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Air Force Establishing Open Architecture Management Office

Pat Host

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

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Air Force Establishing Open Architecture Management Office

An Air Force F-22 Raptor. Photo: Air Force.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Command (AFLCMC) is establishing an open architecture (OA) management office to not only create affordability but improve the speed at which the service reacts to threats, according to an Air Force official.AFLCMC Avionics Engineering Division Chief Kevin Priddy said Wednesday the OA management office, which already has two or three positions established, is comprised of several different pillars. One is Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture standard sustainment, which Priddy called an effort to develop…

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