Engineering software assurance into weapons systems during. The department of defense dod has emphasized the need for effective configuration management cm and logistics support of systems, equipment, and associated software. Deliverables that add verifiabledemonstrable addition of value to the product are part of the definition of done,such as writing code, coding comments, unit testing, integration testing, release notes, design documents etc. Software sustainment is growing in importance as the inventory of dod systems continues to age and greater emphasis is placed on efficiency and productivity in defense spending. Jitc is member of the dods major range and test facility base mrtfb.
It ensures that system support and life cycle affordability considerations are addressed and documented including the depot maintenance. Carahsoft is on dod enterprise software bpa signal magazine. Examples are moas to a field activity to provide support, dod activity to host a backup disaster recovery site, etc. The software support deal was one of two awarded to northrop by the dod on tuesday as the companys logicon fdc unit part of its information technology subsidiary logicon was included in. Software maintenance in software engineering is the modification of a software product after delivery to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes. Steelcloud stig automation software to be utilized in dod. The following are best practices detailed in the defense acquisition guidebook dag in chapter 4. Oct 22, 2014 the software support deal was one of two awarded to northrop by the dod on tuesday as the companys logicon fdc unit part of its information technology subsidiary logicon was included in.
Defense innovation board dos and donts for software. Department of defense washington, dc 20301 software support environment. Select the branch of the military you are affiliated with to find specific download locations and installation instructions. Products include software licenses, software maintenance support, subscriptions, and information technology professional services. Definition of done helps frame our thinking to identify deliverables that a team has to complete. Isa 201 intermediate information systems acquisition.
See chapter 1, section 0104, for specific printing requirements. Download links are directly from our mirrors or publishers. Welcome to the naval postgraduate school s remote software distribution system. The operational flight program software and support products are then to be bundled together into the mvp planned to be within 6 months after completion of idtot, but will likely take longer for deliveries that update training simulators and mission data, and delivered to the services. It ensures that system support and life cycle affordability considerations are addressed and documented including the depot maintenance requirements and the implications of core. Support if you have any questions about esi or this buyers checklist, please contact the spm or the. Software support activity how is software support activity. Viewing the software content, particularly complex algorithms and functional flows, as enabling technologies requiring maturation and risk reduction before milestone b. A medium assurance certificate is required to report a cyber incident, applying to the dib cs program is not a prerequisite to report dfars 252. Definition of done helps frame our thinking to identify.
Caleb uses a computer program to identify network issues during his units training period at berry field air national guard base, nashville, tennessee, on may 5, 2019. Jan 11, 2019 support includes microsoft product engineering services for software developers and product teams to leverage a range of proprietary resources and sourcecode, and microsoft premier support for. Humphreys engineer center support activity dod army. Information technology division department of defense. Includes operating system software, application software, edi translations and mapping software, enabled email message based products, internet software, database management programs, and other software. Software support activity how is software support activity abbreviated. The department of defense has ambitious plans to ask lawmakers to allow for a special color of money for software development to streamline acquisition of the technology. Government sites or the information, products, or services contained therein. Dod policy defines software sustainment and software maintenance activities synonymously, to comprise any. The pentagon recently earned the support of the office of management and budget to pursue a series of pilots around a new budget category specifically to buy and develop. Using dod standard data and following data administrative policies in dod directive 8320. Software sustainment under secretary of defense for. The factbook provides a description of the dod software portfolio based on the srdr data. During the planning stage of dod system software acquisition, identify.
Software support as a service is billed in arrears. Dod has omb support for special softwareonly appropriations. Mar 31, 2020 steelcloud stig automation software to be utilized in dod uav program configos software to harden drone operating system platform pr newswire ashburn, va. Given a department of defense dod it acquisition scenario early in the lifecycle, analyze software sustainment planning factors critical to the success of a potential software support activity ssa.
The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense education activity dodea of nonu. This dod factbook is an initial analysis of software engineering data from the perspective of policy and management questions about software projects. Select department of defense dod organizations that establish and maintain software sustainment policy and procedures 14 figure 5. If you are not part of a particular branch of the military, look at these other options for you windows 10 users click here for information on how to use your cac on your computer windows 8. In response, dod issued directives to implement cm as an integral part of a system or equipments life cycle support. Our systems need to be hardwareenabled and softwaredefined. Download software technology naval postgraduate school.
Vippsa stands for very important persons protection support activity us dod. Activities are performed during the pre delivery stage as well as the post delivery stage. Software support activity information technology update. Public law 166, the ndaa for fiscal year 2014, section 937, joint federated centers for trusted defense systems for the department of defense, directed dod establish and charter a federation of capabilities to support trusted defense systems and ensure the security of software and hardware developed, acquired, maintained, and used by the. For information on obtaining a dod approved medium assurance certificate, please click here. For both software maintenance and user support, relevant key performance indicators kpi are. Please also note that the online application process will only permit. Preparing for lifecycle software support or maintenance by planning early in the system life cycle for the transition of fielded software to the support maintenance activity, developing or acquiring the necessary documentation, host systems, test beds, and computeraided software engineering tools consistent with planned support concepts.
The office of the chief technology oversees worldwide operations and sustainment of it and telephone services, and manages customer service support, global. The dod has not adopted a core set of software metrics 2. Software developed under strict adherence to the provisions of this standard will have been subjected to the highest degree of reli. Describe the sensitivity and whether the transfer of software, source code or technical information will result in any of the following. Test and training enabling architecture tena software development activity sda. Vippsa is defined as very important persons protection support activity us dod rarely. Top 4 download periodically updates software information of dod full versions from the publishers, but some information may be slightly outofdate using warez version, crack, warez passwords, patches, serial numbers, registration codes, key generator, pirate key, keymaker or keygen for dod license key is illegal. A software transition plan should include, in addition to the software support resources, details such as effort, cost and schedule, of the transition from the development activity to ssc san diego. Dod contractors submit an application by clicking here.
Dod information network dodin capabilities and approved. The office of the chief technology oversees worldwide operations and sustainment of it and telephone services, and manages customer service. Dod recognized that successful implementation of the. However, one study indicated that over 80% of maintenance effort is used for noncorrective actions. The ssa organization typically compiles updates into formal software releases to avoid disrupting the fielded system. With aem forms, the dod can standardize form creation and management, which means reducing paperwork, improving response times, increasing efficiencies, and, most importantly. Access to dod s dib cybersecurity information sharing program application requires a dod approved medium assurance certificate. Beneficial comments recommendations, additions, deletions and. Aug 17, 2011 dod is a collection of valuable deliverables required to produce software. This agreement is being awarded as part of a multi.
How is very important persons protection support activity us dod abbreviated. Information technology device to replace proprietary device 26. Windows 10 users click here for information on how to use your cac on your computer. The department of defense dod has policies and organizations to manage the sustainment of operational system software.
This document presents the fundamental principles that will guide the software maintenance and the user support tasks within the project. Jun 06, 2018 the product support strategy evolves with the maturation of the weapon system through its various life cycle phases. Support includes microsoft product engineering services for software developers and product teams to leverage a range of proprietary resources and sourcecode, and microsoft premier support for. In part 1 of this series, i summarized key software sustainment challenges facing the dod. Dod needs to better capture and report software sustainment costs. Vippsa very important persons protection support activity. The analysis relies on the dods software resources data report srdr and other supporting data. Mcafee antivirus software must now be downloaded directly from the mcafee website. Performing organization names and addresses defense acquisition university,9820 belvoir rd,fort belvoir,va,22060. Sep 10, 2019 dod has omb support for special software only appropriations pilots u. Software maintenance is the totality of activities required to provide cost effective support to a software system. Section 7 of the software transition plan should contain detailed tasking in a work breakdown structure wbs format for tasks, cost, schedule.
Pre delivery activities include planning for post delivery operations, supportability, and logistics determination. The product support strategy pss is part of the acquisition strategy and addresses product support as in life cycle sustainment and continuous improvement of product affordability, reliability, and supportability. Army armament, munitions and chemical command amccom,department of the army, and is available for use by all departments and agencies of the department of defense. This military standard is approved for use by the u.
This standard establishes uniform minimum requirements for the development of software for the department of oefense. Dod std1679a navy 22 october 1983 department of defense software development dod std1679a navy 1. Unless otherwise specified, these instructions apply to all procurement appropriations and to all budgets. Dod proposes new pilot programs to fund software through. The ssa vision is to be a comprehensive and costeffective single point of contact for users customers, developers. Department of defense red hat esi bpa dlt, a tech data company. The lpds provides the faa, dod and with centralized system to perform link 16 operations spectrum use monitoring and management the current lpds was developed in the late 1990s and is now under redesign. This site will be enabled to support dod pki authentication. This service is managed by itacs and its purpose is to provide an alternate and more convenient source of obtaining licensed software for nps students, staff and faculty. Guidance and advice we want to develop contracts to support agile devops software development. Leadership in information technology is distributed among two functions. The software maintenance task is responsible to coordinate the continuous maintenance of the middleware components developed within the project and included in an emi distribution, preserving. The growing importance of sustaining software for the dod. Department of defense red hat esi bpa dlt, a tech data.
This military standard is approved for use by the department of the navy and is available for use by all departments and agencies of the department of defense. Dod is a collection of valuable deliverables required to produce software. Performing organization names and addresses defense acquisition university,9820 belvoir. If you are not part of a particular branch of the military, look at these other options for you. A strong constraint of the software maintenance activity is that backwardsincompatible changes can. The pdss activity managers developed local practices and determined the type and extent of use of each software testing tool acquired. Dodea cac support activeclient 7 supports windows vista, 7, 8\ activeclient6. Milestones and decision points in a typical acquisition program 9 figure 4. Navydlt solutions llc, herndon, virginia, is being awarded a multipleaward, firmfixedprice department of defense dod enterprise software initiative esi blanket purchase agreement bpa in. Section 4 is a summary of relevant federal and dod policies and regulations that should be consulted when buying commercial software.
This section provides guidance for the preparation of material to support the program and budget. At full rate production frp, the lcsp should describe how the system is performing relative to the performance metrics and any required corrective actions to ensure the metrics are achieved. Software acquisition adaptive acquisition framework. The dod handles countless forms every day, by streamlining these services, the department can better serve service members and their families. Software support activity ssa assumes the role of providing postdeployment software support for modifications or upgrades made to a systems software following the systems initial fielding. Army corps of engineers humphreys engineer center support activity has been tasked to solicit for and award a contract for cyber readiness services described in the attached draft pws. This contract adds to the growing number of weapon, simulator, and training system programs that have chosen steelclouds configos. Steelcloud stig automation software to be utilized in dod uav. Reveal vulnerability, capabilities, limitations or deficiencies in any dod systems. Chemical and biological defense jpeocbd, on may 31, 2005, the software support activity ssa is a user software support activity that spans and supports all jpeocbd joint program managers jpms and directorates. Dodea cac support department of defense education activity. Jul 12, 2019 navydlt solutions llc, herndon, virginia, is being awarded a multipleaward, firmfixedprice department of defense dod enterprise software initiative esi blanket purchase agreement bpa in. An mrtfb is a national asset which is sized, operated, and maintained primarily for dod test and evaluation support missions, but is also available to nondod other federal, nonfederal users having a valid requirement for its capabilities.
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