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Under AMRDEC's Aviation Multi-Platform Munition Program (AMPM) Science and Technology Program, a “Shadow Hawk” munition (developed by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control) was commanded and released using AMRDEC's Universal Test Pod (UTP) and successfully impacted the designated ground target. The UTP program pioneered usage of OSD Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Control Segment (UCS) Architecture Mission Effects Sub-domain and standardized STANAG 4586 weapon control messages that formed the basis of OSD's Data Link IP (draft). The UTP employed the Universal Armaments Interface (UAI) implemented in the UTP stores management system, which provides a developmental universal, open-architecture weapon interface. This was the first demonstration of a precision-guided weapon released from a RQ-7B Shadow UAS.

This paper announces the intention of the SAE AS-1 Committee to standardize on a common framework for modeling and defining aircraft-store logical interfaces, called GASIF. The paper then advocates a common framework that might serve as a suitable starting point for this project. The purpose of GASIF is to foster greater interoperability between aircraft and stores through coordinated standards development and programs. FIELD OF APPLICATION - The field of application for this paper is military aircraft/store avionics, where a ‘store’ may be defined as any in-flight separable device (such as an air-launched weapon) that when loaded on an aircraft allows it to perform a specific mission.