Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE)

1. Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) CAPT Ralph Portnoy PMA209 Air Combat Electronics Mike Williamson, PMA209E Mission Systems Deputy Program Manager PMA209 champions development, integration and cradle-to-grave support for common avionics solutions in safety, connectivity, mission computing & interoperability

2. Purpose of FACE • FACE is a Common Operating Environment allowing for: • Rapid insertion of capabilities • Break the Operational Flight Program (OFP) cycle • Leveraging common capabilities • Reuse capabilities that have been developed on other platforms • Common interpretation of standards • More capability for existing budgets through leveraging • Satisfaction of Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 requirements • Title II, Section 202(b) (5) - Use of modular, open architectures to enable competition for upgrades • Increase competition through Industry defined, Government directed, common, verifiable, open standards Scope: All of Naval Aviation

3. Solution - FACE • Modern processing environment • Modular, Partitioned, Scalable, Portable, Extendable, Secure • True Open Systems • Adherence to commercial standards wherever possible • Eliminate proprietary hooks in architecture • Library of capability based services and applications • Government / Industry partnership • Paradigm shift required • Capability based requirements in a Platform Centric world • Cross-platform commonality • Industry cooperation – use of open commercial standards

4. FACE Implementation Flight Control Surfaces Flight Control Systems Flight Controls OFP Mission Critical Displays Sensors Networks External Interfaces FACE Inputs Software Library • KEY IDEAS • Common Interpretation of Standards for Sensors and Networks • Common Software Applications isolated from unique platform software Ensures Interoperability and Cost Savings

5. Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Partition Situational Situational Situational Awareness Fusion Engine Application StrikeLink Digital CAS Application FliteScene Map Application Awareness Awareness Future New Application OFP OFP OFP FliteScene FliteScene Spare Spare StrikeLink StrikeLink Fusion Fusion Engine Engine OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS OS FACE Middleware Components FACE Middleware Components FACE Middleware Components Separation Kernel Separation Kernel Separation Kernel Device Drivers Device Drivers Device Drivers BIT BIT BIT / / / Terminal Terminal Terminal BSP BSP BSP FACE Modular Architecture Partitioned: ARINC 653 time and space . . . Scalable Applications, Scalable, Independent Partitions, Supports Modern Security Environment

6. Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) • FACE provides teeth to the five key principles of MOSA • Principle I: Establish an Enabling Environment • Enable technical and business environment for open architecture acquisition • Principle II: Employ Modular Design • Define a technical environment that allows for portable, modular, software capabilities that can be reused across multiple platforms • Principle III: Designate Key Interfaces • Define key vertical and horizontal interfaces for portability, modularity, and interfaces to legacy systems • Principle IV: Use Open Standards • Develop an open standard for DOD avionics architecture defined by commercial open API’s and Interface standards • Principle V: Certify Conformance • Provide guidance to industry on the use of a standard Software Development Kit as well as a conformance test suite • Establish process for independent verification and validation

7. FACE Technical Objective • Drive towards modern computing architecture • Build upon commercialized integrated modular avionics model (reduced regression testing, reduced cost, shorter schedules) • Build upon Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) and Naval Open Architecture • Modular: Government owned/licensed library of modular software applications/services • Partitioned: ARINC 653 Time and Space • Scalable: Ability to add new capabilities with clearly defined interfaces • Secure: Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS)/Multilevel Security (MLS) capable • Software Driven Objective, Hardware Agnostic

8. FACE Consortium • The Open Group manages the Consortium • Company with experience leading Gov’t/Industry consortiums • Goal to develop FACE architecture and interfaces • Based on a standard of open commercial standards • Develop FACE business model • Membership • Includes all 3 services • 13 Founding Members • 5 New Members • FACE Consortium kick-off meeting held 8 June 2010 • Working groups formed & engaged in Technical & Business efforts

9. Consortium Deliverables • Technical Group • Define Open Standard of Commercial Standards • Supports DoD Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 • Define horizontal and vertical interfaces • Develop a software development toolkit (SDK) • Government owned • Available to all vendors • Develop a conformance verification process • Business Group • Develop a business model that is attractive to industry and government FACE Consortium - A Collaborative Approach to define a Common Open Standard

10. FACE Implementation FACE - Truly Open Architecture Achieved • Draft FACE Standard available in December 2010 • FACE Standard to be placed on contract for two new acquisitions in FY-11 • ECPs to existing programs will incorporate FACE standard where possible • Full FACE ROI dependent on wide acceptance & implementation in multiple T/M/S • Permits leveraging of investments, speeds capability delivery, fosters interoperability

11. Summary FACE defined by an Industry / Government Consortium FACE defined by Standardizing a set of Open Standards FACE will be scalable with independent partitions supporting modern security environment FACE will facilitate conformance to a common avionics architecture ensuring interoperability FACE will reduce time to field new capabilities FACE - CRITICAL to delivering Future Airborne Capabilities Application across T/M/S maximizes benefits

12. Questions ? Mike Williamson, PMA209E Mission Systems Deputy Program Manager michael.williamson@navy.mil (301)757-9441 Bob Matthews, PMA209EA Mission Systems Deputy Capability Lead robert.matthews@navy.mil (301) 995-4971 PMA209 Vision: where DoD organizations insist upon common, capability-centric avionics systems for their inherent value, interoperability, and cost-effectiveness.

13. Intellectual Property (IP) • In FACE, it is the environment that is open • Hardware and application software IP is acceptable • Hardware • Hardware agnostic – Board support package must meet hardware interfaces • IP at the board level is acceptable • Open competition at the board level • Software • Software library will be a mix of government owned, open source, and industry licensed software • IP in a software program acceptable as long as the software package is completely FACE conformant