Enabling Multi-Vendor Model Based Application Development Using the FACE ^TM Technical Standard

This paper discusses how a software development approach based on the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) standard and COTS model-based development tools can enable modular and open software applications to be rapidly developed and deployed in a manner strongly aligned with the Army’s Ground Combat Infrastructure Architecture (GCIA) objectives. We describe the use of multiple model-based tools for data architecture, software generation, and system architecture, and describe how these tools have evolved to better support open standards. It then describes the methodology used to integrate Simulink with multiple FACE Transport Services Segment (TSS) implementations. The paper discusses the tools and techniques used, the software components involved, and the testing and validation process.