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Home > CrossTalk Sep 2004

CrossTalk - The Journal of Defense Software Engineering
  September 2004  
< Aug 2004 Issue    September CoverSeptember Backcover    Sep 2004 Issue >
 
 
Table of Contents Download Entire Issue (0409CrossTalk.pdf PDF 2141KB)
  The Software Edge  
  * Software Wars  (0409Weaver.pdf PDF 306KB)
by Susan Weaver
The F/A-18 aircraft platform's return to the Persian Gulf region has provided the opportunity to examine the U.S. Navy's success at providing capability growth through software upgrades versus hardware changes.
 
  * Tomahawk Cruise Missile Control: Providing the Right Tools to the Warfighter  (0409Urioste.pdf PDF 268KB)
by Marcus Urioste
The Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control system is a next-generation system for planning and controlling Tomahawk cruise missile flight in a world of fast-changing targets.
 
  * Service-Oriented Architecture and the C4ISR Framework  (0409Lau.pdf PDF 398KB)
by Dr. Yun-Tung Lau
This article presents an architecture modeling approach for formulating service-oriented architectures such as those being developed on the global information grid.
 
 
  Software Engineering Technology  
  * Executable Specifications: Language and Applications  (0409Drusinsky.pdf PDF 307KB)
by Dr. Doron Drusinsky and Dr. J.L. Fobes
Here is a formal method based on executable specifications as a way to ensure that an implementation is consistent with its specifications, including the ability to conduct automated computer-aided verification.
 
  * Executable and Translatable UML  (0409Mellor.pdf PDF 484KB)
by Stephen J. Mellor
The Executable and Translatable Unified Modeling Language lets developers formally test models to reduce defect rates from early execution of target-independent application models.
 
  * What You Don't Know Can Hurt You  (0409Ebert.pdf PDF 379KB)
by Douglas A. Ebert
Senior managers rely on regular updates from their staff so they know what is going on, but how effective are these reports? Here is a set of questions that will help managers determine whether or not they are asking the right questions.
 
 
  Open Forum  
  * Identifying Essential Technologies for Network-Centric Warfare  (0409Schaar.pdf PDF 544KB)
by David Schaar
This author envisions what technologies will be important for network-centric warfare.
 
 
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