A program office within Naval Air Systems Command is working through the final steps to deliver to the fleet a system designed to modernize shipboard data management of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps.
NAVAIR said Thursday the command’s Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Program Office, or PMA-251, Information Systems team has implemented design changes, integrated fleet feedback and demonstrated prototypes of the Marine Aviation Data Management System, or MADMS.
What Is MADMS?
MADMS is a shipboard information platform designed to digitally integrate weapons, surface operations, flight deck management, flight operations, shipboard operations and other operational systems and provide fleet users with real-time situational awareness.
The platform created a Development Security & Operations Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery software development pipeline, enabling multiple contractors and developers to simultaneously work and field features to fleet test groups.
“It’s exciting to see such an adaptable tool make its way to our warfighters,” said Capt. Mike Kline, PMA-251 program manager. “With today’s rapidly changing global threat environment, our teams are working diligently to give the warfighters the capabilities they need now and in the future.”
Plans for MADMS
In fiscal year 2025, the PMA-251 MADMS team will distribute a Market Survey Simulation through the Consolidated Afloat Networks system, a.k.a. CANES, to collect fleet feedback and deploy MSS as a software-only prototype application on CANES.
In 2026, the program office is set to release the MADMS Capability Drop 1 to the fleet. As the office addresses input from the fleet and improves cybersecurity, annual increments of the system will be deployed.
