MCAs are special cases for companies, which are new in military supply chain. Because the mission is not part of the scope of supply, but the scope of supply can have serious impact on the success or failure of the planned mission. We will focus on two different disciplines: Security & Safety – serve as examples to show interfacing points of project requirements and the importance of technical civil standards. And finally, we will clarify where company processes and technical documentation help to gain new projects and keep the business future proof.

Defence capabilities are not only enabled by hardware, but also by software that operates quickly, securely and scalably. In many aerospace and defence companies, however, legacy systems are holding back digitalisation: they are difficult to integrate, costly to modify and critical to day-to-day operations. At the same time, demands for security, traceability and quality-assured implementation in accordance with standards such as AQAP are increasing. The focus is on a tried-and-tested approach to the secure modernisation of legacy software: from an initial assessment, through automated code and architecture analysis, to prioritised refactoring, quality gates and auditable documentation. This makes technical risks manageable and enables modernisation projects to be implemented more quickly. Participants will learn how organisations can modernise more quickly without lengthy in-house development phases, reduce the time-to-market for their software modernisation projects by up to 50 per cent, and lay the foundations for harmonised system landscapes, controlled update management and AI-supported decision-making processes.