Presented at the 2013 MBSE Technical Forum in Huntsville, Alabama.

1. Building for future
interoperability…
FACE™ Integration using
Wind River Partner
Technology
Larry Kinnan, Principal Technologist for Avionics and Safety Critical Systems

2. Objectives of FACE™
Enable Rapid
Deployment
• Open
architecture
• More capability
sooner
• Interoperability
with multiple
vendors
Enable Re-Use
• Saves on
Costs
• Supports
multiple
platforms
• Integrate future
& legacy
systems
Ensure Safety &
Security
• Industry
conformant set
of libraries
• Relies on
industry
standards for
safety and
security
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3. Smart Phone Analogy
 FACE™ introduces smartphone application and
portability concepts to defense avionics while adding
variability (and competition)
Commercial Military
TM
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4. FACE™ Architectural Segments
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• Portable Components Segment
• Portable Applications
• Portable Common Services
• Transport Services Segment
• Platform Specific Services
Segment
• Platform Device Services
• Platform Common Services
• Graphics Services
• I/O Services Segment
• Drivers
• Operating System Segment

5. FACE™ Solution Segments

6. The FACE™ Consortium was formed in 2010 by The Open Group
Sponsors:
• Lockheed Martin
• Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
• US Army PEO Aviation
• Rockwell Collins
Associates:
• AdaCore
• Barco Federal Systems
• Brockwell Technologies
• CALCULEX
• Chesapeake
Technology Int’l.
• CMC Electronics
• CoreAVI
• CTSi
• Curtiss-Wright Controls
Defense Solutions
• DDC-I
• Defense Photonics
• Esterel Technologies
• FMS Secure Solutions
• GE Intelligent Platforms
• GoAhead Software
• Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Lab
• L-3 Communications
• LDRA Technology
• LynuxWorks
• Objective Interface
Systems
• Physical Optics Corp.
• Presagis
• Real-Time Innovations
• Richland Technologies
• Stauder Technologies
• Symetrics Industries
• Support Systems
Associates
• Thomas Production
Company
• Tucson Embedded
Systems
• Tresys Technology
• TTTech
• ViaSat
• Zodiac Data Systems
FACE™ Consortium Members
Principals:
• ATK
• BAE Systems
• Bell Helicopter
• Boeing
• Elbit Systems of
America
• GE Aviation Systems
• General Dynamics
• Green Hills Software
• Harris Corp.
• Honeywell
Aerospace
• Northrop Grumman
• Raytheon
• Sierra Nevada Corp.
• Sikorsky Aircraft
• Textron Systems
• US Army AMRDEC
• UTC Aerospace
Systems
• Wind River
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7. Joint FACE™ COTS Solution
Wind River SBCP4080

8. Joint FACE™ Demo
8
C App
RTI FACE Transport Service
Segment
PowerPC CPU
VxWorks 653
RTI Connext DDS
Messaging
Java App
DDS-RTPS Wire Interoperability Protocol
RTI
Connext
DDS Micro
ARM CPU
Android OS
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9.  Delivers an open architecture that enables rapid
deployment and re-use of software across platforms
 Includes both a technical specification and a business model
 Enables more capability sooner, on more platforms
 Expands software supplier choices and enables interoperability
 Creates a platform for integrating both future and legacy systems
 Provides an industry library of conformant software and
supporting safety / security evidence to accelerate usage
 FACE™ delivers more capability at lower cost
FACE™ Summary
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