Software Engineering Directorate (SED)

The Software Engineering Directorate (SED) is a recognized leader in supporting the acquisition, research, development, and sustainment of some of the Nation’s most sophisticated weapon systems. The SED maintains expertise in the Army’s prevailing policies and practices on software reuse, software metrics, post deployment software support, process improvement, computer resource margins analysis, and risk management. The SED’s risk based approach to performing Verification and Validation (V &V) is designed to focus on identified problem areas to ensure effective software engineering support with minimum cost. Using the facilities and the numerous tactical hardware and software laboratories, the SED provides weapon systems with the highest quality support in the areas of joint interoperability testing and engineering.

Mission:
Provide mission critical computer resource (MCCR) expertise to support weapon systems over their life cycle.

Core Competencies:

Computer Hardware / Software Technology
Acquisition and Development
Software Verification and Validation
Flight Safety / Airworthiness Assessment
Software Development and Sustainment
Configuration and Data Management
Independent Software Quality Engineering
System Integration
Interoperability Engineering and Test
Software Fielding / New Equipment Training
Field Exercises / Operational Support
Software Safety Assessments
Information Assurance

Customers include:

U.S. Army - Program Executive Office Missiles & Space (PEO MS)
U.S. Army - Program Executive Office Aviation (PEO AVN)
U.S. Army -Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment Activity (TMDE)
U.S. Army - Program Executive Office for Command, Control, and Communications Tactical (PEO C3T)
U.S. Department of Defense - Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

Facilities:

300,000 square feet of engineering workspace with expansion planned for additional 200,000 square feet
42 laboratories (Army node for Joint Services Testing of Air and Missile Defense systems)
High bays with tactical equipment essential for systems and software engineering work
Located in a remote area of Redstone Arsenal to enable operation of radars
Training and video teleconference facilities

AMSRD-AMR-BA
Bldg. 6263
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

Phone:256-876-4896
Fax: 256-842-9010

Lifecycle Software Engineering Center