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U.S. Air Force - FACE™ and SOSA™ TIM & Expo
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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| 7:00am to 3:00pm | 1st Floor | Registration | Check-in and pickup your name badge. Name badges must be worn at all times. |
| 8:30am to 9:30am | Theater 3rd Floor |
Keynotes |
Lt. General Shaun Morris, Commander of AFLCMC, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Ms. Jaqueline Janning-Lask, Director of Engineering and Technical Management Services, AFLCMC, Wright Air Force Base, Ohio |
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9:30am
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9:35am
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Theater 3rd Floor |
SOSA Overview | The Sensor Open System Architecture™ (SOSA) Consortium creates a common framework for transitioning sensor systems to an open systems architecture, based on key interfaces and open standards established by industry-government consensus. The SOSA approach establishes guidelines for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. The objective is to allow flexibility in the selection and acquisition of sensors and subsystems that provide sensor data collection, processing, exploitation, communication, and related functions over the full life cycle of the C4ISR system. |
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9:35am
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9:40am
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Theater 3rd Floor |
FACE
Overview
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The Future Airborne Capability Environment™ (FACE) Approach is a Government-industry developed software standard and business strategy with the goals to:
The FACE Approach integrates technical and business practices that establish a standard common operating environment to support portable capabilities across avionics systems.
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| 10am to 4:00pm | Exhibit Hall B |
Expo
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Exhibition open |
Time |
Room |
TIM Papers Title |
TIM Paper Presentations (25-minutes each) - TBA Description |
| 10:00am to 10:25am |
Theater
3rd Fl
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SOSA EO/IR Mission Thread
by Raytheon
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The SOSA EO/IR Mission Thread was green lighted in March 2022. The standards with which the EO/IR Mission Thread must harmonize include the MORA, NITF, and MISB. Included are lessons learned from early EO/IR integration effort with SOSA HW Components, and we provide several recommendations on path forward for integration within the SOSA Technical Standard |
| 10:00am to 10:25am |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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Scaling Connections within the FACE™ Transport Services Segment
by RTI
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Most FACE™ Aligned demonstrations shown at FACE events have had a comparatively small set of messages and connections between the different Units of Conformance (UoCs). However, real-world avionics systems can grow quite large and can have a large amount of data exchanged over a large number of connections. To date, there have not been public demonstrations of how the FACE Transport Service Segment (TSS) can scale. This paper focuses on a simple experiment to get an understanding of memory usage when using thousands of connections through RTI Connext® TSS and examines whether there are elements in the FACE Technical Standard that might prevent a substantial number of connections from being established |
| 10:30am to 10:55am |
Theater
3rd Fl
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Accelerating TRL and Technology Refresh with MOSA by Curtiss-Wright |
Technology adoption friction causes the majority of innovations to stall and die, failing to reach fielding, most often due to non-technical factors. This acquisition process valley of death can be bridged through the appropriate use of the Modular Open Standard Approach (MOSA) to accelerate Technology Readiness Level (TRL) maturation across the TRL 5 to7 chasm. The paper describes types the different types of friction and provides examples. Solutions leveraging MOSA are provided along with examples from other industries |
| 10:30am to 10:55am |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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Transport Implementation of Redundancy Management
by PEO Aviation MOSA Transformation Office
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Redundancy Management is necessary for high-criticality avionics systems, yet this feature is rarely addressed in the FACE TM Consortium documentation. The FACE Technical Standard offers an advantageous approach through the Transport Services Segment (TSS) and its injectable Interface. This solution can meet the needs for high criticality applications. It reduces code size and allows the application of a platform-specific solution across software developed by independent third parties. This paper explores the factors and complexities that should be considered for implementation of a Redundancy Management solution and demonstrates that the TSS is the best segment for implementing Redundancy Management |
| 11:00am to 11:25am |
Theater
3rd Fl
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Formal Security Analysis and Open Standards
by Riverside Research
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In this paper we discuss formal methods and how they are applicable to open standards development activities. Our primary focus is on the synergistic relationship between formal methods for security analysis and standards development. We present specific challenges and opportunities and a case study showing the application of one formal methods technique applied to a message passing system with relevance to open architecture systems. We recommend further explorations into the use of formal methods in developing both open architecture standards and systems |
| 11:00am to 11:25am |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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Custom Transport Protocol Modules for
Data Storage
by Intrepid Inc
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The Transport Protocol Module (TPM) is an optional part of the Future Airborne Capability Environment™ (FACE) Technical Standard, Edition 3.0, but is a powerful way to connect Units of Portability (UoPs) whether they are in the same Transport Service (TS) Domain or separate TS Domains. Historically speaking, the TPM has been used to encapsulate various protocols, such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP), for transporting data. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of extending the TPM to implement a Data Storage capability and outlines how development effort can be reduced by leveraging model-based tools |
| 11:30am to 11:55am |
Theater
3rd Fl
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Quality of Service (QoS) Considerations When Using FACE TSS for SOSA
by RTI
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Both the FACE™ Technical Standard and the SOSA™ Technical Standard address Quality of Service (QoS). The FACE Consortium makes QoS Management one of the optional Capabilities defined within the FACE Technical Standard. The SOSA Consortium addresses QoS within the broader topic of Inter-Module Interactions. This paper introduces the QoS applicable to the SOSA Technical Standard, and describes desirable QoS for components implementing the FACE Technical Standard and/or the SOSA Technical Standard. This paper is relevant to those interested in FACE Technical Standard conformant components using the Transport Service Segment (TSS), interaction between SOSA Modules, and the advanced topic of interoperability between systems implementing the FACE Technical Standard and the SOSA Technical Standard |
| 11:30am to 11:55am |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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FACE Conformance Verification for Ada Software
by Adacore
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The current procedures for FACE conformance verification are based on linking Unit of Conformance (UoC) object code with standard libraries “Gold Standard Libraries” (GSL) and checking for unresolved references. Although this approach works well for UoCs written in C or C++, it is not adequate for Ada. This paper presents a proposal for FACE conformance verification of Ada UoCs based on the concept of a stubbed run-time library, comprising a selected set of package specs and their associated “dummy” package bodies, to be included as a supplement to the Ada GSL for the targeted profile and capability set in the Conformance Test Suite (CTS). The proposed approach extends the current CTS verification procedures and is under consideration in the FACE Consortium |
| 12:00pm to 12:25pm |
Theater
3rd Fl
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Supporting Legacy & High Speed Protocols with SOSA Technical Standard Using COTS
by New Wave Design
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Most aircraft in use by the U.S. Military use legacy protocols not supported within the SOSA™ Technical Standard. Additionally, there are high-speed protocols not currently available on “standard” COTS I/O Intensive and Compute Intensive SBCs, such as 100GbE, requiring support. New Wave’s TIM Paper will highlight how the use of COTS XMCs can support both legacy and leading-edge networks and actually “go faster” while implementing the SOSA Technical Standard. |
| 12:00pm to 12:25pm |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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Achieving FACE Verification: BALSA ADSB-Out PSSS UoC Case Study
by LDRA
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This paper highlights several aspects of the FACE Verification and Validation approach using the Basic Avionics Lightweight Source Archetype (BALSA), focusing on the BALSA ADSB-Out UoC. This paper outlines the process and activities to prepare for the Verification of a UoC and discusses the use of software validation and verification tools to reduce the time and cost of achieving FACE Conformance |
| 12:30pm to 12:55pm |
Theater
3rd Fl
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Open Architecture Through Firmware Containers
by SWRi
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This paper describes the benefit of a high-level firmware standard implemented through the concept of firmware containers intended to support open systems design. A goal of containerization is to enforce “localized” standards allowing seamless multi-vendor firmware component integration of complex signal processing tasks |
| 12:30pm to 12:55pm |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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Infrastructure-Centric Integration
by Skayl
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As systems change throughout their lifecycle, integration approaches that remain application-focused will not scale. To perform an integration is to glue together modules within a system, often in ways they were not originally meant to be used. “Infrastructure” is code that adapts the reused core business logic for a new context, and it is the correct place to mediate changes. The FACE™ Technical Standard supports and encourages this approach via the Transport Service. Making the infrastructure the point of variation (for example, to accommodate an updated data type definition) is an architectural principle we will call Infrastructure-Centric Integration. This paper describes how Infrastructure-Centric Integration enables scalable integration by examining some key requirements from the Technical Standard and the use cases they solve |
| 1:00pm to 1:25pm |
Theater
3rd Fl
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Addressing the Thermal Performance and Portability Challenges of Next Generation VPX
by Raytheon
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Current industry trends of ever-increasing computational density and power dissipation are continuing to push the limits of the existing open system architecture Virtual Path Cross Connect (VPX) thermal design solutions. Processing throughput and performance are limited by the available cooling technology defined within current VITA 48 specifications and users are relying on throttling back processing potential as a work around. This presentation will discuss the approach for the next generation of VPX standard updates necessary to enable cost efficient thermal design solutions of the future while also addressing the key quality attributes of portability and rapid upgradability for ruggedized military platforms |
| 1:00pm to 1:25pm |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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Deos, a FACE Conformant DO-178C
Multi-core RTOS
by DDC-1
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While operating system vendors need to meet the requirements specified in the FACETM Technical Standard, there are many more requirements that a safety critical real-time operating system (RTOS) must meet in order to meet the market and certification demands of the military and commercial avionics manufacturers. This paper outlines the integration of Deos and RTEMS to provide an OSS that conforms to the FACE Technical Standard, as well as how this integration and Deos’ SafeMC architecture follows DO-178 and CAST-32A objectives to provide a safety critical multi-core avionics environment. |
| 1:30pm to 1:55pm |
Theater
3rd Fl
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Addressing Assured PNT through
Open Standards
by Orolia Defense
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All military services are actively focused on modernizing system capabilities and bringing the latest enhanced capabilities to the warfighter. As such, Orolia Defense continues to align our position, navigation and timing capabilities to include the integration of Military Code (M-Code) and advanced sensors to maintain trusted and assured PNT data even in a GPS denied and/or threatened environment. The benefits of advancements in assured PNT, and how the adoption of open standards can realize and address the needs for new A-PNT solution, are discussed in this paper |
| 1:30pm to 1:55pm |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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BALSA in Docker: An Example FACE Computing Environment with Containers
by JHNA
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Containerization has quickly become a standard in the IT industry for its portability, reproducibility, and security. This paper documents the effort required to containerize BALSA in Docker, helping to guide future development of FACE PCS and PSSS layers. It also tests the feasibility of incorporating containers into a FACE computing environment and demonstrates the benefits of doing so |
| 2:00pm to 2:25pm |
Theater
3rd Fl
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VITA 90 VNX+: A New Open System Standard for Small Form Factor
by ELMA Electronic, Collins Aerospace
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In late 2019 the SOSA Steering Committee decided to launch a Small Form Factors subcommittee to explore options for hardware “physically smaller than 3U VPX” and to draft standards language for inclusion into the SOSA Technical Standard. The Small Form Factors Subcommittee (SFFSC) chose VNX (now VNX+) as part of this solution set. In this paper we will examine what VNX+ is, how it has been enhanced by efforts of the SOSA SFFSC, and why these enhancements were important to meeting SOSA Business and Technical Principles |
| 2:00pm to 2:25pm |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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TSS Data Store Adaptation to Commercial Databases
by L3Harris
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Complex data storage and access requirements are common in software applications. Mission systems typically demand large and often disparate data sets for track management, ordnance inventory, flight planning and similar. The ability for the operator interface to store and query this data, directly or indirectly, is essential. Commercial databases satisfy this requirement well but are not directly supported by the Future Airborne Capability Environment™ (FACE) Technical Standard. The Transport Services Segment (TSS) offers Data Store capabilities, but its interfaces are, on the surface, limited in this context. This paper examines this issue and proposes a method to adapt commercial database protocols to the TSS in a conformant manner |
| 2:30pm to 2:55pm |
Theater
3rd Fl
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Evolving Small Form Factor Architecture
for SOSA
by Samtec, Collins Aerospace, Antara Teknik, Ideas-TEK
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Going faster with open standards may mean higher data rates, shorter design cycle times, or smaller architectures that reduce size, weight, and power. VNX is a small form factor (SFF) standard included in the new Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Standard. Join us to learn more about the standards current and future functionality |
| 2:30pm to 2:55pm |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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Dual Standard Interoperability: Creating an OMS Isolator for BALSA
by MITRE
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A Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) is now mandated as a method to increase interoperability and software reuse in the Department of Defense. While the mandate makes strides at creating modular open systems, it does not dictate how Program Offices are to set up their individual systems or verify completeness. This can understandably leave new or small Program Offices to wonder if they should be using one, two or any open standards, and where and how to budget for support staff. This paper outlines themes and topics that can help Program Offices in choosing one or more open software standards to incorporate. Additionally, this paper demonstrates creation of an Open Mission Systems (OMS) Isolator that will connect two open software standards previously thought incompatible into one interoperability approach |
| 3:00pm to 3:25pm |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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Leveraging Open Industry Standards to Refine and Accelerate FACE Deployments
by RTI
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Open standards drive both innovation and efficiency. The Open Group FACE™ Technical Standard and Business Approach was built over the last twelve years by over 100 organizations and over 2,000 individuals as a standard-of-standards, referencing over 60 open commercial and military standards as the foundation of this industry-leading effort. But there are many more open standards that underpin is Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) environment that function as accelerants for maturing FACE solutions into production environments. This paper discusses the impact of three of these standards, then highlights the use of these complementary industry standards to provide solutions within a powerful FACE ecosystem |
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3:00pm to
3:25 pm
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Theater
3rd Fl
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Adoption of Evolving Network Standards through MOSA
by PEO Aviation, DornerWorks, NAI
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FACE and SOSA open systems standards can be employed in a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to provide well-defined interfaces that can reduce the efforts required to implement new technology in existing systems. Evolving standards such as Time-Triggered Ethernet (TTE) and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) will require modification of network software layers typically implemented in the Operating Systems. Network software is currently modified on a per-Operating System basis. If the DoD intends to keep the Real Time Operating System (RTOS) market open to competing vendors, efficiencies can be realized through a standardized interface to evolving network implementations. Implementation of network specifics into a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and application of the FACE Technical Standard Transport Services Segment (TSS) interfaces can provide help decouple the RTOS’s / OS’s from evolving network standards and enhancements yielding improved MOSA alignment. |
| 3:30pm to 3:55pm |
Theater
3rd Fl
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FACE™ Interoperability
Technical Approaches
by L3Harris
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This paper offers a technical strategy to use Future Airborne Capability Environment™ (FACE) Data Modeling and Transport Services Segment (TSS) mechanisms to address interoperability concerns between multiple open standards. It discusses features of the FACE Technical Standard that facilitate interoperability including data modeling constructs to address various common digital schema technologies, TSS capability approaches to allow flexible interoperability, and open standards that can be addressed with the approach. |
| 3:30pm to 3:55pm |
Jr Ballroom
1st Fl
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Harnessing the Richness of FACE™
Technical Standard
by TES-SAVI
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This paper presents TES-SAVi’s Model-based Modular Open Systems Approach (MMOSA), AWESUM® model-based tool suite and a case study for employing MMOSA to develop the U.S. Army’s Aviation Radio Control Manager (ARCM) components to meet DO-178C DAL C and FACETM Edition 3.1 conformance. The overall result is the realization of the FACE open standard goal of enabling rapid reusable UoC development and simplified integration of UoCs for building composable systems |