Horizontal Integration
Abstract
Project 5078, Horizontal Integration (HI), is established to develop a Global Effects integrated capability to support cross-cutting net-centric solutions across air, space and Cyberspace C2ISR Warfighter domain. HI activities include studies and analysis, technology development, risk reduction, prototyping, experimentation and transition. These activities are required to identify, design, develop, experiment and implement C2ISR solutions supporting warfighting integration and interoperability needs which are not the sole responsibility of a specific program of record. The nature of integrated and interoperable C2ISR warfighting capabilities span multiple platforms and domains; these capabilities are routinely overlooked by traditional programs dedicated to supporting the requirements of specific warfighting communities. The HI Project is uniquely designed to look across these platforms and domains, which enables the Air Force to respond to the needs across the seams of individual systems. These horizontal integration initiatives will be prototyped, assessed, appropriately captured in requirements documents and then transitioned to programs of record for production, fielding and sustainment. Systems Engineering and Analysis is the 'glue' that holds C2C elements together, and closes the seams in the Command, Control, Communications Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) architectures. Capability analysis identifies areas where interoperability can be improved within the Air Force, among joint services, and among coalition partners. Once capability issues are identified, they are prioritized and pilot initiatives are developed to provide solutions to the warfighter challenges that resolve the capability gaps. The HI Project also helps to competitively prototype integrated solutions against validated program requirements. The benefits of this activity are two-fold: the operational community is able to weigh the cost, risk, and performance trade-offs between enterprise solutions versus program centric solutions; and the activity supports the DoDI 5000.02 requirement for competitive prototyping for all ACAT programs. The synchronization of HI prototyping and program milestone requirements offers aan effective environment for increasing interoperability while reducing the impact of this policy on multiple pre-milestone B programs. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Infrastructure and Experimentation leverage existing government/industry simulation sites that allow 'virtual' assessments of the C2 Constellation. This Infrastructure environment manages a continuous distributed operational environment that supports air, space, and cyberspace C2ISR and rapid acquisition, prototyping, development, integration, and fielding. C2ISR initiatives use this infrastructure to mature their development status prior to entry into JEFX for final operational assessment. The HI prototype performances are assessed for operational utility; the most promising initiatives/technologies will be matured and transitioned into weapon system configuration control baselines. Requirements documents will be published and revised, and a requirements database and implementation plan identifying the most significant C2C net-centric integration issues will be updated to catalog the activities necessary to accomplish this integration. This program is in Budget Activity 7 - Operational System Development because it provides developers, testers and warfighters a way to experiment, analyze, and explore operational concepts and new technologies to enhance operational system developments and improve future capabilities leading to a horizontally integrated C2ISR Warfighter Sub-enterprise.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 675078_0207449F_7_3600_PB_2011
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