Global Grid Architecture Concept

Abstract

Military operations are becoming increasingly reliant on a communications and information infrastructure that provides seamless, interoperable connectivity between all forces, anytime and everywhere. This operational emphasis is changing the manner in which command and control (C2) systems are defined, developed and fielded. Communication systems can no longer be ,application-centric'. Instead, we must define a communications infrastructure to support a variety of applications and missions. In particular, communications systems must be interconnected to create a network accessible by all applications and users. This network-centric communications infrastructure has been coined the Global Grid. In many ways, the tremendous technology advances over the past ten years in the commercial world are making the Global Grid realizable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA458854

Entities

People

  • Leonard J. Schiavone

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Security
  • Infrastructure
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Line Of Sight
  • Military Operations
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Equipment
  • Satellite Communications
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

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