OTH Targeting

Abstract

The Allied Interoperability program determines allied and coalition C4 maritime operational gaps, to identify Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leadership, Personnel and Facilities (DOTMLPF) solutions with the potential to fill those gaps, and to assess these solutions and associated concepts of operation in laboratory and at-sea environments. The OTH-T/Allied Interoperability program provides a virtual, global systems integration and test facility for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) technology that supports the collection, transmission, correlation, and display of track data into common operational and tactical pictures in support of warfighting requirements. The common view of the battle space applies across the spectrum of warfare missions. However, technology and doctrine has changed radically. The first objective of the OTH-T/Allied Interoperability program is to transition the joint and Navy architectures and systems to state-of-the-art Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) and Government off the Shelf (GOTS) products that support network centric warfare. The second objective is to support development, integration, and joint interoperability of all National Security System (NSS), information technology, and C4I systems into cohesive war fighting capabilities. This support includes providing technical expertise afloat and ashore via a cadre of highly trained fleet dystems engineers in order to integrate, validate, and evaluate new OTH-T/Allied Interoperability capabilities during major fleet exercises and demonstrations. The OTH-T/Allied Interoperability program includes joint and coalition integration and testing in support of these war fighting capabilities, including interoperability testing of C4ISR equipments. Coalition and joint interoperability is critical for future maritime operations, especially with the Navy initiatives to expand Internet Protocol (IP) networking throughout the fleet via Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services, Next Generation Networks and with the Global Information Grid. Currently, IP connectivity with coalition forces is limited, requiring extensive backhaul through ashore infrastructure. Higher bandwidth solutions suitable for use over tactical networks require development and assessment for emerging coalition and joint interoperability requirements, such as Naval Tactical Networking and Maritime Domain Awareness. Increases in data throughput are required for the effective exchange of rich data sets and services via service oriented architectures within the limitations of high frequency, ultra-high frequency and other portions of the radio frequency spectrum, coupled with appropriate information asssurance and computer network defense mechanisms. Development and assessment of potential solutions will integrate improved transmission control protocol/IP capabilities with the Advanced Digital Network Systems and existing international standards (e.g., NATO Standardization Agreement 5066). The continued development and refinement of advanced tactical networking technologies and protocols, as well as automatic link establishment standards, will provide for a significant improvement in data sharing within, and between, coalition maritime elements.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 0798_0604707N_4_1319_PB_2011

Tags

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Computer Networking
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space