Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium Presentation to JFCOM NIPA

1. Network Centric Operations Industry ConsortiumPresentation to JFCOM NIPA Mike Curtis, Chairman, NCOIC Technical Council Thomas Mayhew Chairman, NCOIC Business Council 03 November 2005 www.ncoic.org

2. Who ARE these People?

3. And these? ?

4. An Emerging Business Model…

5. …and its Effect on Warfighting

6. First Responders?

7. The Possibilities of Collaboration • Industry and government working together in a neutral venue to identify and endorse interoperability standards and capabilities • Creating a two-track innovation capability similar to commercial best practices around product development and deployment • Thinking “enterprise value chain” • Dramatically speeding up the process of technology insertion • Leveraging the best minds and talent across the planet rather than in isolated pockets of expertise • Lowering the cost of capital—the world is flat! • Out-executing our networked enemy!

8. Need for Industry Participation • NCO Foundation • Interoperability transcends any one company • Single enterprise start is necessary, but not sufficient • Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) • Provides basic common infrastructure – the “necessary” • Provides “sufficiency” through embedding common networking “DNA” in products

9. Who Are We? Association for Enterprise Integration Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium World-Wide Consortium for the Grid

10. Our Common Vision • Assist government organizations in the transformation to Network-Centric Operations • Accelerate the pace of technological innovation in government • Build an enterprise “substrate” of standards-based commercial technology to enable: • Rapid innovation (“small, fast, many”) • Flexible business processes • Create a neutral ground for discussion, engineering and prototype development • Discover, identify and adopt emerging technology innovations and trends

11. Key Influencing Roles NCOIC AFEI • ENGINEERING • Evaluate and recommend emerging technical and engineering standards for NCO • Promote interoperability standards and processes • Identify and promote re-usable building blocks for interoperable systems • POLICY • Directly influence policy • Produce strategy studies • Promote debate and identification of standards • Build community around specific topics of interest • Identify early stakeholders and influencers • PROTOTYPING • Evaluate specific technologies w/rt information value added to critical mission use cases • Accelerate government acquisition by offering off-the-shelf components • Maintain network of experts to capture best-practice capabilities W2COG INTERSECTION SPACE Rapidly Deployed, Standardized Technological Innovation

12. NCOIC Technical Team Roadmap Inputs Building Codes Overarching Goal 2006 Strategy And Deliverables MOB: MNA v1 Building Blocks 4Q06 Deliverable IA MOB: MNE v2 Proof of Concept w/ W2COG (JUN06) 3Q06 Deliverable Modeling & Simualtion MOB: MNE v1 Discussion w/ W2COG MAR06) 2Q06 Deliverable SII Tenets Service InterOp Models & Tenets Cultivate Customer Involvement (JAN06) 1Q06 Deliverable NCO Product Repository (JUN06) SII Models Database Framework (MAR06) SII Inhibitors 2005 Product Categorization (JAN06) MOB: MNO v1 Support Products Use Cases (MAR06) SII Scope NIF OA v1 Vendor Advocacy (NOV05) NIF Comms v1 12-18 month End Game CONOPs (SEP05) Technical Team

13. NCOIC Work Efforts and Deliverables Support Products Liaison Building Codes Affiliates Customer/Industry Initiative Database NCO Interoperability Framework (NIF) Customer Document Reviews Patterns Of Usage Executive/AdvisoryCouncil Protocol Function Collectors (PFC) Distance Learning Modules Service-Based Model Lexicon Service Components BusinessCouncil Net-Centric Analysis Tool (NCAT) Semantic Interoperability System Net-Centricity Evaluation Mobility CustomerOutreach Model Compliance Verification Information Assurance Systems EngineeringProcess Handbook Legacy System Integration Taskings Modeling & Simulation System-Of-Systems Management(Enterprise Service Management) Lab Survey ConsultingTasks Integrated Demonstrations Modeling & Simulation Standards Collaboration Methods PartneringTasks Building Blocks Visioneering BLACK = In Progress BLUE = PlannedGREEN = Future Reciprocal BAA Support CONOPS “KillerApplications” NCOIC Integrated Ontology Use Cases “Tribal Knowledge” Capture etc. Product Categorization Compliance Evaluation of Products Building Block Database Culture Change/Transformation/Human Factors Library of Shared M&S Objects

14. Issues and Lessons Learned in FY 2005 New Approaches for FY 2006 Staffing and Consensus Building • Initial work versus final draft • Scheduling and managing resources • Building Consensus • Changing the recruiting and tracking approach • Have matured turnover and vetting process FOUO Document restrictions • Individual versus Consortium Access • Implications for output/products with FOUF input • Need to leverage other Forums/Organizations • Prepared to Track and Manage Specific Access • Working with available material and acknowledging where FOUO restricts us. • Working with several key Affiliates and Cooperative Efforts ITAR, Export and Defense Services Restrictions • Meetings and Discussions • Publishing • Working toward explicit agreements where necessary • Pushing for non Defense Scenarios to base analysis on where appropriate • Controls in place to restrict access and engage in “regional” forums Internationalization • Culture, National Interest, Existing investments and direction • World Wide interaction (time zones, location, Current agendas and issues) • US and other Gov restrictions • Interests of Industry across Geo Boundaries • International Regional Structure is Maturing and will be expanded Role of Government • Gov practitioner Involvement is Essential • Gov Sponsorship and Involvement does not cede control • NCOIC can be a major catalyst for Gov interaction • Clarified involvement of Gov practitioners in meetings and Forums • Working Specific Affiliations and Adding more • Planning direct involvement of “Fellows” • Engaging in Special Sessions Focused on Gov Input and Exchange • Launched a “Requested Response” The Processes are in some ways the Product • There really are large differences in experience and perspective • NCOIC is necessary to provide a common forum • NCOIC is serving as a catalyst and looking glass for the wider community • Maturing our “Engineering Process” as Appropriate for our Purpose • Working to Gain, Clarify and Understand the Value of Interactions and Forums • Clarifying what we do to Support our Output versus What IS the Output

15. What is the NIF? The NCOIC Interoperability Framework (NIF) document is a characterization of User Applications, Communications Protocols, and Data Models as they are used to implement a Network-Centric warfighting and operations environment The NIF document is specifically designed to bridge the gap between operational and systems level descriptions The NIF is actually a main document and a set of adjunct documents that specify operational scenarios and collections of protocols

16. What Is the NIF For? Goals Develop a framework usable by NCOIC member companies to build interoperable systems Foster a clean division of labor to accomplish the work Target audience Systems Engineers of the constituent NCOIC member companies Technical elements of Customers issuing RFPs

17. NIF Top Level User Applications Make use of Protocol Functional Collections

18. OperationalDecomposition Brief Description of the Operational Scenario Description of the Assets that Connect to the Network-Centric Environment

19. Operational Scenarios Gathered from various locations: Sense and Respond Logistics Time Critical Strike Joint Close Air Support Joint Ground Maneuver Integrated Air/Missile Defense Global Situational Awareness Blue Force Tracking

20. NIF Technical View

21. Global Attributes GAs are environmental elements that cross protocols and layers Addressing Information Assurance Mobility Quality-of-Service Discovery & Registration Management

22. NIF Work In Progress Define and catalog Operational Scenarios Define and specify requirements for Global Attributes Define and catalog PFCs First PFC is for Instant Messaging

23. Conclusion NCOIC member companies need to build their Network-Centric systems using NIF specifications to maximize interoperability

24. Questions to Ponder • How can/should industry solicit government requirements/feedback? • How can/should industry best introduce their product demos and services to government? • What are the commercial standards that enable interoperability? • How can industry integrate the NIF into GIG policy? • ID gaps in this process, describing how the government can employ industry more effectively in building joint enterprise (SOA) architecture

25. Q & A