The FACE(TM) Standard is an Open Architecture approach to creating reusable, interoperable software for DoD Platforms (https://www.opengroup.org/face). The FACE Consortium was formed in 2010 to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types. Vanderbilt has been an Academia team member supporting the FACE standard development effort since its inception in 2009 assisting in the formative concepts and continues to provide key technical guidance in many areas of the FACE Con

The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Approach is a Government-industry developed software standard and business strategy with the goals to:

• Increase the affordability of capabilities
• Improve time-to-field, delivering new capabilities to the warfighter faster

The FACE Approach integrates technical and business practices that establish a standard common operating environment to support portable capabilities across avionics systems.