Multinational Information sharing
Abstract
The Multinational Information Sharing (MNIS) Program is a portfolio of four 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 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. The CENTRIXS enhancement, Common Mission Network Transport (CMNT), provides a common transport for encrypted traffic to meet mission partner communication requirements and establishe a “black core capable” network to facilitate the movement of Virtual Private Network traffic between segments. This capability supports DoD instruction 8110.1 guidance of integrating CENTRIXS and other operational networks into existing DoD general service communications infrastructure as a separate network servicing all DoD MNIS requirements. -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. Pegasus has a strategic focus and is member nation centric. The name GRIFFIN/ICI changed to Pegasus in June 2010. -Third, 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. -Fourth, the Unclassified Information Sharing (UISS), extends U.S. information sharing capabilities to its Mission Partners (MPs) and beyond, providing an efficient, effective, enterprise-level solutions that allows Combatant Commands to share unclassified information with other U.S. Government (USG) agencies, host nations (HNs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), nongovernmental organizations, and other non traditional partners.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- NND_0301144K_7_0400_PB_2013
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