Over 30 avionics systems suppliers exhibited their face platform solutions at the solomons conference center. Oct 18, 2017 by chip downing the future airborne capability environment face technical standard and business approach was proven yesterday at the face technical interchange meeting tim sponsored by navair at patuxent river. In the case of a face certified uoc which is not listed in the face registry, the software supplier. The goal of face is to lower the cost and amount of time necessary to create open. Learn about the face standard for avionics software and a readytogo cots platform 1. Ensco avionics to showcase certifiable display solutions at. The face consortium is a vendorneutral forum that provides standardized approaches for using open standards with avionics systems. Face is a global approach to enable accelerating softwaredefined avionics capabilities to the end user faster and at an affordable cost.
Avionics maintenance conference 2016 meeting presentations. The face initiative is backed by the government, principle and secondtier prime contractors, and the cots vendor community, and is getting closer to producing a set of standards that will define a middleware approach for application software. Aug 23, 2017 the face consortium members have reached the mountaintop in developing an implementable standard that enables vendors to develop capabilities that meet the governments need for an open architecturebased solution for avionics software. Cotsbased applications in space avionics proceedings of. The open group has constructed a consortium of government, industry, and academia experts to develop the future airborne capability environment face 6. Army aviation face exhibition and technical interchange meeting, hosted by the program executive office for aviation, in huntsville, ala. Lynx has over 30 years experience in helping customers across avionics, automotive, and industrial markets to realize the benefits of software reuse for their complex safety and securitycritical embedded software systems. Learn about the face standard for avionics software and a. With the vxworks 653 platform certified as face conformant, we look forward to continuing to offer the bestinclass software development tools for avionics applications taking advantage of the. The face software computing environment enables product lines for military aviation. Avionics systems panel report to the aess bog oct 2019. Current and future aviation platforms have a need for a portable and more robust transport service aligned to the face technical standard edition 3. This software computing environment is provided for every variant of the.
Standards that support a robust architecture and enable quality software development. The face approach is a governmentindustry software standard and business strategy for acquisition of. We provide an overview of the history and purpose of face, then briefly examine previous open avionics initiatives. This ensure operational benefit to the flight deck crew and the economic benefit to the airlines. Maintaining dominance in the electromagnetic spectrum ems by rapidly fielding and modifying systems using open standards and innovation. Developers of certified, safetycritical avionics software face many challenges. While the intent is to create hardwareagnostic face application software. The face middleware layer, which will reside on a particular cots boards bsp, will feature a facecompatible api. Mar 22, 2017 successfully completing the face conformance certification launches a new era of rapid integration and deployment of global avionics software.
Avionics maintenance conference presentations 2016 sae itc. The face conformance program then certifies that the requirements of the face technical standard have been met and allows the software vendor to legitimately claim the product to be faceconformant. Title tbc sean reilly, vp business development, ge aviation avionica. Its hard to believe that only eight months ago we kicked off the open group future airborne capability environment face consortium, a collaborative group of avionics industry and u. Face mar 2021, future airborne capability environment, labege. Lynx software technologies learning center avionics.
The main objective of icae 2020 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers and academicians from all over the world to present. Georgia tech team supports open architecture software. Ddci announces deos rtos conformance to face technical. The face strategy is to create a software environmen t on the installed. A face conformant tss solution does not currently exist in the face repository.
Apply to software engineer, avionics engineer, quality assurance engineer and more. The open group face consortium momentum continues with. The goal of face is to lower the cost and amount of time necessary to create open systems. These face tims showcase face avionics platforms from over 30 suppliers and. This face approach promises to dramatically lower system development costs through application code. The consortium is creating a technologically appropriate open face reference. Selects adacores qgen for modelbased development 5242017 adacores gnat pro supports wind rivers face conformant vxworks 653 platform 5232017. Digital avionics systems conference dasc home facebook. A comparison of avionics open system architectures acm. Vxworks 653 is the first commercialofftheshelf cots product to achieve this significant face certification milestone, and can now be rapidly. The avionics systems panel asp is a technical panel of the ieee aerospace and electronics systems society aess.
Accelerating the aerospace apr 2020, accelerating the. Given the features and capabilities of most commercialofftheshelf cots. The face technical standard is the open avionics standard for making military computing operations more robust, interoperable, portable and secure. The electronic warfare and avionics ewa program office, aflcmcwnywill sponsor the, annual ewa conference held at the scott theater building 1500, museum of aviation, robins afb, ga. Today each military branch has and continues to require face in their. From january 22 to january 23, 2020, this show is for professional visitors only and is located in cartagena, colombia. Future airborne capability environment face face adlink. The face outbound committee tracks these programs at. Electronic warfare and avionics conference museum of aviation robins afb ga 2426 march 2020 call for papers note. With an exhibit hall filled with the latest avionics technologies and services, attendees feel a greater personal connection with the opportunity to see, touch and feel new products and visit face to face with the experts. A standard that brings software interoperability to avionics systems.
First, current aviation systems are typically developed for a unique set of requirements by a. It allows the hosting of multiple applications of different software levels on the same hardware in the context of. The face consortium is focused on military aviation software, with a dual. The air force is looking to extend the capabilities of the oms standard to facilitate the rapid evolution of avionics systems. Congress centre and diagora exhibition, labege, france. Software reliability is defined as the probability of failure free execution given a. Face initiative takes aim at improved interoperability and standards among future military avionics platforms. The panel shall address avionics systems for all aircraft systems supporting commercial, military, and general aviation operations. Robust transport service aligned to the face technical. Hardwaresoftware reuse solutions for modern avionics. A do178bc reusable software component rsc is a software collection that is recognized as meeting the requirements of rtcado178bc and that may be used on more than one project without having to regenerate certification artifacts the faa grants rsc acceptance as part of a normal certification process, provided that the applicant complies with the guidance policy defined in faa advisory.
Intl conference on aerospace engineering icae 2020 to be held from october 23 to 25, 2020, in xian china, is one of the special tracks within the world congress on engineering and technology cet 2020. Face approach improves affordability, timetofield of. Adacore and altran announce fourth year of high integrity software conference sponsorship 9122017 mhi aerospace systems corp. The main difference between avionic software and conventional embedded software is that the development process is required by law and is optimized for safety. A face approach the open groups future airborne capability environment face standard has emerged as an alternative to traditional development, promoting more costefficient, reusable, modular, standardsbased applications ready for flight in both manned and unmanned airspace. The face approach is a governmentindustry software standard and business strategy for acquisition of affordable software systems that promotes innovation and rapid integration of portable capabilities across programs. The open group future airborne capability environment consortium is a government and industry partnership to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types.
The face pavilion is very affordable and we recommend our members to consider. Arinc 653 optional face security profile 162 posix. Another major activity aimed at driving the costs of producing new avionics software from the ground up is the consortiums basic avionics lightweight source archetype balsa, which cerenzia describes as a very simplified computing environment where programmers can take software that they have developed to align with the face technical. Today, it is a realtime software focused professional group made up of industry suppliers, customers, academia, and us. The face approach is a governmentindustry software standard and business strategy for acquisition. The face integration events, or bits, are meetings where. Ddci announces deos rtos conformance to face technical standard, edition 3. In this architecture, the portability of components is allowed through standardized interfaces between components and the software computing environment, which consists of an operating system, transport. Citeseerx citation query avionics software problem. This face certification directly removes risk from programs building next generation integrated modular avionics ima systems. Advanced systems, interfaces, and enabling avionics technologies that can combine multiple sources of disparate data to provide coherent and effective displays that also reduce the propensity for pilot error, confusion, or misinterpretation. The new face of avionics military embedded systems. Designing a future airborne capability environment face.
Future airborne capability environment face the open. It has grown into an aviationfocused professional group made up of industry suppliers, customers and users. Apr 01, 2020 modern and future avionics systems for commercial and military applications are based on open architectures and will be leveraging reuse of hardware and software elements via common interfaces for hardware and common application programming interfaces apis for software. Bootstrapping face open industry standards with live training. The face consortium is focused on military aviation software, with a dual emphasis on technical standards and business acquisition strategies. Rosemount aerospace, the maker of a sensor on the 737 max, this week was sued by the family of an. The efb users forum is a joint activity with iata that enables airlines and other aircraft operators to state their preferences in the evolution of efb hardware, software applications, and connectivity to the ground. Aerospace tech week is the annual show which brings you the latest developments in airtoground and nosetotail connectivity, airline eenablement strategies and processes, flight operations software, fuel efficiency, mro software, regulatory, policy, technical ses and nextgeneration challenges for avionics and the testing systems both. The main objective of icae 2020 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers and academicians from all over the world to present their research results and development activities. Enter your information to receive exclusive updates on agenda updates, speaker confirmations, and special early bird discounts. Face, sensors open systems architecture sosa, vehicular integration for c4isrew. This means that the application will not be aware of or even care what operating system is being used or whether the underlying hardware is intel or power architecture.
Ensco avionics participates in embedded world exhibition. Future trends in avionics and the impact on flight operations. Exchanging proprietary avionics solutions for a standardized computing environment february 9, 2011 the open group blog the face consortium strategy is changing the way government and industry do business by breaking down barriers to portability exchanging proprietary solutions for a common and standardized computing environment. The main goal of the face consortium is to increase the affordability and improve timetofield of avionics systems and their softwarebased platforms, which offers numerous technical and financial benefits. Ensco avionics participated in the booth of lynx software technologies, a global leader in software platforms. Apply to software engineer, system engineer, avionics engineer and more. Army aviation and missile research, development, and engineering center amrdec in 2010 to create a standard for avionics application development. The face business strategy addresses the business concerns that have hampered other open standards initiatives, establishing a balanced, competitive environment for both large and small software suppliers. Long, expensive software development periods and the desire to bring more capabilities, faster to soldiers in the field spurred the creation of a new avionics software standard, designed to allow. Ensco avionics to showcase certifiable display solutions. Hardwaresoftware reuse solutions for modern avionics systems. Formerly part of the dixie crow symposium and called the af technical program. Avionics software verification engineer jobs, employment. Standardized approaches for using open standards within avionics systems.
Oct 12, 2017 the open group face consortium is a government and industry partnership formed to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types. The open group future airborne capability environment face consortium was formed in 2010 to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types. Meeting held april 2528, 2016, in atlanta, georgia. The standard enables developers to create and deploy a wide catalog of applications for use across the entire spectrum of military aviation systems through a common operating environment. A key challenge arises when software developed for one system is reused in another system. Face avionics standard will transform systems design.
Implementing faceconformant avionics systems military. This paper discusses the current degree of use of these components in space avionics, the selection and qualification phases to be successfully completed before they can be used, and an overview of the constraints the designers of hardware and software architectures have to face regarding these. Face is an open architecture effort that is intended to standardize the development of aviation components. It is a 1 day event organised by ansys and will conclude on 28apr2020. Reusing safetycritical avionics software 2012012111 developers of certified, safetycritical avionics software face many challenges.
Air force face technical interchange meeting, at crowne plaza, dayton, oh. Future trends in avionics and the impact on flight operations conference paper pdf available november 20 with 2,709 reads how we measure reads. Dec 25, 2016 the generic open software architecture for avionics system similar to future airborne capability environment face is therefore proposed. In this role, he is driving standardsbased design efficiencies proven in commercial avionics systems, into next generation military avionics systems. Wind river is very pleased to share that our vxworks 653 platform has passed the future airborne capability environment face conformance certification for the face operating system segment oss safety base profile. The face consortium works to develop and consolidate the open standards, best practices. When software is part of a critical system, it is necessary to estimate the risk associated with its use. An examination of open system architectures for avionics. The face consortium members have reached the mountaintop in developing an implementable standard that enables vendors to develop capabilities that meet the governments need for an open architecturebased solution for avionics software. Adacores gnat pro supports wind rivers face conformant. Apr 05, 2019 the scrutiny is already spilling over to boeings wide network of supply chain partners. Future airborne capability environment face the open group. The future airborne capability environment face is a governmentindustryacademia initiative started by u.
Electronic warfare and avionics conference museum of aviation robins afb ga 2426 march 2020. Standards that support a robust architecture and enable quality software. Navy and army aviation honchos, together with a growing number of vendors, have announced a new software. Aerospace tech week is the annual show which brings you the latest developments in airtoground and nosetotail connectivity, airline eenablement strategies and processes, flight operations software, fuel efficiency, mro software, regulatory, policy, technical ses and nextgeneration challenges for avionics and the testing systems both hardware and software that affect the design. Army, navy and air force contributors who are working to develop standards for a common operating environment to support portable capability applications across.
Today, it is a realtime softwarefocused professional group made up of industry suppliers, customers, academia, and users. This event is driving the future of the face standard, transitioning. The open group future airborne capability environment face consortium was formed in. Arinc 653 avionics application standard software interface is a software specification for space and time partitioning in safetycritical avionics realtime operating systems rtos.
Avionics embedded display software development hmi. And face eliminates software and hardware interoperability headaches. For the last five years he has also served as the chair of the face consortium bwg outreach subcommittee, promoting the. Onboard electronics take data from the instruments, store it, process it, and package it for transmission back to earth. The face technical standard is the open avionics standard for making. Where now for reusable software components ehsan salehi, field application manager, ldra. In the name of portability, interoperability and economy in military avionics, u.
May not make claims of uoc certification in any publicly available material, including, but not by way of limitation, marketing and publicity materials. Industry experts from ensco avionics will be on hand to showcase how its idata product aligns with the face initiative and helps avionics display. Dod airborne systems are typically developed for a unique set of requirements by a single vendor long lead times limited reuse of software barriers to innovation competition why the face initiative. By paul parkinson last week i attended the avionics europe 20 conference, which was held in munich for the last time perhaps as it is moving to abu dhabi in 2014.
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