O G D E N A I R L O G I S T I C S C E N T E R • H I L L A I R F O R C E B A S E , U T A H
W o r l d - C l a s s 

C a p a b i l i t y

The 309th Software Maintenance Group 

(309 SMXG) at Hill Air Force Base is a 

recognized world leader in “cradle-tograve” systems support, encompassing 

software engineering, hardware engineering, program management, data 

management, consulting, and more.

W o r l d - C l a s s 

E x p e r i e n ce

With over two decades of expertise in 

weapons system and support software, 

hardware, and systems engineering, 309 

SMXG has the right people, technology, 

and processes to support myriad systems 

in any lifecycle phase.

W o r l d - C l a s s 

Rec o g n i t i o n

In 1998 and again in 2006, 309 SMXG 

achieved Level 5 on the Software Engineering Institute’s Software Capability 

Maturity Model® and Capability Maturity Model Integration®. We not only 

hold the DoD record as the longest 

continuous Level 5 organic group, but 

we are also the only DoD Level 5 organization to be AS9100 registered!

A World-Class CMMI® Level 5 Organization

A N D W E A R E N O T S T O P P I N G T H E R E !

3 0 9 t h S o f t w a r e M a i n t e n a n c e G r o u p

“The engineers at Hill AFB 

are considered heroes back in 

Washington, D. C.”

Brig Gen David A. Brubaker

Deputy Director, Air National Guard

“The engineers at Hill AFB 

are considered heroes back in 

Washington, D. C.”

Brig Gen David A. Brubaker

Deputy Director, Air National Guard
C M M I L E V E L 5 RAT I N G * 

The quality of the 309th Software Maintenance Group’s systems, software, and hardware engineering services is recognized worldwide. In 1998, the Group 

achieved the coveted status of Level 5 on the Software Engineering Institute’s 

Software Capability Maturity Model®, the first government organization to do 

so. In 2006, we exceeded this accomplishment by achieving Level 5 on the new 

Capability Maturity Model Integration®—the CMMI®. Less than one month after 

reaching this milestone, we added AS9100 registration (ISO9001) to our list of 

achievements, along with our entire Maintenance Wing.The group devoted many 

years to process improvement in the pursuit of excellence, using the SW-CMM, 

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9000, and best practices from 

business. Our focus is to do the right things for the right reasons. We pride ourselves on our continual process improvements, which enable us to provide quality 

products at the best value.

This Level 5 achievement ranks 309 SMXG in the top 20 percent of all software 

engineering companies in the world, in the top FOUR percent of all organic government organizations, and establishes the Group as the longest running Level 5 

organic team in the Department of Defense and the only organic DoD team to 

have superior recognition in both CMMI® and AS9100 .

The group has devoted nearly two decades to process improvement in the pursuit 

of excellence, employing the best practices of successful government and business groups. We have also pioneered advanced practices such as the Personal and 

Team Software ProcessSM. Our focus is to do the right things for the right reasons. 

We pride ourselves on our continual process improvements, which enable us to 

provide quality products, on schedule, at the best value.

A C H I E V E M E N T S A N D G O A L S

How a Level 5 Benefits 

Our Customers

•The right product the first time

•Accurate estimates for cost and 

schedule

•Lower overall costs

•Early risk mitigation

•Accurate and timely status 

reporting

•High-quality and reliable 

software products

•Excellent response time to 

customer needs

The group’s Vision Statement encompasses our view on process improvement:

“We are the team of choice 

providing exceptional weapons 

systems software and related 

hardware solutions and technology adoption expertise to 

enhance our nation’s defense.

Our continually improving 

processes, skills, and business 

practices ensure a stable, 

productive, and technically 

challenging environment 

that results in high customer 

satisfaction.”

* Detailed information on CMM and 

CMMI can be found on SEISM Web site: 

http://www.sei.cmu.edu

® Software Capability Maturity Model, SWCMM, Capability Maturity Model, CMM, 

and CMMI are registered in the U.S. 

Patent and Trademark Office by Carnegie 

Mellon University. 

SM SEI and CMM Integration are service 

marks of Carnegie Mellon University.

Improving the Process

Means Improving the

Product

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S o f twa r e

E n g i n ee r i n g

The group’s software engineering 

solutions include development and 

maintenance of embedded systems, 

avionics, test equipment, PC-based 

systems, and system support applications. We develop and maintain 

software for a variety of systems, 

using both legacy and state-of-the-art 

languages. Our software solutions 

consist of complete system support 

during the entire development lifecycle to include requirements definition, software design, implementation, test, and delivery. In addition to 

our nationally recognized software 

development processes, our technical expertise, facilities, tools, and 

pro-active management approach 

make us the right solution to meet 

the needs of any software project. 

S y s tem s 

E nginee r ing

Systems engineering is a cornerstone 

of our group. Our highly trained personnel use proven processes to fully 

integrate the hardware and software 

architecture, interfaces, components, 

and data into systems that meet the 

most demanding needs of our customers. Our systems engineering 

talent enables us to provide state-ofthe-art, open architecture hardware 

and software products for relatively 

small to multimillion-dollar programs. 

With a proven track record producing 

complex, integrated hardware and 

software solutions, we stand ready 

to provide you the systems engineering expertise necessary to meet or 

exceed your requirements.

W e b - Ba s e d

a pp l icati o n s 

We have design, development, and 

maintenance professionals with 

vast experience in dynamic, database-backed Web sites for both MS 

Windows and UNIX servers. Using 

state-of-the-art equipment and the 

latest development tools, we build 

modern Web sites with eye-catching 

graphics and a back-end system that 

will handle any data management 

requirement. We have expertise in 

using modern development platforms, 

like Lotus Notes/Domino (Administration & Development), ASP, ColdFusion, Perl, and JavaScript, and can 

easily integrate complex databases 

using Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, or Oracle.

S o f twa r e

C o n f ig u r ati o n

M a n agement ( S C M )

We consistently receive high praise 

from customers who look to our 

world-class software configuration 

management expertise to ensure 

the right software is delivered to the 

right user at the right time. Configuration Management is staffed with 

experienced personnel to define, 

implement, and manage product 

lifecycles by planning, identifying, 

controlling, auditing, and improving 

the elements by which they are created. Augmented with the latest tools 

and techniques, our SCM staff stands 

ready to ensure your product is carefully developed, tracked, stored, and 

provided to you as a high-quality, 

dependable item.

W O R L D W I D E P R O V I D E R . . .

“The performance of this software 

development team...has been 

nothing short of miraculous. This 

team is a model for the Air Force and 

has our highest recommendation.”

Col Frank E. Anderson

Commander, 301st Maintenance Group 3 0 9 t h S oftware M aintenance G roup
H a r d wa r e

E n g i n ee r i n g

We provide state-of-the-art hardware 

solutions, using the latest instrumentation, interface technology, 

and reverse engineering techniques. 

Products developed include production systems as well as conceptual 

and prototype designs. We use sound 

engineering principles to provide 

superior support from requirements 

definition through deployment and 

maintenance. Being a government 

agency, we can understand the need 

to produce newer and better systems 

at lower cost. We fulfill the need to 

support system upgrades and replacements that meet DoD standards 

to include Form, Fit and Function 

requirements, with high reliability 

and supportability.

T echn o l o g y 

U p g r a d e s

The 309th Software Maintenance 

Group can provide upgrades to 

essentially any legacy system. We 

can help bring outdated legacy 

systems up to modern commercial 

off-the-shelf (COTS) or custom stateof-the-art technologies. We are leaders in designing and implementing 

technology upgrades for operational 

and logistics systems, computer 

platforms, test systems, and in rehosting their associated programs. 

Whether it is development on a new 

processing platform or a complete 

system upgrade, our broad engineering experience and focus on quality 

ensures customers have the ability 

to maintain the edge in system efficiency and product excellence in a 

radically changing environment.

Sim u l ati o n a n d 

E m u l ati o n

We successfully design, implement, 

test and maintain software and 

hardware simulators, emulators and 

modeling systems for a full range of 

aerospace systems and technologies: 

aircraft; space; missiles; radar; air 

defense systems; command, control, 

and communications systems and 

electronic countermeasures. Simulators and modeling systems allow 

realistic representation or modeling 

of actual systems. Emulators allow 

programs to be run in place of the 

real assets or in concert with real 

hardware. By working closely with 

the customer throughout the project 

we ensure that the final product fully 

meets customer defined requirements. 

C o n s u lting

Se rvice s

In the pursuit to make systems and 

software better, faster, and cheaper, 

the group’s Software Technology Support Center provides a venue to share 

the technology that enables the 309 

SMXG’s success. This venue includes 

consulting services, the Systems and 

Software Technology Conference, 

and CrossTalk, the Journal of Defense 

Software Engineering. Our consultants train, mentor, and assess numerous organizations, offering consulting 

and training for cutting-edge process 

improvement techniques, such as 

the CMMI®, SCAMPISM, and TSPSM. 

We also provide software acquisition 

assistance in areas such as cost analysis, project management, software 

measurement, and software quality.

SM TSP is a service marks of Carnegie Mellon 

University.

® SA-CMM is registered in the U.S. Patent 

and Trademark Office by Carnegie Mellon 

University

SM SCAMPI is a service mark of Carnegie 

Mellon University.

. . . O F Q U A L I T Y P R O D U C T S A N D S E R V I C E S

“A model organization by which I 

would compare all other suppliers.”

Jon W. Shively

Chief, F-16 Logistics Operations Group

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E X P E D I T I O N ARY

F I G H T I N G V E H I C L E 

( E F V )

The 309th Software Maintenance Group 

has teamed up with General Dynamics 

to support the Marine Corp EFV. Our 

team utilizes state-of-the-art software 

development methods and applies the 

principles of Team Software Process 

(TSP) and Personal Software Process 

(PSP). We are developing System Integration Laboratories to accomplish our 

systems level testing. We strive to consistently produce quality products and 

services on-time, at or below costs, by 

implementing the principles of CMMI.

Ope r ati o n a l F l ight

P r o g r a m ( OF P )

The OFP group has been providing operational capability upgrades for the F-16 

Fighting Falcon for 25 years. Our engineers design and implement upgrades to 

avionic software, integrating capabilities 

such as advanced weapons, data link 

communications, precision navigation 

systems, and advanced targeting pods. 

These periodic upgrades greatly enhance 

our war-fighter capability and survivability and quality of our products result 

in consistent customer satisfaction. Our 

mission is to contribute to the long-term 

viability of the F-16 aircraft.

Ai r F o r ce T o ta l 

Owne r s hip C o s t

( AF T O C )

The Air Force Total Ownership Cost 

(AFTOC) is a cost reporting system that 

integrates raw data from Air Force Standard accounting, budget, logistics, and 

personnel systems to produce information about the cost of ownership of Air 

Force weapon systems and infrastructure. It collects, and aggregates data 

for analysis, provides a single source 

of reliable information at the weapon 

system or infrastructure level, and develops unique information from several 

functional data systems.

W e a p o n s S y s tem s 

M i s s i o n P l a nning

Since 1989, we have enhanced the 

mission planning process through innovative development and sustainment 

of over 30 Air Force mission planning 

products. These products are necessary 

components of both weapon systems 

(such as the F-16, F-117, A/OA-10, B52, B-2, and the B-1B) and the platforms 

they operate on, including the Mission 

Planning System (MPS), Portable Flight 

Planning System (PFPS) and the Joint 

Mission Planning System (JMPS). Our 

contributions continue to significantly 

improve mission planning. 

A u t o m atic T e s t

S y s tem s ( AT S ) 

We provide expertise in producing and 

maintaining customized and COTSbased automatic test systems. Proven 

F-16 microwave & analog test systems 

have been fielded with minimal re-host 

cost and maximum capability. We team 

with various contractors on systems, 

such as the Ground Minuteman Automatic Test System (GMATS) and the 

Digital Analog Test System (DATS). We 

also support electrical check-out of aircraft wiring using DIT-MCO, FACT and 

Eclypse test equipment. We are ready to 

solve your most intricate test issues.

M i l s ta r – Spa ce

C o mm u nicati o n a n d 

W a r ning S y s tem

We provide software maintenance and 

capability enhancements for weapons 

systems that support Air Force Space 

Command, North American Aerospace 

Defense Command and U.S. Northern 

Command operators. Collocated with 

our customers since 1993, we are fully 

integrated into internal customer teams 

and processes. Delivered ahead of 

schedule, our first software maintenance 

release for the Milstar satellite Air Force 

Command Post Terminal had the most 

successful “sell-off” in program history!

B U I L D I N G S O L U T I O N S F O R T H E S Y S T E M S . . .

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C Omm o n M o d u l a r 

E nvi r o nmen T ( C O M E T ) 

COMET is a complete user-friendly environment for developing and testing software used in real-time embedded computer systems, such as the F-16. COMET 

supports all phases of the software development and test process. COMET is a 

modular design with COTS and custom 

hardware and software. The tremendous 

variety of COTS VME products available 

allows us to develop COMET test stands 

to support embedded computer systems 

in airplanes, ships, and vehicles.

RA N G E SU P P OR T 

We provide hardware and software support for twelve threat simulator systems, 

two bomb scoring systems, and Air 

Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation 

pods. We support field users and address 

issues from corrosion of equipment to 

hardware and software modifications 

for the supported systems. The equipment supported is located worldwide 

and is used by all U.S. Military Services, 

NATO, and FMS countries to train flight 

crews in a realistic electronic combat 

range environment for tactics development and testing. 

C o mm o n Ai r c r a f t

P o r ta b l e

Rep r o g r a mming

E q u ipment ( CA P R E ) 

The 309th Software Maintenance Group 

is responsible for the development and 

integration of CAPRE Aircraft Adapter 

Groups. CAPRE uses COTS laptops to 

reprogram various aircraft avionics computers and download Operational Flight 

Programs and Mission Data Files. We 

develop CAPRE hardware and software 

to provide a universal reprogramming 

capability for many weapons systems. 

CAPRE provides the ability to readily 

adapt to rapidly changing computer 

technologies, resulting in significant 

cost savings to the Air Force.

G r o u n d T he ate r 

Ai r C o nt r o l S y s tem

( G TA C S )

The 309th Software Maintenance Group 

maintains complex software for GTACS 

operations modules. These are groundbased computer network systems that 

coordinate radar and communication 

data signals. GTACS modules plan, 

direct, and control air operations and 

coordinate with ground, naval, and 

coalition forces. Our expertise in radar 

and data-link messaging provides vital 

capabilities to this system in support of 

crucial missions, enforcement of no-fly 

zones, and homeland defense.

H u m a n E nginee r ing

Deve l o pment Stati o n

( H E DS )

The HEDS Group designs, implements 

and maintains all hardware and software 

required for HEDS, a system of rapid 

prototype flight simulators that allows 

pilots to ‘test-fly’ and evaluate Operational Flight Program modifications. 

They range in scale from laptop systems 

to state-of-the-art, full scale/high-fidelity dome simulators with 360 degrees 

field-of-view. HEDS is also a pilot familiarization tool for fielded OFPs. Use of 

the HEDS system efficiently maximizes 

pilot safety and weapon system performance. 

S o f twa r e C o nt r o l 

C ente r ( S C C )

The SCC is the single receiving, storage, 

and distribution point for all Mission 

Critical Computer Resources (MCCR) 

software managed at Hill AFB. The center 

provides service for all electronic media 

and documentation as well as direct 

support to worldwide DoD agencies and 

Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. 

The SCC uses the Automated Computer 

Program Identification System (ACPINS) 

to manage program data. The center 

reproduces/distributes such media as 

CDs, diskettes, PCMCIA cards, etc. 

. . . O F T H E P A S T , P R E S E N T , A N D F U T U R E

3 0 9 t h S oftware M aintenance G roup
309 SMXG is a highly successful organization with 

a proven track record. We can help you get more 

systems engineering support for your money.

As the first and longest duration CMM/CMMI Level 

5 company in the Department of Defense, we are 

experts at providing low-cost engineering solutions 

and high-quality products!

We are customer and user oriented!

We are experts in applying DoD regulations and 

standards!

P l e a s e c o nta ct u s t o d ay !

DSN: 777-2615

Commercial: (801) 777-2615

Email: 309SMXG.CDInfo@hill.af.mil 

or visit our Web site:

www.mas.hill.af.mil

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