SNC to support Phase I of DARPA’s IDAS programme. Credit: Fotis Fotopoulos on Unsplash.

Global aerospace and national security solutions provider Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been contracted by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

The $8m valued contract will support SNC’s Phase I development of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Intent-Defined Adaptive Software (IDAS) programme.

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The IDAS programme aims to develop technologies that capture software engineering intentions. This will enable rapid and continual adaptation of the Department of Defense (DoD) software-enabled systems.

The programme is divided into four technical areas (TAs), including Automated Software Generation, Problem Set Generation, Integrated Test & Evaluation and Experimental Control & Transition.

The research and initial prototype phase has a duration of 18 months. SNC will evaluate the emerging auto-code-generating capabilities.  

Specifically, it will lead the Experimental Control & Transition TA to develop and implement problem sets and changes, exercises, prototype toolchains and execution guidance from other TAs.

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SNC will develop an example project of Cloud Agility Baseline with related agile process improvements. It will be used to compare prototype workflows and software.

Phase I of the programme will focus on identifying and constructing prototypes, methods, tools and workflow.

The following phases will primarily involve the automation of the Phase I process, followed by the building of a robust system that will be moved into adapting to real-world applications.

SNC Integrated Mission Systems business area executive vice-president Tim Owings said: “SNC is looking forward to providing DARPA with an IDAS software solution that implements state-of-the-art software design and architecture.”