The Challenges of Developing Software Capabilities for Army Aviation

This presentation expands the understanding of the challenges associated with developing software for army aviation, with the added complexities of meeting integration, interface, and security demands required for today's net-centric battlefield. The days of stovepipe development are a distant memory as the focus has shifted to developing systems that will integrate with a larger system of systems or family of systems environment. Requirements to meet interoperability certification for army and joint environments as well as meeting unified battle command initiatives introduce exponentially larger risk factors that span the triple constraint (scope, cost, and schedule), requiring project and program managers to take their focus beyond a single system and consider the bigger picture. Once this is mastered, the often forgotten information assurance certification process can turn the project upside down and force an entirely different approach to be taken to make the system more secure.

About the Keynote Speaker

Dr. Terry Carlson, Chief Software Architect, U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Aviation

In his position as Chief Software Architect, Dr. Terry Carlson is responsible for areas that range from software blocking and unified battle command to information assurance of tactical systems, automated logistics, and strategic software improvement. He previously worked as a senior member of the advisory staff supporting PM Aviation Systems' office for certification and interoperability.

In addition to his current duties, he is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College's Redstone Arsenal extended campus. He provides instruction to military, government, and contractor personnel in management information systems; systems analysis design; operating systems; network communications; Internet technology; database design; decision support and data warehousing; productivity tools; and introduction to computer information systems.

Previous positions include Vice President for Sigmatech's Interactive Technologies Division that provided web-based applications and training development services to many Fortune 500 and government agencies. He also provided the same services as the Program Manager for IT at Systems Studies and Simulations. He worked for Computer Sciences Corporation in a variety of capacities on numerous contracts. As a systems engineer, he helped develop software and database solutions for a Joint Services Deficiency/Discrepancy Reporting System (DRS) and the Joint Computer Aided Logistics System (JCALS). He served as the Y2K Program Manager for an outsourcing contract with ING North America and was the Task Lead for NASA's Site for Online Learning and Resources (SOLAR). He also worked as the Software Manager for an internal application supporting CSC's management of subcontractor labor.

He served in the Army as a Radio Teletype Operator from 1984 to 1988 with assignments in the HQ Troop, 1st Squadron 4th Cavalry at Ft. Riley, KS, and HHQ, V Corps Artillery in Frankfurt, Germany.

He holds a bachelor of science in computer science, a master's in management, and a PhD in management information systems.

Overview

Wind River and our key aerospace and defense partners are coming together in nine cities across North America to bring you the latest technology in the aerospace and defense industry. Each event consists of a full day of informative presentations including keynote sessions from industry luminaries and our Platinum sponsors, Freescale and Intel. Each partner will have a tabletop display to showcase their latest product demonstrations.

Why You Should Attend

• Learn the efficiencies of using the latest tools for designing and creating safety-critical software.
• Learn the benefits of using proven commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software platforms in critical programs.
• Learn how to reduce risk by using COTS DO-178B certification evidence in certified development processes.
• Stop by one of our partner sponsors to see a live demo of the integrated technology.
• Hear about the latest in multicore technologies in presentations that include Intel and Freescale.

Who Should Attend

• Executive-level personnel who are interested in removing risk from their safety-certified systems
• Program managers, safety and security architects, and technical team leads designing critical systems
• Project managers needing to accelerate delivery of challenging embedded development operations
• Engineers and designers seeking to optimize the development of critical and certified software

Agenda

8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.	Registration, Breakfast (Technology Pavilion)
9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.	Introduction
9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.	Industry Keynote: The Challenges of Developing Software Capabilities for Army Aviation
10:15 a.m.–10:45 a.m.	Break (Technology Pavilion)
10:45 a.m.–11:30 a.m.	A&D Trends and Power Architecture Response, Presented by Freescale View abstractHide abstract The demands of aerospace and defense applications have been driven by size, weight, and power (SWaP). The trends in this industry will be identified, and the ways Power Architecture meets the requirements of control and signal processing in trusted computing architecture will be addressed.
11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.	Accelerate the Transformation to Network-Centric Solutions, Presented by Intel View abstractHide abstract The network-centric operation concept involves the rapid and continuous implementation of new capabilities through spiral evolution. With 30 years of experience in embedded market segments, Intel provides commercial technology leadership to help aerospace and defense industry developers accelerate the transformation to network-centric solutions. Intel's intensive research-and-development effort drives the nonstop advances in commercial technology and development of new generations of processors that balance improvements in power, performance, functionality, and cost.
12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.	Lunch (Technology Pavilion)
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.	COTS Safety and Security Certification Paves the Way for Rapid Acceptance and Deployment, Presented by Wind River View abstractHide abstract The increasing complexity of aerospace and defense systems that can be rapidly deployed in theaters requiring high levels of safety and security is driving the demand for proven commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) safety and security artifacts for software systems. This seminar discusses the array of COTS safety and security products from Wind River that are proven to accelerate the deployment of systems into critical environments.
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	Learn How to Develop, Control, and Deploy Unmanned Systems, Presented by Wind River View abstractHide abstract System developers today are challenged with creating the next generation of unmanned systems that are both safer and more secure than initial deployments. This seminar details proven system strategies to decrease space, weight, and power (SWaP), using both Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) and multilevel secure (MLS) platforms from Wind River, and how to use commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) certification evidence to accelerate time to deployment. In addition, it covers the integration of third-party control algorithm designs and communications strategies into these next-generation platforms.
3:30p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Key Technology Analysis: Digital Signal Processing and Trusted Computing, Presented by Freescale View abstractHide abstract Digital signal processing benchmarks with multicore compared to AltiVec will be analyzed, and Freescale's trusted architecture in a system on chip (SOC) will be introduced in detail.
4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.	Intel Architecture for Signal and Image Processing: What Changed?, Presented by Intel View abstractHide abstract Floating point processing performance is an essential component of digital signal and image processing applications. For approximately the past 10 years, the evolving series of processors with AltiVec instructions have earned the major share of the aerospace and defense signal processing market. Recent advances in Intel microprocessors though, for the first time, now provide an attractive alternative to AltiVec in the COTS military signal processing arena. You will learn how Intel x86 architecture meets signal and image processing performance needs.
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.	Closing, Drawing, and Technology Pavilion Open

Location

The Westin Huntsville

6800 Governors West, NW
Huntsville, AL 35806

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