Thu, Feb 10, 2005
On Schedule, On Budget
Raytheon says it has completed a
major development milestone on the National Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program, the
nation's next-generation meteorological satellite system.
The successful qualification testing of the third software
increment for the Command, Control, and Communications Segment
(C3S) is a significant step toward declaration of ground-readiness
in preparation for the launch of the NPOESS Preparatory Project
(NPP) satellite.
"The NPOESS program is very pleased that more than 1.7 million
lines of code and 40 racks of equipment have been delivered on
time, on cost, and meeting our specifications," said John
Cunningham, director of the NPOESS Integrated Program Office.
"Software cost growth has been a particular challenge for the
satellite industry, and the carefully planned reuse of existing
code, designed in from the beginning, has allowed this outstanding
performance. Congratulations to Raytheon on a job very well
done."
The C3S software provides a highly automated and integrated
suite of eight subsystems at the new NOAA (National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration) Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF),
including Mission Management, Command and Control, Enterprise
Management, and Data Monitoring and Recovery. The demanding NPOESS
data latency and availability requirements are met with a globally
distributed architecture with 21 operational sites in 12 countries.
The NPOESS operators will manage and control these assets from the
NSOF.
The C3S software was developed in three increments, over two
years, using an iterative development methodology supported by
mature CMMI-level 3 (Capability Maturity Model Integration)
compliant processes. The cost-effective and on-time development was
facilitated by the use of Raytheon Eclipse(TM) satellite command
and control and Equinox(TM) mission management product lines, and
operational Raytheon ground systems. This reuse yielded a labor
cost savings to the government of 80 percent and significantly
reduced the schedule risk inherent in a large-scale software
development.
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