Today's military aviation systems are usually developed by a single vendor for specific requirements. While effective, this approach has drawbacks such as long lead times, complex improvement processes, and limited hardware and software reuse across different aircraft, leading to unique designs for each platform. The complexity of modern mission equipment and electronics has increased costs and integration times, impacting the deployment of new capabilities across the military aviation fleet. Extensive testing and airworthy qualification requirements further exacerbate this issue. The current procurement system does not encourage hardware and software reuse across programs, and the aviation community lacks sufficient standards for software component reuse.