Open Systems Computing Hardware for Aerospace Application

J.F. Taylor, Inc. is proposing to research, design, develop, and build a centralized mission computer that employs an Open Systems Computing Hardware Architecture. Our Phase I tasking will research HOST Tier II core technology standards and additional existing standards to develop and recommend the generic product performance attributes to support an advanced mission computer that is interoperable, modular, scalable, extensible, and upgradeable across military platforms. We will leverage our corporate experience in mission computer technologies, HOST and FACETM, CH-47 mission computer and avionics integration, and the lessons learned from our Prime contract to develop and produce the first mission computer alternative (MCA) prototypes as a point of departure to reduce the overall design risk and focus on the high-risk elements of this effort.