From Projects to People: Shifting the Software Acquisition Paradigm

Abstract

The amount of embedded flight software is growing at a tremendous rate in the National Security Space (NSS) systems under development by the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). Problems with Total System Performance Responsibility (TSPR)-era programs like the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) have been aligned with opinions that the DoD has lost the "recipe" for acquiring complex space systems. The software-intensive nature of next-generation space systems necessitates consideration of a new software-intensive system acquisition paradigm to not only take full advantage of the best people that defense contractors have to offer, but to ensure the ability to engineer and build these systems far into the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA521235

Entities

People

  • Chad Millette
  • Douglas J. Buettner

Organizations

  • Air Force Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programs
  • Contracts
  • Defense Industry
  • Elliptical Orbits
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Game Theory
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Life Cycles
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Software Development
  • Space Systems
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space