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ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION

AFEI/NDIA NCO Activity

May 9, 2005Rosslyn, VA

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• Net-centricity is ubiquitous– Net-Centric Warfare– Net-Centric Operations– Network Enabled Capability– Network Enabled Operations

AFEI/NDIA NCO Activities

Qualcomm Satellite Link

Team Wash Guys

– Warner Trucking

Internet

Warner Technology Trailer

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AFEI/NDIA NCO Activities

NCO Requires

Collaboration

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AFEI/NDIA NCO Activities

• Major subject for NDIA Divisions– Systems Engineering

• Interoperability

• Systems Engineering Best Practice

• CMMI, JBMC2, Open Architecture

– C4ISR• Actionable Situational Awareness Project

– First Industry-led ACTD funded by OSD– PACOM receiving Command– DISA Technical Sponsor

– Several other divisions have had conferences involving NCO content

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AFEI/NDIA NCO Activities

• Several NDIA Affiliates also involved with NCO– National Training Systems Association

• Training and training systems for NCO

• Modeling and simulation of NCO

• Content at I/ITSEC

– Precision Strike Association• NCO role in enabling precision

engagement

• Reach back for information, intel, data

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Net-Centric Operations Industry Forum

• Net-Centric Operations Industry Forum– Jointly Chartered by DoD CIO and AFEI

• Charter signed on Feb 17– Dr. Linton wells, DoD CIO– Hon Jacques Gansler, UMD– RADM Ray Witter USN (ret.), Northrop-Grumman

– Participation open to all with legitimate interest– Governance by AFEI Members

• Chairs of Working Groups

• Board of Directors

– Collaborate with DoD on NCO issues– Filter out business development

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Net-Centric Operations Industry Forum

• NCOIF Mission– Support the migration to an open business model that

supports full competition but enables horizontal integration of the resulting capabilities and systems, regardless of who developed or provides the systems.

– Review and comment on industry-wide frameworks which will support horizontal integration of platforms and systems.

– Provide an industry advisory service for the DoD CIO regarding the net centric strategies, programs, acquisitions, implementation, and sustainment.

– Provide industry-wide critiques and analysis in response to government stakeholders.

– Provide a forum for industry discussion and collaboration on evolving enterprise service models.

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Net-Centric Operations Industry Forum (NCOIF)

Dr. Jacques S. Gansler, Chairman

April 5, 2005

OASD (NII)/DoD CIO and AFEI Charter

2/18/05

Data Sharing & Service Strategy

(GIG ES IAC)

Mike Krieger

Information Assurance (IA)

& SecurityBob Lentz & NSA

Intelligence, Surveillance and ReconnaissanceKevin Meiners, USD (I)

Architecture

George Wauer, OASD NII

Commercial Acquisition Practices

Ray Boyd (ESI & e-Gov)

Wireless &Communications

Dr. Jost, OASD NII

Enterprise ServicesData StrategySOAWeb Services

Assured Info SharingNetwork DefenseIdentity ManagementNetwork Availability

Commercial Wireless PolicyMobile Networks

NCOW Reference Model“Right-sized” Architecture

Commercial PracticesBusiness Models

NCOIF Working Groups

ISR SOA interoperabilityHorizontal IntegrationISR COI Information Sharing .

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AFEI NCOIF and NCOIC

NCOIC AFEI

• Participate in standards bodies related to software and hardware technology and the A&D industry

• Endorse architecture standards for the Aerospace & Defense industry

• Identify standards as building blocks that systems engineers can call upon when developing NCO capability

Activity Unique to NCOICEngineering NCO

• Develop and refine an NCO Reference Model• Identify open standards and their pattern of use• Assess interoperability techniques and their ability to

rapidly enable NCO applications• Support re-useable, long-term solution models that can

be scaled and/or replicated rapidly and cost-effectively

Activity Unique to AFEIStrategy & Policy for NCO

• Promote thought leadership on a broad spectrum of Enterprise integration issues

• Enable convergence of NCO efforts through relationships with various organizations

• Facilitate exchange of cross-domain best practices with industry sectors critical to national security

• Coordinate broad industry input to DoD on policy, implementation and best practices.

• Promote understanding of global facets of transformation and the complexity and interconnectedness of ubiquitous information sharing

• Provide broad platforms for member networking and opportunity discovery

Activity Common to AFEI and NCOICRequirements• Collaborate with Government to identify commonalities,

conflicts and gaps in NCO requirements• Evaluate architectures, evolving standards and

implementation plans

Education• Provide education of industry and Government on key

areas that enable NCO • Establish information outlets that educate industry on

best practices from both Defense and commercial sectors

Communication• Establish programs that inform industry of DoD policy and

intentions regarding development and evolution of NCO• Inform DoD of best practices and practical challenges that can

influence policy and implementation direction

Collaboration• Generate working groups across industry that involve

government to collaborate on evolving the community to support the NCO paradigm

• Affiliate with like-minded organizations to broaden the base

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Convergence is Imperative

• All Associations and Societies Must Address NCO• Collaboration Amongst Them Is Essential• NCOIF, NCOIC and W2COG developing close

collaborative relationships– AFEI Chairs NCOIC Affiliations Council– NCOIC Executive Director on AFEI Board– Cross-pollinated committees– Coordinating Programs and Mutual Efforts

• NCO Paradigm Demands a Cardinal Rule:

“No Stovepipes, No Vacuums, No Rice Bowls!”• AIAA Important to “The Cause”

– AFEI Is Seeking to Collaborate

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Net-centric Operations

• NCO is massive, complex and evolving– Industry feels the “Winds of Change” – direction?– Legacy “Stovepipe” system companies are fearful of

business reduction and searching for their future – reduce uncertainty

– Some companies sense new opportunities

• “New” Balance needed among Commercial Industry, Defense and IT providers– Identity Management– Service Oriented Architectures– Meta data modeling– Semantic web– Information Sharing Paradigm

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Conclusion

• Encourage Proactive Collaboration and Convergence of Association Programs– Our Enterprises Demand

• Consistent Views

• Resource rationalization and normalization

• Employ Combined Leverage to Accelerate NCO• Learn From and Inform Each Other• Help Industry Understand When to Collaborate

and When to Compete• Present Collaborative Picture to DoD