Multinational Information sharing
Abstract
The Multinational Information Sharing (MNIS) Program is a portfolio of three coalition information sharing capabilities designed to enable and improve sharing of operational and intelligence information among U.S. forces and our multinational partners. -First, Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System (CENTRIXS), supports intelligence and classified operations and information exchange and sharing at the Secret Releasable (REL) level. There are multiple, cryptographically-isolated CENTRIXS enclaves serving various communities of interest (COI) that support multinational efforts to include the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) and counter-narcotics operations. CENTRIXS is regionally focused and combatant command (COCOM) centric. The MNIS Program Management Office (PMO) provides selected centralized services from two Defense Enterprise Computing Centers (DECCs) for five of the 40+ CENTRIXS networks/COIs, and engineering support for standardized solutions. The CENTRIXS Combined Enclave Requirement (CCER) is a Preplanned Product Improvement (P3I) to CENTRIXS that will provide basic COI information exchange services (e.g., email, chat, file sharing) between multiple secret coalition networks/COIs. Operational and functional requirements were defined and documented by the Joint Staff J6 and approved by the Net-Centric Functional Capabilities Board (NC FCB). The DISA Campaign plan requires cross enclave and cross domain sharing environments that exploit enterprise and web based service capabilities by the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. CENTRIXS does not offer the type and level of functionality required to support cross-COI mission requirements. CCER is envisioned as a bridge to objective MNIS capability. -Second, Pegasus, (formerly GRIFFIN)/Improved Connectivity Initiative (ICI), interconnects the national Command and Control (C2) systems of Combined Communications Electronics Board (CCEB) Nations, (to include Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States), using Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) security appliances and Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) that enable information sharing to facilitate situational awareness and operational planning/execution. GRIFFIN/ICI/Pegasus has a strategic focus and is member nation centric. The name GRIFFIN/ICI changed to Pegasus in June 2010. -Third and final, the principal enabler for improving information sharing capabilities at all operational levels. The Combined Federated Battle Laboratory Network (CFBLNet) provides a controlled coalition Research, Development, Trials and Assessment (RDT&A) coalition information sharing “sandbox” for the United States, CCEB Nations, NATO, and invited nations. This sandbox is used to evaluate new technologies and to develop tactics, techniques and procedures that facilitate the transition of promising technologies and capabilities into operational multinational information sharing capability enhancements. Its direct customers are the CCEB nations’ military operational and intelligence entities led by their US counterparts at the Combatant Command and Agency levels. It is being used for the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstrations, NATO missile defense initiatives, and by the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) community to test their capabilities prior to deployment. In FY 2012, funding will be used to continue the evolution of the CCER by increasing the number of Communities of Interest (COIs) and adding new services to meet Joint Staff (JS) validated requirements. FY 2012 efforts will also leverage proven technologies and enterprise-grade capabilities (developed in FY 2010 and FY 2011) to move toward CCER Phase II enterprise services to provide cross-COI information exchange between multiple secret coalition networks. In addition, funding will be used for testing/assessment of CCER Phase II capability and will support certification and accreditation of the CCER Phase II solution. Failure to provide FY 2012 funding to support CCER Phase II solution will delay the attainment of information exchange between multiple coalition networks and will further extend a current capability shortfall in transferring secure information in a trusted way between members of separate coalition forces. In addition, FY 2012 funds will be used to accomplish the necessary security, interoperability and certification testing of new Joint Staff-validated CENTRIXS capabilities for the non-CCER CENTRIXS networks that DISA supports (e.g., 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 2012 funding in support of CENTRIXS and P3I testing will delay attainment of objective CENTRIXS operational capability and necessitate additional funding to support the legacy CENTRIXS networks. In FY 2012, funding will be used to finalize Pegasus FY 2010 and FY 2011 efforts to implement several new information sharing capabilities with the CCEB member Nations further promoting and enhancing the timely exchange of strategic and theater level information with our closest Allies. Funding will resource the final testing, certification and accreditation needed to complete Pegasus’s implementation of a U.S. to United Kingdom (U.K.) chat system which will facilitate instant collaboration between U.S. strategic and tactical units and their counterparts in the U.K. Additionally, Pegasus will finalize an analysis of requirements, development and development testing for the implementation of a U.S. to United Kingdom (U.K.) chat system that will facilitate instant collaboration between U.S. strategic and tactical units and their counterparts in the U.K. FY 2012 requirements will finalize operational tests and accreditation for Pegasus implementation of chat between the U.S. Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) and the North Atlantic Air Defense (NORAD) classified network to greatly enhance timely information sharing by adding to the existing email with attachments capability. Failure to fund planned Pegasus initiatives will result in the current restrictive information sharing methods among the 5 Eyes coalition nations, which are expensive to maintain as-is, and will delay continuance of needed technical refresh of operational Pegasus subsystems, further limiting Pegasus’s ability to meet strategic planning and operational needs. In FY 2012, CFBLNet will continue to support coalition information sharing technology initiatives for both the operational and the intelligence communities. CFBLNet initiatives will help evaluate combined/coalition command and control, operational, and intelligence interoperability shortfalls; initiatives conducted to improve information exchange capabilities; document and report the assessment; and share “lessons learned” with the Combatant Commands in support of operational networks. Failure to fund CFBLNet’s basic planning and engineering staff will reduce the potential benefits to be gained from all coalition initiatives in this environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- NND_0301144K_7_0400_PB_2012
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