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 OAMO continues to manage the Open Mission Systems (OMS) and the Universal Command and Control (C2) Interface (UCI) Standards. Additionally, the OAMO will continue executing efforts to mature various open standards and government reference architectures (GRAs) to ensure compatibility and interoperability to meet program needs. Finally, OAMO will continue to enable application of open standards in weapon system designs, and to enable open standards and GRAs to transition to OAMO management. OAMO provides funding to multiple entities, including but not limited to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the 76th Software Engineering Group (76 SWEG), defense contractors, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and University Affiliated Research Centers in support of standards management activities. AFRL is responsible for executing science and technology initiatives to further develop the OMS/UCI Standards. The 76 SWEG is responsible for key activities and deliverables for the OMS and UCI standards including: managing a collaborative 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. These entities will also be funded to support activities for other open standards and GRA initiatives. The OAMO will continue development/maintenance of the Government Avionics Reference Architecture (GARA), an architectural framework that includes open architecture standards and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools to guide and aid the development or modification of avionics/mission systems to enable Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA). The OAMO will execute P3I initiatives as required and include activities such as specifically targeted improvements to open standards and open architecture initiatives (e.g., Sensor Open Systems Architecture), coordination with other standardization efforts, enhancements (including cybersecurity, as required), and widening the relevancy and applicability ofthe standards the OAMO is involved with. 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. 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, 2024
- Source ID
- 656060_0605056F_5_3600_PB_2024
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