Stores-Aircraft Interface
Abstract
655361: The Stores-Aircraft Interface 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 integrating 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), Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) and Precision Guided Munitions Planning Software (PGMPS). Planned implementations 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), Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW), Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), AC-130J, Golden Horde, Combat Weapons Delivery Software (CWDS), Select Precision Effects At Range Capability 3 (SPEAR3), Joint Strike Missile (JSM), and Navy Open Mission Systems (NOMS). The UAI program office is responsible for development and enhancement of the UAI 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, 2022
- Source ID
- 655361_0604602F_5_3600_PB_2022
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- Root: Armament/Ordnance Development
- Child Accomplishment: Universal Armament Interface (UAI) Development
- Child Cost Item: 015d4d10a507235d6c99f6275e2b6789
- Child Cost Item: daaa504f4a803892f889c1dc55b1af52
- Child Cost Item: f09d1acc774e279cb45e3c4d56739063