Infrastructure
Abstract
This major thrust was formerly comprised of: Operational Software Development, Reliability and Maintainability Program (RAMP), F-22 Small Projects, Combined Test Force (CTF), Laboratory Test and Operations (LTO), and the Lab and Combined Test Force thrust from BPAC 674788. Labs and Combined Test Force are continuous activities that plan and conduct development, integration, test, and verification of Operational Flight Programs (OFPs) and other software and hardware in support of the F-22 Raptor. Labs provide maintenance, staffing, and operation of 16 development labs including four unique major System Integration Laboratories (SILs): Agile Integration Lab (AIL) with the Flying Test Bed (FTB), Ogden Test Enterprise (OTE) Lab, Air Combat Simulation (ACS) Lab, and the Vehicle System Simulator (VSS) Lab. The F-22 Combined Test Force (CTF) located at Edwards Air Force Base conducts full-up weapons system testing to assess the effect of the F-22 combined characteristics of stealth, speed, maneuverability, and integrated avionics upon mission accomplishment. The CTF uses operationally significant ground and flight test scenarios to identify system performance deficiencies early before they are more difficult and costly to resolve. F-22 Small Projects provides technology studies and demonstrations to include, but not limited to, Low Observable (LO) signature management, threat modeling support, Developmental Test (DT) weapon assets, Pilot Training (PT), dynamic Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), cyber security, flight test engine refurbishment, support equipment development, Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), and Electronic Warfare (EW) system enhancements to counter evolving threats. Operational Software Development utilizes commercially available agile and lean best practices to transform and accelerate the F-22 Raptor's modernization processes to develop, test, and field new capability enhancements. This includes, but is not limited to, the expansion of a cloud-based software development environment and partnering with commercial companies to adopt industry product development best practices. The Reliability and Maintainability Program provides for solution identification and integration of modifications to improve reliability, availability and maintainability for F-22 test aircraft, located at Edwards AFB. RAMP includes modifications to address corrosion, reduce maintenance hours, increase safety, and provide urgent response requirements to the F-22 CTF. F-22 Infrastructure efforts are conducted using a rapid acquisition construct leveraging commercial best practices such as agile and lean. This allows the F-22 Raptor enterprise to develop, test, and field software/hardware from multiple programs (product lines) using a scheduled cadence for capabilities as they mature.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- d6e5f628d45918b44a8bedf4220aa07a
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