Standards Management

Abstract

The Open Architecture Management (OAM) Office (OAMO) at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is responsible for developing, evolving, and managing open standards. Open standards permit Department of Defense programs to reduce acquisition and life-cycle costs as well as the risks associated with development, sustainment, technology refresh, and capability upgrades of mission systems on weapon systems. The first standards the office will manage are the Open Mission Systems (OMS) Standard and the Universal Command and Control (C2) Interface (UCI) Standard, formerly known as the Unmanned Aerospace Systems (UAS) C2 Initiative. OAMO provides funding to multiple entities, including the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the 76th Software Maintenance Group (76 SMXG), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Lincoln Labs (MIT-LL) in support of standards management activities. AFRL is responsible for executing science and technology initiatives to further develop the OMS/UCI Standards. The 76 SMXG is responsible for key activities and deliverables for the OMS and UCI standards including: managing a collaboration tools environment, updating tools in the OMS/UCI Starter Kit, updating the Government critical abstraction layer, maintaining the Reference Implementation, integrating and testing the Mission Package, completing Change Package Development and Sponsorship, supporting the OMS and UCI management activities, providing support to adopting programs, and providing training and associated documentation. MIT-LL supports activities required to develop and deliver the anti-tamper (AT) standard. Current Preplanned Product Improvements (P3I) include the development, test, and implementation of additional cybersecurity measures. The OAMO will execute other P3I initiatives as required. Other future initiatives may include activities such as specifically targeted improvements to the standards, coordination with other standardization efforts, additional and more thorough training activities, and widening the applicability of the OMS/UCI standard. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver open standards capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605826F, 0605827F, 0605829F, 0605830F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605898F, and 0605833F. The Open Architecture Management Program Element is new for FY 2020. The entirety of Open Architecture Management activities transferred from a classified Air Force RDT&E Program Element to unclassified PE 0605056F, Open Architecture Management, in order to increase Congressional transparency. This is not a new start; it is an administrative realignment. As directed in the FY 2018 NDAA, Sec 825, amendment to PL 114-92 FY 2016 NDAA, Sec 828 Penalty for Cost Overruns, the FY 2018 Air Force penalty total is $14.373M. The calculated percentage reduction to each research, development, test and evaluation and procurement account will be allocated proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities under such account. This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full rate production.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 656060_0605056F_5_3600_PB_2020

Tags

Readers

• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
• Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space