Standards Management
Abstract
The Open Architecture Management 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 is managing are the Open Mission Systems (OMS) Standard and the Universal Command and Control (C2) Interface (UCI) Standard. OAMO provides funding to multiple entities, including the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the 76th Software Maintenance Group (76 SMXG), defense contractors, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), and University Affiliated Research Centers in support of standards management activities. AFRL is responsible for executing science and technology initiatives to further develop 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. Current Preplanned Product Improvements (P3I) include the development, test, and implementation of additional cybersecurity measures or other Standards initiatives including 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. The OAMO will execute P3I initiatives as required. 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 element 0605831F. The Open Architecture Management Program Element was newly established in 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 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, 2021
- Source ID
- 656060_0605056F_5_3600_PB_2021
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