the United States Air Force has worked
hard to create and field the world's
best fighter aircraft . Those aircraft
rely on millions of lines of code that
unlocks the ability for them to
dominate any challengers and maintain
american air dominance . However ,
antiquated software acquisitions
processes put that dominance at risk .
We must act now to accelerate our
software development into over
capability at the speed of relevance
project Fox or the fighter optimization
experiment provides a transformative
way to accelerate the delivery of new
software capabilities to aircraft while
dramatically decreasing the costs .
These improvements are accomplished by
connecting a commercial off the shelf
tablet that is data secured , the
aircraft data systems with a universal
government interface that puts the
aircraft data into a common format .
This allows America's best developers
to create applications that are
portable across platforms and have real
test training and tactical benefits .
This construct will enable the paradigm
shifting changes we need by enabling
portability . The Air Force will be
able to fund the development of new and
improved aircraft applications just
once , not separately for each Airframe .
Funding could then be pulled from
multiple programs across the duty .
Portability of developed software also
allows newer , updated software
capabilities to be deployed across all
aircraft as soon as they're ready
rather than sequentially after lengthy
platform specific test programs .
Project Fox enables software to be
matured much more rapidly through
flight test by segmenting the
developmental code from an aircraft
operational code . As a result ,
changes can be made rapidly without
impacting the airworthiness of the
aircraft , taking the time required for
testing cycles and software updates for
months , two days soon , the most
technologically advanced companies in
America will be able to showcase their
software applications on actual
aircraft with actual message traffic
before being purchased . This will
enable the Air Force to pair the right
application development talent to the
right app while dramatically decreasing
acquisitions risk . We are paving the
way for a duty app store filled with
cutting edge technologies such as
artificial intelligence , cyber defense
and manned unmanned teaming where any
platform can download the software
application tools they need when they
need it . We are preparing in the next
few months to demonstrate these crucial
improvements by running an application
designed and tested on the F- 35 that
assists with the invasion of enemy
surface to air missile sites on the F-
22 with no redevelopment required . But
this is only the start . We're working
to make this a reality on any platform
that can connect to their data . To
advance this crucial change to our
software acquisitions , we need $1.2
million to demonstrate portable apps
across fifth gen fighters . Third party
applications on the Rapture as well as
established the pathway needed to begin
developing our future capabilities .
This investment will establish the self
sustaining software path we need for
the future enabling future
modernization appropriations to flow
through this cheaper and faster
pipeline project Fox will give us the
tools we need to continue to uphold the
legacy of american air dominance .
Cutting edge software capabilities
delivered fast and efficiently for the
warfighter .