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Brian M. McKeon Vice President, Command & Control Systems Network Centric Systems, Raytheon

National Defense Industrial Association Interoperability and Systems Engineering Conference 23 – 25 March 2004 Denver, Colorado Interoperability in Net Centric Operations (NCO). Brian M. McKeon Vice President, Command & Control Systems Network Centric Systems, Raytheon.

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Brian M. McKeon Vice President, Command & Control Systems Network Centric Systems, Raytheon

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  1. National Defense Industrial Association Interoperability and Systems Engineering Conference 23 – 25 March 2004Denver, ColoradoInteroperability in Net Centric Operations (NCO) Brian M. McKeonVice President, Command & Control SystemsNetwork Centric Systems, Raytheon

  2. Introduction – Three NCO Interoperability Challenges • Systems of systems development • Increasingly complex Joint/Coalition/Civil battlespace • Expanding number of “netted” systems on an unprecedented scale • Multiple architectures • Scaling • Acquisition challenges • Co-evolution & convergence • Current system assimilation • Asynchronous programmatics • Budget pressure • Capabilities-based development • Systems engineering and requirements flow-down • Distributed development • Modeling & simulation • Testing & fielding

  3. Plane Ship Tank Individual Plane Ship Tank Individual Systems-of-SystemsDevelopment Sensor Pltfm Effectors C2 Comms Sensors Effectors Platforms C2 Commo • Complexity of NCO operations • Joint/Coalition/Civil collaboration • Exponential growth in sensors and systems • Effects-based capabilities • Complex resource allocation • Compliance with joint capabilities process • Decompose capabilities into system requirements and design • Account for unexpected behavior • Testing complexity • Architecture • Multiple architecture frameworks • Assimilation of current systems • Data and information standardization and security • Incompatible systems tools NCO end-state is interoperability dependent

  4. Capabilities-Based Development • Tools for specifying SoS NCO architectures • M&S for improved understanding and acquisition (JVB/JSB) • Defining and measuring performance • Isolate problems in the earliest spirals • Develop test environments that reflect real world complexity (JDEP) • Experimentation and accepted CONOPS refinement (e.g.Joint National Training Center [JNTC]) • End-to-end training and sustainment Performance insight, early problem discovery, rapid feedback

  5. Acquisition Challenges • Co-evolution and convergence • Programmatic modularity and loose coupling • Configuration management • Measuring performance is the issue (capabilities-based) • Backward/forward compatibility • Compliance to NCO (enhance or retire) • Longer current system life-cycles • Test and evaluation in NCO environment • Deconfliction of industry and Government assets • Experimentation, lessons learned, M&S • Anticipate unpredictability • Business model • Budget pressures Deliver interoperable warfighting capabilities in an uncertain environment

  6. Summary • Timely, synchronized development and acquisition - supporting capabilities-based interoperable solutions • Architecture standards, CONOPS experimentation, distributed testing/M&S, spiral feedback, configuration management - keys to managing risk and anticipating uncertainty • Flexible adaptation and innovation (operational and development) of fielded capabilities - accommodating budget realities and technological evolution

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