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IBM Rational software solutions for aerospace and defense help organizations govern the business process of software and systems development enabling them to manage value, develop flexibly, and control risk and change.

Software plays a key role in the aerospace and defense industry and touches all parts of the business:

  • Embedded systems
  • Command and control systems
  • Custom software for product design, simulation and manufacture
  • Packaged applications
  • Production control and management systems
  • Project and program management systems
  • Financial management systems

IBM Rational’s solutions for aerospace and defense can help your organization to:

  • Manage the inherent complexity of developing and delivering value from modular, service oriented systems and software
  • Improve software development transparency, oversight and results while managing compliance with regulations and mandates
  • Enable joint program success across third party, geographically distributed teams while maintaining high levels of security
  • Leverage software and systems engineering best practices, process guidance and solutions based on open standards such as UML 2.0, SysML and Eclipse

Defense Systems Development (DoDAF) Learn how to build, manage compliance with and improve Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) work products with a holistic approach to system planning, design, development and deployment.

Third party distributed development Poor communication, work-transfer issues and lack of process -- become magnified by a distributed staff. Learn how your complex program can establish reuse, maintain workflow and enable parallel development while ensuring data synchronization from unclassified to classified sites.

Business-driven development for Compliance Whether your challenge is FISMA, D0-178B, OMB A-123, DoDAF or CMMI, build applications that meet compliance mandates, develop an audit ready development infrastructure & ensure effective IT oversight.

Business-driven development for SOA Transitioning to service oriented solutions requires more than modeling. Learn more about how you can apply Rational solutions to manage this complexity while achieving reuse and improving team collaboration.

Program and Portfolio Management Learn how to analyze, prioritize and manage complex programs and projects.

Packaged Applications Learn how to enable successful implementations with new test automation support combined with project management tools and COTS process guidance.

Highlights

Rational announces new systems development capabilities

Article: Hardware/software co-development using a model-driven systems development (MDSD) approach

White paper: Next generation model-driven development (341KB)

IBM RPM Rated a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant (59KB)

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Resources

Article: The new improved RUP SE architecture framework

Download latest version of RUP-SE

Access Ready for Rational Partner plug-ins optimized for your systems development needs

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