Overview
- Defense Unicorns and the Air Force Sustainment Center Software Directorate completed a demonstration on March 18 that installed and upgraded software on an F-22’s Open Mission Systems enclave in minutes.
- The Unicorn Delivery Service delivered approved software directly to the aircraft, enabling rapid, on-aircraft updates designed for air-gapped environments.
- The approach is intended to let pilots and maintainers update mission software on the aircraft once operationalized.
- An open, modular architecture using commercial standards supports a government-owned compute environment that can orchestrate both commercial and government software.
- Portable software payloads demonstrated for the F-22 are positioned for reuse across fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation aircraft with compatible compute environments, complementing OEM-led modernization efforts.