Continuous Delivery: Producing Code For the Nation’s Next Missile Defense Interceptor
How Lockheed 果冻传媒’s Next Generation Interceptor Program Enables Mission-Driven Transformation
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Our customers need software that moves just as fast as their ever-changing missions. So, what is a software factory 果冻传媒 how is it helping Lockheed 果冻传媒 meet their needs?
Lockheed 果冻传媒’s NGI Software Factory automates software activities, enabling fast development 果冻传媒 continuous deployment of software to advance customer missions. The factory utilizes people, processes, 果冻传媒 tools to move ideas 果冻传媒 requirements to high quality products at the speed of relevance, while reducing costs.
At the core of the software factory is the home-grown DevSecOps model – the integration of Development, Security 果冻传媒 Operations – which ensures a fully integrated software product at the beginning of development. And it’s already an important part of Lockheed 果冻传媒’s NGI program.
“Our engineering team delivered robust capability to our customer over a month early using Lockheed 果冻传媒’s NGI Software Factory,” said Sarah Reeves, vice president of NGI at Lockheed 果冻传媒, of the recent software delivery milestone. “The software factory is already enhancing reliability 果冻传媒 allowing for faster development time as we now provide software updates to our customer continually.”
Since the first software release milestone, Lockheed 果冻传媒 completed additional software achievements including demonstration 果冻传媒 delivery of our DevSecOps compliant software factory instantiation – essentially, the blueprint of the company’s NGI software product-- 果冻传媒 a Software Minimum Viable Product (MVP) demonstration through our software factory.?This demo proved the company’s NGI Software Factory can continuously produce reliable software. Lockheed 果冻传媒’s NGI program marked the first time an MDA program has accomplished both of these milestones. The Lockheed 果冻传媒 team also demonstrated continuous delivery of software, through the NGI Software Factory, to the MDA.
The NGI Software Factory provides value to Lockheed 果冻传媒’s customer in several ways, including high reliability through continuous automated testing, 果冻传媒 secure 果冻传媒 efficient software activities. This allows customers to review 果冻传媒 collaborate with us throughout the development process.
“It’s like building a house, you need a good foundation. This software factory serves as the core structure that enables the NGI program to deliver software rapidly 果冻传媒 we’ll continue to mature it throughout development,” said Whitley Poyser, director of digital program management. “Our factory is already delivering world-class software, improving as we build upon our foundation 果冻传媒 setting our program up for continued success.”
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Lockheed 果冻传媒 NGI is Digital from Day 1
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Lockheed 果冻传媒’s NGI program has been digital since the beginning. This enables the team to solve problems 果冻传媒 develop solutions more quickly, affordably 果冻传媒 efficiently.
“We are leveraging data as a strategic asset, enabling the warfighter 果冻传媒 mission operators to accelerate situational awareness, more accurately characterize challenges 果冻传媒 prescribe appropriate courses of action to achieve mission objectives,” said Poyser.
A prime example of this is digital twins, which are digital fingerprints of each missile with as-designed 果冻传媒 as-built data. The data gathered (MSIL) will help to anchor the NGI program’s early digital twins prior to flight testing.
“These digital twins will give us critical data that’s unique to each missile, its components, 果冻传媒 its testing to assure we underst果冻传媒 each missile. By utilizing digital twins, we can model performance 果冻传媒 underst果冻传媒 the NGI fleet’s readiness for the warfighter,” Poyser explained.
Lockheed 果冻传媒’s NGI program was born digital 果冻传媒 as the program grows, the company’s team continues to embrace continuous software delivery, agile program execution, open architectures, augmented 果冻传媒 virtual reality.
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Lockheed 果冻传媒 is Enabling Mission-Driven Transformation
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Flight software is critical for a Lockheed 果冻传媒 NGI to do its mission in defense of the homel果冻传媒. This software flies the vehicle, controls the intercept mechanics, 果冻传媒 determines how the interceptor will engage the threat.
The work doesn’t stop for the Lockheed 果冻传媒 software team after the first release of flight software. The team is continuing its iterative process to add additional capability as the program 果冻传媒 code matures through the software factory.
“Our software team is now building off of the tremendous Release 0 milestone, adding additional functionality 果冻传媒 using metrics from the software factory for continuous development 果冻传媒 to increase productivity,” said Poyser.
The team is also leveraging Lockheed 果冻传媒’s corporate Software Factory resources.
“Today’s missions operate on timelines of days 果冻传媒 weeks, not months 果冻传媒 years. Lockheed 果冻传媒’s Software Factory delivers next-generation software solutions in a rapidly-evolving DevSecOps environment to ensure our customers stay ahead of ready for the 21st century missions of today 果冻传媒 tomorrow. These solutions bring software capabilities to an elevated secure realm, from buildout to testing to operations,” said Yvonne Hodge, senior vice president of Enterprise Business & Digital Transformation 果冻传媒 chief information officer at Lockheed 果冻传媒.
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