshop activities,” said Dr. Terance Carlson, chief information officer/G-6 for the Program Executive Office (PEO) for Aviation and FACE Consortium chairman. “Our next steps include expanding awareness of the FACE standard and its value through training, and increasing the adoption of the FACE technical standard across the aviation program offices in each of the DOD services.”
Te implementation of the FACE tech- nical standard aids in meeting some of DOD initiatives and requirements, such as DOD Instruction 5000.02, and the FY17 NDAA. Enforcing open-system architectures and effectively managing
technical data rights aid in cost control by promoting effective competition for the life cycle systems. Te FACE approach is the chosen open software standard for PEO Aviation, to be applied to existing and future platforms.
For more information, contact the author at
alicia.h.taylor.ctr@mail.mil.
DR. ALICIA TAYLOR, a contractor with QuantiTech Inc., is an information technology project and planning analyst supporting PEO Aviation's chief information technical
expertise implementation,
officer/G-6. in
She the provides development, integration and testing
of the FACE technical standard and other FACE Consortium documents. She is active in the FACE Consortium and chairs several subcommittees and working groups. She holds a doctorate of education in educational leadership from Northcentral University and an M.A. and B.S., both in mathematics education and both from the University of Alabama. She has also completed several Defense Acquisition University courses, including Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management, DOD Open Systems Architecture, Modular Open Systems Approach to DOD Acquisition, and Software Reuse.
FACE TAKES FLIGHT
Sara Kambouris, Gilbert Lucero, Jeffrey Wallace and Dean Garvy, of Infinite Dimensions Inc., display a fixed-wing aircraft at Whittier Narrows Airfield in Rosemead, California, that uses the FACE architecture. Infinite Dimensions works on the next generation of systems integration using interoperability, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. (Photo courtesy of the author)
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