Node A6 · Acronym decoder
FACE
Future Airborne Capability Environment
What it actually means
An open avionics software standard — a reference architecture, data model, and conformance program — designed so software components can port across military aircraft platforms instead of being rewritten for each. It's one of the flagship implementations of the modular open systems approach in practice.
Where you'll meet it
Army and Navy aviation software procurements and MOSA compliance discussions.