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 the Air Force's standardized interface for aircraft weapons and mission planning, and its use is mandated by SAF/AQ. 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, F/A-18, Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) I and II, Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)(all variants), Laser JDAM, Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM), Enhanced Paveway II, Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) and Precision Guided Munitions Planning Software (PGMPS). Planned implementations include Joint Strike Fighter (JSF/F-35), B-21, B-52, AC-130J, F-15EX, MQ-9, JASSM-Extended Range (JASSM-ER), Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile - Extended Range (AARGM-ER), Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW), Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), Grey Wolf, Combat Weapons Delivery Software (CWDS), Select Precision Effects At Range Capability 3 (SPEAR3), Joint Strike Missile (JSM), Navy Open Mission Systems (NOMS) for mission planning. The UAI program office is responsible for development and enhancement of the UAI standard to maintain technical currency, support to coalition/allied/joint interoperability efforts for weapons-platform interface, provision of certification tools, and implementation support to aircraft and weapons. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F. In FY21 0.183M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY22 0.195M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 655361_0604602F_5_3600_PB_2023
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- Root: Armament/Ordnance Development
- Child Accomplishment: Universal Armament Interface (UAI) Development
- Child Cost Item: b4189a06f9e16f24865567e04663609e
- Child Cost Item: a5f95ecd054a704196ff230a2fcbaa98
- Child Cost Item: 551981ee84b3bfd0f149ba0816eb9a28