Network Centric Enterprise Services

Dr. Andreas Tolk

(Not sanctioned by DISA, reflects authors opinion only)

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DISA, COE, NCES, … and all the rest

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Defense Information Infrastructure (DII)

Common Operating Environment (COE)

Network Centric Warfare (NCW)

Global Information Grid (GIG)

Network Centric Enterprise Solution (NCES)

WHERE IS M&S IN THESE CONCEPTS

(Snowday is no excuse)

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Network Centric Warfare

Network Centric Warfare is about networking, not about technical networks

NCW doesn’t focus on technologies but on organizations and organizational behavior

NCW is actually more a state of mind than a concrete reality

NCW doctrines will support gaining and maintaining the necessary information superiority

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Global Information Grid

The Global Information Grid is defined in DODD 8100.1

The GIG is the technical vehicle of NCW The GIG will be globally interconnected, end-

to-end set of information capabilities, associated processes, and personnel for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating and managing information on demand to Warfighters, policy makers, and support personnel

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Functions to be supported in Future C4ISR Systems

Information Grid Seek info

Inform Present Consult

Co - ordinate Disseminate

Archive I/F Management Data Management

Decision Making

Battlespace Visualization

Battle Management

Assess ACOA Set Criteria

Uncertainty Management

Establish Objectives

Develop ACOA Understand

Decide Create a Plan

Approve

Prioritize

ISR Process

Open Sources

Presentation

Harmonize

Develop ACP

Knowledge

Management

Assess ACP

Dissemination

Management

Other System

Presentation

Workflow

Management

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Network Centric Enterprise Services

DISA will set up the set of Core Enterprise Services (CES), such as

Enterprise Systems Management Messaging Discovery Services Mediation Services Collaboration Services User Assistants Services Security Services Storage Services Application Services

If your M&S application usesData, runs on a Computer, needsStorage, etc. you may be interestedIn these domains

If your M&S application should

Reach the Warfighter,YOU MUST BE ABLE TO WORKTOGETHER WITH THESE SERVICES

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The NCES Prototype

Using Commercial Standards

POSIX

IEEE

OMG

Web-based

XML

SOAP

Web-Services

Component oriented

XMSF uses the samePrinciples

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Should we include XMSF Components

Embedded Training

Decision Support

After Action Review

A Picture says more than 1,000 words,A Simulation says more then 1,000 pictures

First DISA/XMSF meeting in Dec 2002;Follow up planed for Spring 2003