29th-30th JUNE 2027 – LONDON, UK

Clifford Bilbrey

Clifford Bilbrey

  • Senior Solutions Engineer, Global Aerospace and Defense
  • Qt Group, USA

Clifford Bilbrey is a software and systems engineer with over two decades of experience in the defense industry, including a long tenure at Raytheon (RTX). His background as a software engineer spans all stages of the product lifecycle, with a focus on real-time embedded C and C++ development, integration, and test. He has particular experience in radar system integration and flight testing. As a systems engineer, Cliff has specialized in modeling, simulation, and analysis of radar systems. Recent work with the Qt Group includes guiding an effort to adapt the Qt Framework to the FACE technical standard and providing technical direction for the aerospace and defense vertical globally. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer engineering from the University of Oklahoma and Southern Methodist University respectively.

Sessions

  • FACE Standards and Global Alignment

    Alignment of MOSA Standards with Mixed-Criticality Approaches to Cost Reduction

    As aviation systems adopt open architectures, aligning the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) with NATO and other international standards is essential to achieving global interoperability. This session explores how the FACE Consortium—now an international community—is promoting a common approach to software portability and integration while encouraging broader international engagement in standards development and alignment. Discussion will focus on how FACE aligns with related initiatives such as MOSA and SOSA, and how collaborative efforts among governments, industry, and regulators are shaping the next generation of open standards—driving consistency, reuse, and accelerated capability delivery across allied airborne and mission systems.