US Air Force bets on development of better software to improve aircraft acquisition

摘要

US Air Force (USAF) leadership is betting that better software development practices will help improve aircraft acquisition. Over the last year the service has stood up two major efforts to improve software development: Kessel Run and Mad Hatter. Kessel Run is a team of 24 military and civilian industry software developers and engineers located in Boston that is building the next generation of combat software, according to a USAF statement. The Mad Hatter project was established by the Kessel Run team at the behest of USAF acquisition chief Will Roper to help fix the problematic Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning Ⅱ Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).