Navy Airborne Tactical Software Management Policy: Review and Evaluation.
Abstract:
The purposes of this report are to review current and proposed policies pertaining to management of airborne tactical software in the Navy and then present some views on the effectiveness of these policies. Views on the effectiveness of the current and proposed policies on management of airborne software were obtained by interviewing NAVAIRSYSCOM personal. In general, it was found that the current and proposed policies on management of airborne tactical software were considered adequate, that airborne tactical software is treated as a configuration item, and that in-house organic support for airborne tactical software is considered essential after the host aircraft system is in full production to ensure maintenance as the software after the host aircraft system production has been completed.