Capability-Driven Architecture Under-Sea Warfare Mission Package Infrastructure

The implementation of new capabilities to existing Navy ships is limited by the availability of funds in today's budget restricted environment. To make better use of the available investment, a new reusable Mission Package Infrastructure (MPI) is needed that enables new capabilities to be implemented in a plug-and-play fashion without the recurring cost for the redevelopment of interfaces and control logic. To offer a solution to the problem, Tucson Embedded Systems (TES) proposes to develop a reusable modular MPI that supports the seamless integration of common capabilities across the Naval fleet. In Phase I, a capability-driven architecture (CDA) approach will be developed based on an analysis of the Navy's software development environment. An MPI will be developed that accommodates mission-critical components and allows reuse across the Navy's fleet in a plug-and-play fashion. The CDA approach for the MPIs will be validated using existing module interface documents, trace and gap analysis, and the peer review process.