A Reference Architecture for Network-Centric Information Systems

Abstract

This paper presents the "C2 Enterprise Reference Architecture" (C2ERA), which is a new technical concept of operations for building information systems better suited to the Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) environment. The C2ERA is the technical architecture mandated by the Designated Acquisition Commander for C4ISR Enterprise Integration in the U.S. Air Force. The C2ERA contains two key ideas. Related activities and functions are gathered into a C2 Node, with a designated node manager responsible for delivering and sustaining an integrated capability to the user community. The development of mission functionality is separated from the system infrastructure. This infrastructure (and the responsibility for it) is divided into one part that must be the same across the enterprise, called the "Common Integrated Infrastructure," and another part that may vary between C2 Nodes, called the "node platforms". Thirty-one briefing charts summarize the presentation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA466692

Entities

People

  • Ronald Schaefer
  • Scott Renner

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Database Management Systems
  • Deployment
  • Global Information Grid
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Standards
  • Teamwork
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Software Engineering.