Collaboration, Automation Boost F-35 Software Deliveries

The process automatically integrates and tests software and hardware earlier, at multiple stages, ensuring high-quality, on-time deliveries to customers and warfighters. 
 
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By using automated “smoke detector” infrastructure introduced by the Build Integrity Team, the team was able to automatically identify two major issues during part of an Operation Flight Program release.

In computer programming and software testing, smoke testing or “confidence testing” validates interfaces earlier in the development lifecycle when the software is pulled together for the first time. This ensures everything is in the right place, with the appropriate dependencies, right from the start. 
 
In both cases, the issues would have otherwise spread through the development cycle, requiring new builds and twice the amount of labor.
 
“This is a great example of how F-35 teams are collaborating and leveraging automation to perform with excellence for our customers,” said Mike Delprincipe, F-35 Software Engineering director. “Seemingly small improvements like this lead to big cost and schedule savings down the line.”