NETWORK CENTRIC ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Abstract
The Network Centric Enabling Technology project provides technology to build mission applications explicitly tailored to exploit the promise of network-centric system architectures. Mission applications include signal processing, detection, tracking, identification, situation understanding, planning, and control functions. These applications will integrate: 1) external sensors and processors that provide data on targets and mission contexts; 2) external platforms, both air and surface, that deliver sensors and munitions to designated areas; 3) intelligence processing systems at all levels of command; and 4) external communications networks that provide connectivity between computing nodes located on the platforms, at field command centers, and headquarters. The mission applications share data to form consistent battlespace understanding tailored to the needs of commanders at each node. The types of tailoring include common operational pictures, timelines, and resource usage descriptions. The mission applications also negotiate plans for future operations based on mission needs presented at each node. To maintain focus on operationally relevant problems, the project's technical goals are posed and evaluated in the context of mixed manned/unmanned forces. Technologies developed in this project enable localized and distributed collaborative processing. This allows networks of sensors to rapidly adapt to changing force mixes, communications connectivity, and mission objectives while enabling distributed command and intelligence systems to effectively collaborate in a dynamic environment. Technologies are demonstrated and evaluated in the laboratory and in hardware-in-the-loop demonstrations. Demonstrations employ both stationary and autonomous mobile platforms. Operational benefits are: 1) smaller forward deployment of image and signal analysts in complex operating conditions including urban battlefields; 2) deeper understanding of the evolving stability and support operational environment; 3) consistent integration of target and environment information; and 4) flexible operational tactics and procedures to find evasive targets in difficult environments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- TT-13_0602702E_2_0400_PB_2012
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