DoD Experience
Report
10th International Software Product Line Conference
(SPLC 2006)
21-24 August 2006
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
The Advanced Multiplex Test SYstem (AMTS): A Product Line
Approach for Army Aviation Maintenance
Ken Capolongo
Army Aviation vehicles are complex systems of systems and require many resources to operate and sustain, especially in a combat environment where aircraft availability and readiness are essential to the successful completion of battlefield missions. The Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Center (C-E LCMC) Software Engineering Center (SEC) is responsible for providing diagnostic products to support these aircraft in the field and is facing the challenge to produce more products with similar or fewer resources, brought on by the current business environment and operational tempo (OPTEMPO). This paper discusses how the C-E LCMC SEC is meeting the challenge through the adoption of software product line engineering practices and the development of a reliable software product framework. The framework and practices are used to facilitate production of avionics maintenance software products that improve avionics field maintenance practices, reduce sustainment costs, and increase aircraft readiness.
Outline:
- The AMTS Concept
- Organization History and Mission
- Business Goals: Platform, System, and Subsystem Maintenance
- Software Architecture
- Obstacles: Organizational, Funding, and Utility
- Adoption: Implemented Strategies and lessons learned
- Benefits: Analysis of Collected Metrics
- Growth and Future Opportunities
