Military Software Quality Assessment (MSQA) Framework: A Case Study of the Air Situation Display (ASD) System
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Software quality assessment is a critical factor in developing and validating software systems to ensure compliance with specific standards and requirements, especially for military software systems that are highly complex and must operate in challenging environments. Effective quality assessment ensures systems perform as expected and reduces risks from errors during development and maintenance. This paper presents a novel software quality assessment framework, called the Military Software Quality Assessment (MSQA) Framework, developed based on the ISO/IEC 25010 standard and integrating key related standards such as MIL-STD-498, MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-1397C, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, ISO/IEC 12207, ISO/IEC 15504, and ISO/IEC 27001 to enhance comprehensiveness and suitability for military applications. A case study on the development of a radar display system for the Royal Thai Army demonstrates the practical application of MSQA in systematically assessing and improving software quality in a real-world military context.
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