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Air Force

Air Force Looking Increasingly To Open Systems

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, November 18th, 2013

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The constrained budget environment along with the high cost associated with maintaining, upgrading and testing platforms and systems developed under closed architecture models has prompted the Air Force to move toward open system approaches, the service’s military deputy for acquisition recently said. Lt. Gen. Charles Davis said smaller budgets mean the Air Force needs to move away from costly legacy designs and dependence on single prime integrators on major programs that can lead to unaffordable lifecycle costs and make it…

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