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Chip Downing
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September 22, 2022
Part 6 of the RTI Military Avionics Blog Series
Today, the defense industry is moving rapidly to modernize its systems – and the reasons for this heightened focus on modernization are both numerous and clear. By moving to a strategy that incorporates open, modular systems, the industry can slash system development time and associated cost, while accelerating capabilities to the Warfighter.
The FACE™ Technical Standard and Business Approach is well established and stands as the perfect example of a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to system design. The Future Airborne Capability Environment™ (FACE) Approach is an integrated business and technical strategy that employs modular design tenets, uses widely supported and open, consensus-based standards for its key interfaces, and has a validation and verification process to ensure the openness of its key interfaces. This ensures an affordable and adaptable system design that enables the best technology to be selected and deployed. Note that Title 10 U.S.C. 2446a.(b), Sec 805 states that MOSA is the preferred method for the implementation of open systems, and it is required by United States law.
As a quick refresher, MOSA is also known as an Open Systems Approach – it is a technical and business strategy for designing an affordable and adaptable system. There are Five Principles of MOSA:
To my mind, the “Certify Conformance” capability is one of the most highly differentiating attributes of the FACE Approach. Its independent Conformance Certification process is well-defined and executed by four independent entities with the following roles:
Note that most FACE Certified Conformant UoCs are not listed in the FACE Registry in the FACE Library Portal. This is due to the highly confidential nature of military software. Many, if not most, of these applications deliver a highly competitive military advantage over global adversaries, so listing these software solutions on a public website would be highly inappropriate. With this in mind, the FACE Registry understates the success of the FACE Technical Standard and Business Approach.
The FACE Conformance Program is a cornerstone of the FACE Technical Standard and Business Approach and provides a foundation for finding and evaluating ready-to-go FACE software for future avionics missions.
Stay tuned to the RTI Military Avionics Blog Series for exciting announcements around FACE Conformance.
About the author
Chip Downing is Senior Market Development Director, Aerospace & Defense, Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
Chair, FACE Business Working Group Outreach Subcommittee
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