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Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayUniversal ArmamentInterface (UAI)Oren EdwardsUSAF Aeronautical Systems CenterPhone: 1 937-904-6060Oren.Edwards@wpafb.af.milDISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: approved for public release; distribution is unlimited

OverviewDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today Objective:– To discuss the role of UAI in USAF weapons integrationefforts, continuing dialog on the future of UAI for NATOmembers Outline–––––––UAI: a brief historyCapabilities OverviewTechnical Scope: How does UAI work?Interface Management: Current & PlannedUSAF ImplementationOpportunities for International ParticipationSummary2

Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayUAI: A BRIEF HISTORY3

UAI: A Brief HistoryDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayUAI is a US DOD and NATO initiativeto develop standardized functionalinterfaces in aircraft, weapons andmission planning to supportintegration of future weaponsindependent of aircraft OFP cycles4

UAI: A Brief HistoryDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today5

Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayCAPABILITIES OVERVIEW6

Capabilities OverviewDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today The “Capability Gap” in today’s context– “Less than a month into the Libyan conflict, NATO isrunning short of precision bombs, highlighting thelimitations countries in sustaining even a relatively smallmilitary action over an extended period of time, according tosenior NATO and U.S. officials.” Washington Post, Friday, April 15, 2011– Universal integration capability did not previously exist Non-standard software interfaces drive integration schedulesIs it possible to increase the “rate” of integration?7

Capabilities Overview (cont)Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today Two aircraft deploy to same forward base, each withsimilar structural/avionics configurations, both are UAIcompliant– Nation A objectives (acft with SDB CDS): SEAD– Nation B objectives (acft with BRIMSTONE CDS): mechanized8

Capabilities Overview (cont)Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today After several missions – Nation A acft have completed objectives, now out of munitions– Nation B acft have surplus munitions, partial target set remains– How can Nation A rapidly integrate BRIMSTONE to help addressremaining target set?9

Capabilities Overview (cont)Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today If Nation B provides existing BRIMSTONE CDS orcreates limited functionality CDS – Nation A aircraft have rapid capability upgrade– Both aircraft can now address remaining target set togetherRapid adaptation to an unplanned requirement isthe OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY addressed by UAI10

Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayTECHNICAL SCOPEHow Does UAI Work?11

Interfaces Addressed By UAIDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver NSVMSMissionProcessorCoreCommon MissionPlanning SystemsLaunchAcceptabilityRegion (LAR)Unique ImplementationsOf MIL-STD-1760Unique Avionic SystemsDLCommon WeaponLogical InterfacesSMSUnique Aircraft Data FilesCommon mission datafile formatsCommonUPC InterfaceUniqueWeaponSystemsCommon DataRequirements andLAR Algorithms12

How a ConfigurationData Set WorksDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayTailoring InstructionsMessage 1Message 1UseMessage 1Message 2Message 5Message 7Wait 30 msMessage 2Set VariablesX 5T 30B is yes.Message 2Message 3Message 4Wait 20 msMessage 5Sequencing andTimingLAR DataMessage 6Message 7 Message 1Wait 30 msMessage 2Wait 20 msMessage 5 at 30 Hz.Message 5 at30 HzMessage NFull UAI PSICD Message SetCDSCDF13

UAI Mission Planning InterfaceDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayWDLICCKHCCCCUAICCCommonInterfaceUAI MPICDPlatform MPAnnexStore ronment (JMPS)Interface ControlDocumentWDLI – Wpn Data Link InitializationCC – Common ComponentCommonInterfaceUAI adoptedMIL-STD-3014for use ofMiDEF filesSystem InterfaceKH – Key HandlerUPC – Unique Planning Component14

UAI LAR StandardizationDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today Problem:– Calculate the region where a platformcan release a guided weapon and hita given target within specified impactconstraints UAI efforts standardized the LARprocess– Based on common truth data setsinstead of independent n-DOFanalysis– Developed common process andsoftware toolset– Adopted standard algorithms– Added configuration controls to theLAR process Results– Platform LARs can be updated viamission data only– No OFP update will be required forthe addition of a new weapon15

UAI Integration ProcessDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayPlatform/Store OFP ImplementationStore SuppWP ‘X’Out-of-cycle IntegrationP/S AddenA/C ‘A’WP ‘X’SIL/DT/OTA/C AnnexCDFFieldedCapabilityAC ‘A’WP ‘X’CDFA/C ‘A’P/S AddenStore SuppWP ‘Y’A/C ‘A’WP ‘Y’SIL/DT/OTCDFAC ‘A’WP ‘Y’CDFThe operational capability lies in the CDF/S16

Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayINTERFACE MANAGEMENTCurrent and Planned17

Interface ManagementDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayPreviously in USprograms, multipleweapon-centricJICWGs controlledthe interfaceUAI brings functionalinterfaces to a commonsingle SJICWG18

Interface Management (cont)Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today UAI is currently a USAF Program of Record– Since Jan 2005, the UAI Program has contracted with Boeing,Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon fordevelopment and management of UAI Efforts also underway to expand UAI as a NATOSTANAG (ie NUAI)– Specialist Team chartered in 2007 to coordinate efforts– SAE Int’l published AS6030 as framework for i/f mgt– NATO Industrial Advisory Group has executed multiplestudies addressing the technical applicability of UAI to NATO– Other programmatic discussions still underway19

Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayUSAF IMPLEMENTATION20

UAI Implementation StatusDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today Programs currently implementing/testing UAI compliant OFPs:–––––––F-15E Suite 6JDAM (all versions)JASSMF-16 M6/M6 BRU-61SDB 1SDB 2 Programs in planning for UAI Implementation–––––MQ-1CF-35B-2B-1B-5221

SuccessesDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today F-15 has accomplished30 JDAM releases usingUAI JASSM successfullycompleted UAICertification testing F-15 was able to integrateLJDAM in days with onlya CDS change F-16 is SIL and flighttesting with M6 BRU-61 and SDB 1successfully completedUAI Certification testingFirst UAI/LJDAM Releaseaccomplished in Jan 0922

Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayOPPORTUNITIES FORINTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION23

International OpportunitiesDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today Although UAI is export controlled, cooperative effortsare already underway– NATO UAI Development: NATO Air Capability Group 2 (NUAISTANAG development)– OUSD Coalition Warfare Program: Turkey/USAF Combined with SAF/IA Intl Cooperation R&D program Other potential venues–––––NAFAGNATO Industrial Advisory GroupOUSD (US) Coalition Warfare ProgramSAF/IA (USAF)NATO ACT Concept Dev & Experimentation WGCooperative Projects Start With an Concept24

Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodaySUMMARY25

SummaryDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today The gap: integrating the next weapon faster than the last– How does this capability prioritize with other s/w candidates? UAI enables capabilities via config files, not lines of code Initial USAF pathfinders already fielded with UAI– Add’l programs in planning/demonstration/testing stages NATO/International efforts progressing well– Additional partnership opportunities exist Questions?26

SummaryDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today For additional information, please contact:– Ms. Gail Sheridan, UAI Program Manager Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command, US AirForce 1 (937) 904-6731 Gail.Sheridan@wpafb.af.mil– Mr. Pat Elliott, UAI Lead Engineer Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command, US AirForce 1 (937) 255-8004 Patrick.Elliott@wpafb.af.mil27

Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayBACKUPS28

AcronymsDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today ACT – [NATO] Allied Command TransformationAPI – Application Programming InterfaceBRU – Bomb Rack UnitCC – Common ComponentCCP – Compliance Certification PlanCDF/S – Configuration Data File / SetCSCI – Computer Software Configuration ItemDL – Data LinkDOF – Degree of FreedomDTD – Data Transfer DeviceDTE – Data Transfer EquipmentGPS – Global Positioning SystemICWG/JICWG – Interface Control Working Group /Joint ICWGI/F – InterfaceINS – Inertial Navigation SystemJASSM – Joint Air-Surface Standoff MissileJDAM/LJDAM – Joint Direct Attack Munition / LaserJDAMJMPS – Joint Mission Planning SystemKH – Key HandlerLAR – Launch Acceptability RegionMDA – Model Driven ArchitectureMiDEF – Mission Data Exchange FormatMP CT – Mission Planning Certification ToolM/P – Mission PlanningMPE – Mission Planning Environment MPICD – Mission Planning Interface ControlDocumentNAFAG – NATO Air Forces Armaments GroupNATO – North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNIAG – NATO Industrial Advisory GroupNUAI – NATO UAIOFP – Operational Flight ProgramOUSD – Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (US)PGMPS – Precision Guided Munitions PlanningSystemP/S – Platform StorePSICD – Platform-Store Interface Control DocumentSAE – Society of Automotive Engineers InternationalSAF/IA – Undersecretary of the Air Force,International Affairs (USAF)SDB – Small Diameter BombSEAD – Suppression of Enemy Air DefensesSIL – Systems Integration LabSG – [NIAG] SubgroupSMS – Stores Management SystemSTANAG – Standardization AgreementUAI – Universal Armament InterfaceUPC – Unique Planning ComponentUPS – Universal Platform SimulatorUSAF – United States Air ForceUSS – Universal Store SimulatorUUT – Unit Under TestWDLI – Weapon Data Link Initialization29

Dominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver TodayCERTIFICATION AIDS30

UPS ConfigurationsDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today The UPS CSCI consists of three parts - the UPS HostApplication, a set of baseline test scripts, and a VariableManagement Tool There are three main test setups.1. Mission Store as UUT (Example: JDAM or JASSM)2. Type 1 Carriage System as UUT3. Type 2 Carriage System as UUT (Example: BRU-61 or BRU-61/SDB) Developed / Delivered Baseline Test Case Script Files1. Mission Store2. Type 1 Carriage System3. Type 2 Carriage System4. Functional Scripts31

USS Cert Tool OverviewDominant Air Power: Design For Tomorrow Deliver Today PlatformThe USS is used in a PlatformSystems Integration laboratory (SIL)The USS can: Simulate a Single UAI Mission StoreSimulate a Type I UAI Carriage Systemwith up to 8 Mission StoresSimulate a Type II UAI Carriage Systemwith up to 8 Mission StoresBe configured to emulate store capabilitiesto support UAI Compliance CertificationPlan (CCP) Test CasesExecute in Windows XPBehave as a “borderline acceptable” UAIstore by providing configurable responsetiming allowing testing at the edge ofacceptable limits(Bus eMILMIL-STDSTD-1760Digital Data Bus1760 I/FDiscrete I/FUSS(Remote Terminal(s))Terminal(s))The USS is an extremely versatile test tool designedto fully validate a UAI Platform interface32