![]() ![]() As such, any capability upgrades can be added as they’re ready. So, in the same way that Apple releases a large, network-wide operating system upgrade periodically, Lockheed Martin plans to release large updates perhaps annually with a smaller update in the off six months for stability fixes that won’t alter the code baseline, unlike current minor software updates. “I couldn't take a function from 3.2A or 3.2B and … field it before the whole 3.2B fielded if it was ready and proven in my lab because the contract forced me to do everything at the end of the program in one big bang,” Merchant said. Defense Department are also structuring contracts to facilitate that flexibility. The new method aims to allow more agility in deploying minor upgrades when they are ready between the major updates. That’s why 3.2B and update 6 are being deployed simultaneously. ![]() The current method of update deployment also slows things down if part of an update is being developed for 3.2B because of the planned schedule but is ready sooner, it can’t be deployed sooner because it isn’t compatible with the 3.1 baseline. “The intent is to get out of this mode where, ‘Oh I'm focused on Update 6, but you're doing 3.2B in parallel, and you just change something in 3.2B and then I've got to change my baselines,’” he said. The goal is to align to a single-code baseline - Merchant compares it to what Apple does with an iPhone. Currently, there are separate alphanumerical (3.2B) and numerical (update 6) updates going on in parallel for the Raptor. Beyond that, update 6 features stability fixes for a number of avionics systems “so that a lot of the things we developed workarounds for in earlier releases we’re actually fixing in this release,” Merchant said.Īn important, high-level goal for the program is to re-align hardware and software updates. ![]() It also incorporates “some crypto gear” to improve the F-22’s cryptography capabilities that is undergoing developmental testing at California’s Edwards Air Force Base, slated for completion later this year, but further details about that are classified. Update 6 is primarily a software upgrade. Merchant said that program has gone through full developmental and operational testing and was recently approved for production. Increment 3.2B comprises geolocation improvements to help provide information during cooperative engagements, as well as the integration of AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missiles, which include symbology links to pilot helmet displays for improved targeting and AIM-120D advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles. ![]()
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