Software Maintenance

ASTi offers two software maintenance options:

  1. The latest ASTi software and operating system (OS) updates every quarter.
  2. All the benefits of #1, plus Information Assurance (IA) security updates.

Program Benefits

Software maintenance benefits include:

  • Free upgrades to the next generation of ASTi software; requires a software maintenance contract through the full program life cycle
  • Priority return, evaluation, and repair status
  • OS version updates
  • Optional embedded product support services

Note: Hardware, development, and program-specific support are not covered by the software maintenance option.

Types of Updates

Improvements common to all ASTi products include:

  • LVC standards compliance updates (SISO, DIS, HLA, CAF DMO, NCTE, etc.)
  • Interoperability compliance w/ latest industry standards (iSCSI, diskless, CAC, etc.)
  • CPU, loading, user interface, and diagnostics optimization and improvements
  • Support for latest server deployment (ASTi hardware, CFE/GFE, virtualized) and audio I/O distribution hardware
  • Communications fidelity enhancements in radio modeling, jamming, crypto, etc.
  • Bug fixes and stuff... nobody’s perfect
  • New feature requests for possible inclusion in a future software release

Telestra Features

Telestra-specific improvements include:

  • New/updated modeling components (comms, aural cue, control, etc.)
  • Level D and sound tuning improvements (expedited tuning, remote tuning, etc.)
  • API and interface enhancements

To see all software improvements made over the product life-cycle, go to the Telestra Software Release Notes page.

Voisus Features

Voisus-specific improvements include:

  • New/updated radio skins
  • New/updated hardware radio panels, and radio bridging hardware support
  • New/updated software clients for new versions of the OS and serious games
  • API and interface enhancements

To see all software improvements made over the product life-cycle, go to the Voisus Software Release Notes page.

IA Features

IA Program-specifc improvements include:

  • Quarterly security updates
  • Monthly Critical Patches, as required upon customer request
  • Latest hardening scripts, patches, and DAA-friendly scan reports access
  • DIACAP/RMF documentation package links and/or government contact access

The IA Maintenance program is only available for U.S. DoD/government customers and foreign military sales under export control. Go to the IA Security page for more details.

The above statements apply to U.S. Customers only, please see International Software Maintenance if you are located outside of the U.S.