UML Based Programming Support Environment

Migration of weapon systems software from legacy, prototyped, demonstration/validation or simulation to a fielded system presents a tremendous challenge because of the complexity of modern systems and the upgrades necessary to take advantage of new systems capabilities. CohesionForce proposes a methodology and toolset to meet that challenge and provide a significant potential to increase reuse of legacy software and reduce the time and cost of transitioning systems into production. CohesionForce has focused its efforts on the development of software tools based upon the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Model Driven Architecture within a UML based Programming Support Environment. Reverse engineering of existing code into UML artifacts and providing for direct interaction with the code enables the engineer to make appropriate modifications at a higher level of abstraction and then directly integrate the modifications at the code level. This methodology implements advances in commercial development techniques into the defense paradigm and provides for software refactoring through the use of standardized UML representations.