USAF Looks to Advance STITCHES With Upcoming Contract to Lockheed Martin

The US Air Force plans to award Lockheed Martin a sole-source contract to advance STITCHES, the System-of-Systems Technology Integration Tool Chain for Heterogeneous Electronic Systems. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center says the effort will improve the software’s functionality, usability, performance and operational maturity for integrating disparate systems at message or datagram level. The tool chain supports exchange between otherwise incompatible electronic systems without requiring every participating platform to be rebuilt around a common interface. The October 30 notice describes a forthcoming contracting action rather than a completed award, with contract value and performance schedule not announced.