Multinational Information Sharing
Abstract
The Multinational Information Sharing (MNIS) Program is a portfolio of three coalition information sharing capabilities: Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System (CENTRIXS), Griffin, and the Combined Federated Battle Laboratory Network (CFBLNet). •CENTRIXS supports the warfighter with multiple, stand alone networks serving various Communities of Interest (COI) in ongoing multinational operations. The CENTRIXS Cross Enclave Requirement (CCER) is an enhancement to CENTRIXS that is intended to converge the current multiple secret coalition networks into a single environment, thereby enhancing information sharing while reducing required footprint (fewer desktops, servers, etc.) and ongoing sustainment costs. In FY 2011, Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) funds will be used to complete all necessary test, evaluation, and security accreditation of CCER enabling achievement of full Authority to Operate and commensurate Full Operational Capability (FOC). RDT&E funding will also accomplish the necessary security, interoperability and certification testing of new Joint Staff-validated CENTRIXS capabilities for the non-CCER CENTRIXS networks providing non-maritime, off-island/off-peninsula centralized services for the CENTRIXS Four Eyes, CENTRIXS-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), CENTRIXS-Japan and CENTRIXS-Korea networks. This effort is driven by validated coalition information sharing requirements from the Joint Staff’s MNIS Current Operational Systems Requirements Management Process. Failure to provide FY 2011 RDT&E funding in support of CENTRIXS and its modifications will delay attainment of objective CENTRIXS operational capability and necessitate additional O&M funding to support the legacy CENTRIXS networks. FY 2009 funding established a CCER product assessment test bed which supported extensive market research and commercial security appliances evaluation using the CFBLNet-hosted Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID). Funding also supported a successful US Pacific Command-hosted user evaluation of a potential integrated solution for CCER. FY 2010 funding will support the necessary system integration and testing for the CCER Initial Operational Capability as well as support necessary for integration of additional (final operational) capabilities into CCER based on Joint Staff requirements. •Griffin interconnects the national Command and Control (C2) systems of our most trusted English-speaking Allies – Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States using Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) to enable information sharing to facilitate situational awareness and strategic planning/operational execution. In FY 2011, Griffin will expand chat service facilitating instant collaboration between U.S. strategic, operational, and tactical units and their counterparts in the U.K. and other Allied nations. This capability will extend forward into Afghanistan. Additionally, Griffin will be completing the transition from high assurance, guard-based interfaces to Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) security appliances thereby enabling the rapid introduction of a richer set of required information sharing services among its most trusted partners than the current guarding solutions can support. This effort will also allow the convergence of the CENTRIXS Four Eyes C2 system into this environment. The end state will permit swift and timely collaboration from existing national desktops thereby reducing infrastructure costs. Failure to fund planned Griffin initiatives will result in the continuation of a limited coalition information sharing capability amongst our most trusted Allies and perpetuate the existing, costly high assurance guard architecture further limiting Griffin’s ability to meet strategic planning and operational needs. In FY 2009, RDTE funding supported the necessary security test and evaluation of Griffin nodes installed at Defense Enterprise Computing Centers (DECC) in Ohio and Hawaii as well as the integration, test, and accreditation of a new US Joint Forces Command-sponsored cross domain chat capability. FY 2010 funding will enable final test and accreditation of this chat capability preparing it for operational deployment in the DECCs as well as in the United Kingdom and Bahrain. Funding will also support integration and test of web service and file publishing capabilities suitable for the Griffin environment. •CFBLNet provides a controlled Research, Development, Trials and Assessment (RDT&A) coalition information sharing “sandbox” to evaluate new technologies and to develop tactics, techniques and procedures to facilitate the transition of promising technologies and capabilities into operational multinational information sharing systems. CFBLNet will continue to support coalition information sharing technology initiatives for the operational (Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID)), intelligence (Empire Challenge, Conducted Six Geospatial-Intelligence Multi-Domain Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Net-centric Initiatives (GEMINI), and MNIS acquisition communities. CCER will use CFBLNet to conduct evaluations of cross enclave collaboration and identity management solutions. Additionally, CFBLNet will use FY 2011 funding to add organic chat service capability to further enhance timely conduct of the CWID and Empire Challenge initiatives and to promote rapid exchange of information and lessons learned during the conduct of the various initiatives amongst participating U.S. and partner nations. CFBLNet initiatives will help evaluate combined/coalition command and control, operational, and intelligence interoperability shortfalls through initiatives conducted to improve information exchange capabilities. “Lessons learned” will be used by the Combatant Commands in support of operational networks. Failure to fund CFBLNet’s basic planning and engineering staff will severely limit its ability to support CWID and Empire Challenge and reduce the potential benefits to be gained from all coalition initiatives in this environment. In FY 2009 the CFBLNet infrastructure supported CWID and Empire Challenge demonstrations benefiting the warfighting and intelligence community assessments of new products and technologies as well as offering an effective test environment for Ballistic Missile Defense experimentation and various Allied demonstrations. FY 2010 funding will support the recurring test initiative security assessments and CFBLNet system design modifications necessary to support approved initiatives in that year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- NND_0301144K_7_0400_PB_2011
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