{"id":23829,"date":"2017-09-26T14:20:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T14:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/26\/f-35s-special-sauce-air-force-developing-software-sustainment-for-jet\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:15:39","slug":"f-35s-special-sauce-air-force-developing-software-sustainment-for-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2017\/09\/26\/f-35s-special-sauce-air-force-developing-software-sustainment-for-jet\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35\u2019s \u2018special sauce\u2019: Air Force developing software sustainment for jet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As almost everything in today\u2019s commercial and military world is underpinned by some type of software capability, the sustainment of that software is of critical national security importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The services around the military are beginning to take internal looks at how they do software sustainment from an organic standpoint either at depots \u2014 which traditionally focused on hardware and platform maintenance \u2014 or software sustainment centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/special-reports\/tobyhanna\/2016\/12\/06\/software-sustainment-a-new-mission-at-tobyhanna-army-depot\/\">Software sustainment: A new mission at Tobyhanna Army Depot<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One recent example is the organic software sustainment capability the Air Force is standing up at the Air Force Sustainment Center for the F-35 fighter jet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F-35\u2019s joint program office assigned the Air Force nine software workloads for the F-35, and gave nine to the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When most think of the F-35, they think of it as a fifth-generation fighter that can do amazing things, Lt. Gen. Lee Levy, commander of the Air Force Sustainment Center, told C4ISRNET in an interview on the sidelines of the Air Force Association\u2019s annual conference. But instead, think of it as a fifth-generation software package that can do amazing things, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe power of the F-35, it\u2019s great that it has low observables, a great engine. But what really makes it powerful is the software,\u201d he said. \u201cThe software in the F-35 is really the special sauce. \u2026 How we take care of that software over time is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Air Force software sustainment is generally 60 percent cheaper than industry, said Levy, adding that cost wasn\u2019t the main driver behind developing an organic software sustainment capability for the F-35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law mandates that the Department of Defense performs specific workloads so it maintains a level of readiness in case commercial firms can\u2019t or don\u2019t do it. Thus, it isn\u2019t just about how much money the service saves, but rather about effectiveness, capability and capacity when the U.S. is challenged, Levy noted. It\u2019s also about giving the Air Force and the DoD flexibility to manage workloads in response to emerging national security threats, Levy continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/show-reporter\/global-force-symposium\/2017\/02\/06\/secure-software-is-of-strategic-importance-to-the-army\/\">Secure software is of \u2018strategic importance\u2019 to the Army<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This effort is also about keeping software current, fresh and relevant, Levy said, and the DoD must handle the software correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSoftware behaves way differently than hardware. That\u2019s one of the reasons we sometimes have a challenge in the DoD; we try to apply the hardware acquisition model, the hardware financing and the hardware sustainment model to something that doesn\u2019t behave the same way,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about being able to sustain it inside of the government in order to exploit vulnerabilities in our adversary, and when we discover vulnerabilities about ourselves we\u2019ll be able to close these gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn an Iron-Age Air Force, we bend mental. In an information-age Air Force, fifth- and sixth-generation Air Force, we bend ones and zeros,\u201d Levy added. \u201cOur ability to bend ones and zeros rapidly will be a decisive advantage in imposing our will against an adversary and not allowing them to impose their will against us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This ability to wield ones and zeros as he put it, will allow the force to rapidly fix flaws or vulnerabilities discovered. As soon as the F-35 is turned on, it immediately connects to the network necessitating the ability to quickly fix vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From industry\u2019s perspective, software sustainment is nothing new. Most if not all private companies have incorporated software sustainment into their business practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past, defense contractors provided services for the government after a request for proposals, said Tom Gould, head of business development for Harris Corporation, who spoke to C4ISRNET on the sidelines of the AFA conference. 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