Stores-Aircraft Interface
Abstract
The Stores-Aircraft Interface project conducts stores-aircraft interface upgrades and standards development to include the Universal Armament Interface (UAI). UAI is an Air Force initiative to develop standardized software interfaces in aircraft weapons and mission planning. The savings realized from this effort is on average 6 years of schedule and $22M per aircraft/weapon combination. This is accomplished by enabling integration of weapons independent of aircraft Operational Flight Programs (OFP) cycles. UAI is currently implemented on the F-15E, F-16 Block 40/50 and European Participating Air Forces (EPAF) F-16 aircraft, Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) I and II, Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), Laser JDAM, Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM), and Precision Guided Munitions Planning Software (PGMPS). Planned implementation include Joint Strike Fighter (JSF/F-35), B-21, MQ-9, JASSM-Extended Range (JASSM-ER), F/A-18, Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile - Extended Range (AARGM-ER), Combat Weapons Delivery Software (CWDS), SPEAR3, Joint Strike Missile (JSM), and the Turkish Stand Off Missile - Joint (SOM-J). The UAI program office is responsible for development and enhancement of the standard, support to coalition/allied/joint interoperability efforts for weapons-platform interface, provision of certification tools, and implementation support to aircraft and weapons.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 655361_0604602F_5_3600_PB_2020
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- Root: Armament/Ordnance Development
- Child Accomplishment: Universal Armament Interface (UAI) Development
- Child Cost Item: 8394cfb4a3312dfd818cc17b8d411200
- Child Cost Item: adbf2e3dab6f38f01c4e434f8d9a4740
- Child Cost Item: 2525fa8476e2e21b02ac9d86540ee535