Software Maintenance

ASTi offers two software maintenance options:

  1. The latest ASTi software and security updates (OS, application, and/or patches as applicable) 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.