Will Walker Jennifer Ambrecht: We have started on different levels of standardization. We are fairly standardized on using SysML as our standard language for systems engineering.
As the industry shifts to SysML V2, we are looking at what our rate of adoption needs to be. For other discipline areas, we are using other language standards. For example, our mission engineering domain uses the Unified Architecture Framework, which is an extension of SysML. Our test and evaluation model-based domain uses the Universal Test Profile, which is also an extension of SysML.
So, we have some language standardization in place. We have not developed any custom profiles for the organization, primarily because we want to use the standard notation languages as much as possible. As soon as you create something custom, it becomes difficult to keep it standardized.
We are also leveraging as many reference architectures and style guides as possible that have already been developed across different agencies and systems commands. For example, we are using different GRAs that have been developed by the Air Force, particularly for our weapons division business.
We are using the Weapons Open System Architecture model and GRA developed by the Air Force, and we are trying to introduce those to the workforce. We want people to engage with the Air Force community so they can provide comments as those standards continue to develop. We don't want to compete; we want to add to and use what already exists to the greatest degree possible.
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