The Software Technology Support Center (STSC) is part of the Air Force Embedded Computers Software Improvement Program (ESIP). The overall objective of the STSC is to improve the software process in the Department of Defense (DoD). The STSC's specific objective is to transfer technologies and exchange information to satisfy its customers needs to continually improve software quality and life cycle productivity. Special emphasis is given to tools and tool support.
The STSC has established an organization to investigate software reuse in the Air Force and Department of Defense. The STSC has contracted with SofTech, Inc., to provide support in this effort. Efforts include researching the state-of-the-art in software reuse, determining STSC customer needs in software reuse, defining software reuse tools, cataloging and evaluating software reuse tools, and developing a software reuse prototype.