Mission Planning

Asset LLC is an innovator in user-centered development of mission planning systems for the US Air Force and Navy aviation and weapon systems. Asset LLC has been at the forefront of industry in transitioning to Agile methodologies, Windows service and micro-service architectures, and continuous integration / continuous deployment. Our intuitive, efficient systems provide a robust toolset for our users while maintaining safety and cybersecurity requirements.

Agile Development Approaches

An early adopter of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in the mission planning enterprise, Asset LLC performs Agile development and maintenance of multiple U.S. and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) products, rapid prototyping and rapid fielding. Asset LLC forms integrated teams with the Government, to rapidly respond to the evolving operational environment. Specifically, Asset LLC supports the Mobility Air Forces (MAF) who provides Mission Planning Software development, integration, and sustainment for special mission Air Combat Command platforms, FMS Mobility platforms, and the development and integration of Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) Global Mobility (GM) platforms. In its current form, the 28-FTE Agile Global Mobility workforce actions prioritized U.S. and FMS backlogs for separate Agile Release Trains, guided by Asset LLC Product Owners, Scrum Masters and our own SAFe 4.6 Program Consultant. Asset LLC developed the initial and now succeeding GM unique planning components and Mission Planning Environments (MPE) providing specialty planning tools to meet unique AMC operational requirements. 

Secure Dev Ops

Asset LLC uses a secure DevOps methodology to ensure all software releases are thoroughly tested prior to delivery. Our continuous integration process verifies all developer code updates prior to incorporating them into the next software build. Asset LLC employs automated test tools to perform full and regression test of integrated systems. Our processes require at least 75% of mission critical code be covered by automated tests. We have just integrated HP Fortify with our CI process in one project, and SonarQube in another, which provide detailed static code analysis in-house when the software is built. In addition, results from iterative Government-performed HP Fortify scans of our software are regularly evaluated and findings addressed as part of our contractual cybersecurity requirements.

Safety of Flight

Mission planning systems developed by Asset LLC extensively validate and analyze data inputs to provide users with timely feedback to reduce errors and ensure successful aircraft data loads. Asset LLC takes mission planning routes created using Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF) and analyzes that data against the different aircraft on board navigation databases to make sure all route points will be included. Asset LLC is currently designated as the Navy’s Communications, Navigation and Surveillance / Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Area Navigation (RNAV) RTCA DO-200A “Aeronautical Processing Standards” quality representative where we established and implemented the Navy’s DAFIF and ARINC-424 (Jeppesen/FAA) instrument procedure validation and verification process to improve the quality/safety of digital data for GPS RNAV procedures in the DAFIF, Jeppesen, and the FAA’s Coded Instrument Flight Procedures formerly the National Flight Database.

Navy Weaponeering and Stores Planning

Asset LLC is a recognized leader in the Naval Weaponeering domain, currently performing on the WASP MPEC II DO. WASP is the primary mission planning application for F/A-18 Interdiction and other missions involving air-to-surface weapons employment. Asset LLC performed over 75% of the development for WASP and precursor products since program inception in 1989 and 100% of the development since June 2007. WASP is the NAVAIR Airworthiness Office (AIR 4.0P) authorized permanent flight clearance system validating authorized stores and configurations, limits, authorized release parameters, and other safety restrictions for the F/A-18 aircraft.

User Experience and Productivity

Asset LLC has been recognized by our customers for our user-centered development approach, which includes frequent user evaluation events where Asset LLC subject matter experts and engineers travel to user locations and provide product demonstrations, training and the opportunity for user “hands on” evaluation of in-development systems. Asset LLC used in-house aircraft SME’s to assist Agile software development teams understand/analyze government requirements, interact with the government test Integrated Product Team (IPT), interface with the end-user, then test software on end-user hardware to ensure performance in the operational environment. Active duty and National Guard mission crews were hesitant and skeptical in the first Air Force KC 46A Pegasus mission planning system software user evaluation, but they were quickly won over when they saw Asset LLC take their recommendations and make changes in real-time during user evaluations or in next iteration of the sprint.