Avionics Architecture Team (AAT)

Abstract

The Avionics Architecture Team (AAT) provides hardware and software (HW/SW) standards, product line development, and management for common HW/SW operating environments. AAT is chartered to facilitate NAVAIR's compliance with the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) requirements in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2446a-2446c; FY17 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Section 805 Modular Open Systems Approach in Development of Major Weapon Systems, 23 Dec 2016; Tri-Service Memorandum for Service Acquisition Executives and Program Executive Officers, 07 Jan 2019; DoDI 5000.02 Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework, 23 Jan 2020; FY21 NDAA Sec. 804 - Implementation of Modular Open Systems Architecture requirements, 01 Jan 2021; and SECNAVINST 5000.2G, Implementation of the Defense Acquisition System and the Adaptive Acquisition Framework, 08 Apr 2022. The Software Open Systems Technologies (SWOST) team manages the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE[TM]) Technical Standard, which is developed with the joint collaboration between the Navy, Army, Air Force, industry and academia in accordance with Public Law 104-113. The Hardware Open Systems Technologies team includes the Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST) standard, which is developed through government and academia collaboration and is provided to industry for prototyping and implementation efforts. The Functional Architecture for Strategic Reuse (FASTR) initiative, through Platform Integration and Modeling, will define a standard process for mission level capability decomposition to support product line development and management. The AAT provides Subject Matter Experts to define and architect a set of Open Architecture Standards and product lines, design principles and guidance, development and integration tools, acquisition strategy, contracting guidance and cost estimates. The AAT also provides Subject Matter Experts directly to weapons systems/platforms to support inclusion of Open Architecture Standards in the early stages of life cycle development. The results will enable Department of Defense (DoD) weapons systems/platforms to systematically procure open, modular and reconfigurable software architectures, reuse HW/SW, and deliver scalable, portable and interoperable warfighting capabilities at a faster rate, reducing redundant development costs, and increasing competition. Infrastructure components and frameworks built to these standards will support capability upgrades on various platforms by enabling integration of common, non-proprietary applications. The AAT initiatives enable the government's role as Lead Systems Integrator, per the Weapons System Acquisition Reform Act (WSARA) 2009, and cost effectively manage data rights for reuse across the DoD.

Document Details

• Document Type: Accomplishment
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 0602e3163b1a65ad9df6a7d60d0a5f6e

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Fields of Study

• Computer science
• Engineering

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Software Engineering.