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Date
State
Wisconsin
Category
ANG
Type Draft
New Resolution
State Association First Name
Dan
State Association Last Name
Statz
Resolution No.
4
Item No
F
Fiscal Year
2028
State Association Email
State Association Phone Number
608-327-9266
Relating To
The Modernization of Air National Guard F-16 Aircraft
SME Email
SME Phone
608-327-9266
Task Force
Combat Air Forces
State Association Title
Air Resolution Lead
Proposal Statement
Increased Carriage and Rapid Integration of Kinetic and Non-Kinetic Weapons.
Recommendation Information
Background. The F-16 operational flight program (OFP) software is owned and managed by the US government. As a result, it has enjoyed faster and more frequent updates than aircraft whose OFPs are managed by prime contractors; however, as identified by the House Armed Services Committee, legacy software airworthiness processes within the Air Force are
significantly limiting the ability to field software updates for aircraft on shorter timelines. The ANG must be able to integrate new weapons or weapons software updates without the need to code, test, and field entirely new aircraft OFPs requiring two to three years on average. Additionally, the ANG requires hardware solutions to allow a larger capacity of weapons to be carried to generate the maximum effects on each mission. Two hundred and two ANG F-16s need avionics and weapons’ bus monitors and controllers.
Impact If Not Funded. ANG F-16s will fail to rapidly capture increases in lethality, survivability, and mission effectiveness afforded by new weapons and weapons capabilities. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB) are sponsoring the Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV) project which seeks to leverage commercial technologies to produce new, low cost, highly scalable stand-off weapons. Without a materiel solution, ANG F-16s will be unable to integrate and employ the new weapons without the painstaking and time-consuming need to code, test, and field new aircraft OFPs per the status quo.
Units Impacted. 113 WG, District of Columbia; 114 FW, Sioux Falls, SD; 122 FW, Fort Wayne, IN; 138 FW, Tulsa, OK; 140 WG, Aurora, CO; 148 FW, Duluth, MN; 169 FW, Columbia, SC; 177 FW, Atlantic City, NJ; 180 FW, Toledo, OH.
significantly limiting the ability to field software updates for aircraft on shorter timelines. The ANG must be able to integrate new weapons or weapons software updates without the need to code, test, and field entirely new aircraft OFPs requiring two to three years on average. Additionally, the ANG requires hardware solutions to allow a larger capacity of weapons to be carried to generate the maximum effects on each mission. Two hundred and two ANG F-16s need avionics and weapons’ bus monitors and controllers.
Impact If Not Funded. ANG F-16s will fail to rapidly capture increases in lethality, survivability, and mission effectiveness afforded by new weapons and weapons capabilities. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB) are sponsoring the Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV) project which seeks to leverage commercial technologies to produce new, low cost, highly scalable stand-off weapons. Without a materiel solution, ANG F-16s will be unable to integrate and employ the new weapons without the painstaking and time-consuming need to code, test, and field new aircraft OFPs per the status quo.
Units Impacted. 113 WG, District of Columbia; 114 FW, Sioux Falls, SD; 122 FW, Fort Wayne, IN; 138 FW, Tulsa, OK; 140 WG, Aurora, CO; 148 FW, Duluth, MN; 169 FW, Columbia, SC; 177 FW, Atlantic City, NJ; 180 FW, Toledo, OH.
