Attend and find
out how the QDR
presents its 9th annual NCW training conference: will affect DoD
spending priorities!
January 25-28, 2010
Washington DC Metro Area
Featuring:
Information Superiority for Successful Hybrid Warfare
Featuring Keynotes By:
Gen James Cartwright, USMC LTG Carroll Pollett, USA
Vice Chairman of the Joint Director, DISA
Chiefs of Staff
Lt Gen Kurt Herrman, DEU AF
Gen James Mattis, USMC Director, NATO NCSA
Commander 1
LTG Michael Vane, USA
United States Joint Forces Command
Director, ARCIC
GEN Peter Chiarelli, USA
Dr. Ronald Jost
Vice Chief of Staff, US Army 4
Deputy Assistant Secretary of 2
LTG Keith Alexander, USA Defense for C3, Space, and
Director, NSA/CSS Spectrum, OASD NII/CIO
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ALL NEW for 2010:
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• ALL NEW speakers
• The impact of network enabled
operations on hybrid warfare Align your
organization’s
Modernization efforts across 9 6
• strategy with
all services current DoD policy
and funding
• Latest policy developments priorities
• Guidelines for new 8 7
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January 25-28, 2010
Washington DC Metro Area
Featuring:
Information Superiority for Successful Hybrid Warfare
Who You Will Meet
Dear Colleague, IDGA’s Network Enabled Operations
assembles the most respected minds in the
IDGA’s NCW is now Network Ena community with the sole objective of
bled Operations! advancing the development of netcentric
Welcome to the world's largest operations. The event provides you with
gathering of net-centric thinkers
operators! and unparalleled networking opportunities: You
will meet senior-level professionals from
The Network Enabled Operations government agencies, military units,
Summit builds on NCW’s tradition
largest and most respected event as the world’s contractors, and technology service providers
focused on network enabled operatio
premier forum for the exchange of ns, and the with the following responsibilities:
plans and best practices on net-cent
ric innovation.
• C2/C4ISR Operators and Acquisition
IDGA's NCW is the world’s largest
and most respected event focused Executives
enabled operations, and the prem on network
ier forum for the exchange of plan • Systems Engineers
practices on net-centric innovation. s and best
Attend and get information on the • Government and Industry Program
operational experiences and the mos latest
t groundbreaking and significant gove Managers
industry initiatives to date, as well rnment and
as insights into future large scale • Research Scientists
development of future capabilities. initiatives and the
• Technical Directors Modernization
• Requirements
Attend and get information on the
latest operational experiences and • Operations
groundbreaking and significant gove the most
rnment and industry initiatives to • Network Security Professionals
insights into future large scale initia date, as well as
tives and the development of futu • Electronic Warfare
re capabilities.
• Strategic Plans and Policy
The 2010 program will focus on the
policy, requirements, and acquisi • Business unit manager
to enable interoperable, networke tion needed
d joint and coalition forces. It
attendees with timely information will also provide
regarding the change in DOTMPL
enable hybrid warfare. The goa F required to
l of the event is to provide battlefie
commanders with access to curr ld
to make more informed and time
ent, accurate, and reliable info
rmation in order About IDGA
ly command decisions under any
circumstances. The Institute for Defense &
Specific themes for 2010 include Government Advancement
:
•
Creating and operating accessible, (IDGA) is a non-partisan
secure, and reliable networks to
edge the tactical information based organization dedicated to
•
Capability requirements for sha the promotion of innovative ideas in public
red situational awareness and
C4ISR networked service and defense. We bring together
•
What now? Joint service moderni speaker panels comprised of military and
zation efforts, including BCT mod
and other programs of the futu ernization, government professionals while attracting
re
•
New thoughts, ideas, policies, and delegates with decision-making power from
procedures needed for the new military, government and defense industries.
administration
•
“Net-Centric Report Cards”: Prog
ress being made and case studies
programs and initiatives that are on
models for success
I look forward to meeting you in Janu
ary!
Very Respectfully, Join the NCW
PS: Don’t miss the all new LinkedIn Group!
tactical networking workshop This is your chance to stay in touch and
network with netcentric professionals and
Thomas Engelman fellow event attendees all year round! Visit
Program Director
IDGA
sessions on page 9! http://www.linkedin.com/in/sherryljacobs
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2009
NCW Awards™
Winners:
Outstanding Government
Program:
Winner:
PEO C3T Tactical Battle
Command-Command Post
of the Future
Runner-up:
PEO C4I PMW 140 Joint
Program Office - Deployable
Joint Command and Control
Outstanding Industry
Achievement:
Winner:
Cross Match Technologies
- Mission Oriented Biometric
System (MOBS)
Runner-up: Lockheed Martin
Systems Integration Owego
Be recognized as a leader in NCW! - A-10 Precision Engagement
IDGA’s NCW Awards™ are the most prestigious awards in the NCO discipline. These Outstanding Network
awards celebrate those who exemplify and advance the principles and capabilities Centric Program from a
of netcentric operations. This year’s award categories include: Coalition Partner:
Winner:
1.Outstanding US Government Program
Dutch Ministry of Defence
2. Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Network Centric Operations - Yourdefence.nl
3. Outstanding Network Centric Program from a Coalition Partner Runner-up:
UK MoD - Project OVERTASK
4. The Outstanding Industry Achievement Award
5. The Arthur K. Cebrowski Award – nominate a colleague, peer, or mentor! Outstanding Contribution
to the Development of
Network Centric Operations:
Apply online at Winner:
DoD/DoJ/DHS/ODNI - UCORE
www.ncwawards.com! Runner-up:
NATO HQ Supreme Allied
Submissions and nominations for the 2010 NCW Awards™ can Command, Transformation
11 now be made online. For category descriptions, eligibility - NATO Friendly Force
requirements, and submission guidelines, please visit Tracking (NFFT)
www.ncwawards.com.
12 Cebrowski Award:
Award finalists will be notified in early January and winners Winner:
will be announced at the 2010 NCW Awards™ and Reception Dag Wilhelmsen
13 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010.
The NCW Awards™ Reception is an additional registration
option. Please see page 12 for more details.
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15 Application Deadline: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 16 18
2010 NCW Awards™ and Reception
Tuesday January 26, 2010 - 7:00-9:30 pm 17
Join your peers and colleagues as IDGA announces the 2010 NCW
Awards™ winners. The awards presentation will be followed by dinner
and entertainment.
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early to guarantee your 20
seat! Please see page 12
for more details
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Technology Demonstration Day:
Net-Centric Technology Showcase
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Monday, January 25, 2010
NCW’s Technology Demonstration Day is a once-a-year opportunity to see the latest cutting-edge solutions available to the C4ISR
community. Live demonstrations illustrate how networks are being used to improve situational awareness and operational effectiveness.
8:00 am – 9:00 am Registration & Coffee
Reduce development costs and associated risks!
9:00 am – 11:00 am
A COTS Perspective: Transformational Intraplatform Networks
The GIG, NCO, and the adoption of IPv6 are key initiatives that are • Learn how to apply the concepts behind Transformational IPNs to
driving networking architectures into the core of every air, land, and create network ready systems for legacy and future force programs
sea platform in the battlefield. As a result, there is a formation of • See examples of standard COTS/Modified COTS building blocks such
deeply embedded Intra-Platform Networks (IPNs) that are as routers, switches, processing nodes, storage nodes, graphics
transforming vehicle electronics from the inside out. This session will engines, interconnects, standard backplanes, and ‘certifiable’
discuss the most current embedded hardware and software safety/security software components
technology trends that are helping to transform vehicle electronics • Discover how to use these to reduce costs, reduce risks, and
architectures into secure high performance network ready systems. accelerate time to deployment
Attend this session to:
Session Leaders:
Nauman Arshad, Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager,
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Mike Macpherson, Director of Business Development,
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Heart Beacon
The Heart Beacon is an all hazards process that addresses data evacuation, alternate routing of transportation assets, will then adjust
temporal/exchange interoperability gaps by Common Alert Protocol and filter consistently by commercial world business logic/military
CAP instantiated data exchanges for military, first responder, and mission threads by zones. Organizations, entities, platforms, vehicle,
commercial/financial domains. By standardizing data exchange mobile smart phone type and sensor equipped devices via router
formats, symbol sets, event refresh rates; direct collaboration among network data heartbeat messages updates will spontaneously
military, financial, and other dissemination and telemetry systems integrate connecting adhoc task forces among disparate entities
using commercial, open, standardized frameworks is possible. Router enabling the network to be maneuvered to support unified
multicast radius are adjustable – e.g., increase/decrease with audible operational, financial, disaster, humanitarian and situation awareness
tones and vibratory levels based on business logic/military mission events/alerts/N1-1 Public services.
thread logic according to threshold rules visually displayed as
concentric color band expansion/collapse based on DHS and other Session Leaders:
multi level color/audible advisory schemes. Medical triage, alert, Steven McGee, CEO, Simple Wins Concepts LLC
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
TBA
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Main Summit Day 1
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Service
7:00 Registration & Coffee 10:15 Plenary Panel: Modernization
Leading Developments for a Efforts
7:50 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks Net-Enabled Future Force Strategy
LTG Michael Vane, USA
Opening Keynote Remarks
8:00 DoD Efforts to Support Battlefield Director, ARCIC, US Army TRADOC
Commanders with Network Enabled
Capabilities Robert Carey, SES
Chief Information Officer, Department of the Navy
• Evolving National security requirements
• Gaining leverage through network enabled operations Becky Harris, SES
Director, GIG Enterprise Services, DISA
Gen James Cartwright, USMC
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 11:30 US Army Modernization and Networking
Capabilities Objectives
Keynote Remarks
Preparing
8:45 Network Enabled Operations for Complex
and Hybrid Warfare Warfare • Enabling the warfighter with next generation
Keynote Remarks
networking solutions
• Joint force C2 for future conventional and irregular threats • Next steps for Brigade Combat Team Modernization
• A leader-centric, network enabled approach improves unity
of effort and harmony in the fog and friction of war GEN Peter Chiarelli, USA
Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army
Gen James Mattis, USMC
Commander 12:15 Lunch
United States Joint Forces Command
Afternoon Keynote
1:30 Network Enabled Capabilities Requirements
9:30 Networking Break and Development at DISA
Remarks
LTG Carroll Pollett, USA
Director, DISA
Commander, Joint Task Force Global Network Operations
2:15 Break out into tracked sessions
Concurrent Afternoon Tracks
Track A: Network Enabled Track B: Creating & Maintaining Track C: Architectures in Support
Command and Control Secure Networks of Net-Centric Operations
2:30 Fielding Coalition Command Managing the Army Network: NextGen: Coming Together to
and Control Systems Cyber Operations and Network Achieve a Critical National
Defense Capabilities Objective
Prior to US forces expansion in
Afghanistan, each regional command and Significant threats to our networks and the • Challenges of truly interagency
subordinate nation conducted operations emergence of cyber operations have information exchange: some
in geographic and information isolation catapulted issues within our battle space to breakthroughs and some brick walls
from the other. Regional Commands the forefront of many National, DoD, and • Net centric elements of transforming the
would provide information as necessary to Army senior leader forums. This session National Airspace System by 2025
ISAF headquarters to answer critical will address: Col Douglas Wreath, USAFR
information needs and standard recurring • The challenges to operationalizing the
Director, Net-Centric Operations Division, Joint
reports. US force expansion and the LWN, highlighting the need for changing Planning and Development Office (JPDO)
resulting demands to integrate operations the Army cultural aspects which impact
much more tightly require new network how we perceive, command, and control
and information sharing solutions to the network IDGA's NCW conference has grown
increase operational effectiveness and • The A-GNOSC role and responsibilities in
to the premier event on this topic.
reduce risk. executing 9th SC(A) CND-SP authorities to The format and speakers continue to
defend the network be excellent, addressing the NCW
• PM Battle Command efforts to support
• Critical Army cyber priorities articulated
CENTCOM network and battle successes and challenges.
through the use of the DOTMLPF – John Harms, Director, Analysis, Modeling,
command initiatives
framework Simulation & Experimentation, Integrated
• An overall assessment of actions to date
Defense Systems, Boeing
COL Barry Hensley, USA
COL David Moore, USA
Commander, Army Global Network
Project Manager, Great audience for networking!
Operations and Security Center
Battle Command PEO C3T – Lt Col Jaap de Feiter, NATO C2
Centre of Excellence
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Main Summit Day 1 continued...
3:10 Network Enabled DNIs Initiatives to Increase Managing Sensors in the DoD’s
UAV Operations Secure Networking Capabilities Net-Centric Environment: A Live
BMD/SSA/Cyber Demonstration
• Emerging needs for Network Enabled • DNI/CIO vision, challenge & approach
UAS Operations • Identifying security tools for • Overview of the DoD’s NCO vision
• New principles for establishing an net-centric environment and architecture
advanced UAS Ground Segment • Balancing security and information sharing • NCO enabling technologies (sensor
• Using UASs in joint Network Centric sidecars, services, data feeds, security)
Greg Gardner
Operations and in Time Sensitive Target • Playback of live flight NCO demonstration:
Deputy Intelligence Community Chief
(TST) situations Space Surveillance, Missile flight, sensor
Information Officer for Information
• Advanced operation, control and tasking, cyber attack
Integration and Sharing, Office of the
training solutions for Network Enabled
Director of National Intelligence Stephan Rejto
UAS Operations
Assistant Division Leader, Communications
Danny Ron & Nir Tel-Oren Division, Massachusetts Institute of
Israel Aerospace Industries Technology Lincoln Laboratory
3:50 Networking Break
4:20 Providing the Army, Joint, and Marine Corps Network Panel: Cloud Computing
Allied Warfighter with Operations & Security Center Requirements for the Tactical
Command Posts, Voice and (MCNOSC) User
Data Communication • Providing reach back capabilities for the
• Ensuring the availability and security of
Equipment and Systems tactical user without sacrificing reliability
the network for the Marine Corps or security
• Delivering next generation radios and • Attack detection and incident response • Facilitating time sensitive information
equipment to Afghanistan capabilities sharing at all command levels
• Overview of PM Command Posts • Technical development of network-
family of products and next enabled IT solutions Dr. Mary Ann Malloy
generation solutions
Col Robert A. Gearhart, Jr, USMC Senior Principal Engineer, MITRE
• Acquisition priorities and
Commanding Officer, Marine Corps
fielding timelines
Network Operations & Security Center Tim Grance
COL Cris Boyd, USA Program Manager, Cyber and Network
Project Manager, Command Posts, Security, NIST
PEO C3T
5:00 Improving Shared Situational Current DARPA Programs
Awareness in Complex Terrains Designed to Improve the
• What DRDC is doing to improve
Security of IT Systems
cooperative situational awareness in
and Networks
complex terrains • Overview of current and future DARPA
• Overview of DND/CF Network Enabled programs designed to improve the security
Operations Working Paper of DoD networks
• Funding opportunities for new technology
Paul Labbé
• Fielding timelines for current programs
Head S&T Capability Management, Chief
Scientist Office, Defence Research and Dr. Brian Pierce
Development Canada Deputy Director, STO, DARPA
5:30 End of Day One
Very impressed! I've been going to several conferences over the years but this event was exceptional. It covered the
entire spectrum of NCW through the talent of the speakers and the Q&A sessions that were presented.
– Robin Ruiz Booker, Systems Engineer, Aerospace Corporation
By far the most informative and intellectually stimulating conference I've been to.
– Bill Sydow, President, Max Consulting
The conference was one of the best that I have attended in years. All of the speakers presented interesting and
useful information. We developed a number of leads and contacts and intend to follow up with them vigorously.
Thanks for a job well done
– Michael M. Holland, VP & General Manager, Sparta Corporation
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Main Summit Day 2
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
7:15 Registration & Coffee 11:00 Development and Fielding of Cooperative
Network Enabled Command and Control
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Capabilities
International Keynote Perspective
7:50
• Providing secure computer network, telephone, and
8:00 Responsibilities for Cyber Warfare
Opening Keynote Remarks
videoconference services to the NATO Response Force, the
• The role of STRATCOM and JFCC-Network Warfare International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF),
• Establishing a unified command structure for cyber warfare the NATO Training Mission in Iraq, and NATO operations in
• Delivering solutions and lending capabilities across the Balkans
all services • Providing NATO’s first line of defence against cyber threats
such as detecting and preventing computer viruses and
LTG Keith Alexander, USA unauthorized intrusion into NATO’s networks
Director, National Security Agency/Central Security Service
Commander, JFCC-Network Warfare Lt Gen Kurt Herrmann, DEU AF
Director, NATO Communications and Information Systems
8:45 DoD spectrum challenges Services Agency
Keynote Remarks
• Identifying “gaps” and activities required for successful DoD 11:45 PEO EIS Capabilities in Support of Network
implementation Enabled Battlefield Commanders
• Potential operational impact
• Getting programs out of the design and development stage,
Dr. Ronald Jost, SES fielding them and getting them into the hands of the users
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Space, and • New biometric capabilities
Spectrum, OASD NII/CIO • Providing seamless access to data, applications and
enterprise services anywhere at any time
9:30 Networking Break
Gary Winkler, SES
First Release of
10:15 TIGR (Tactical Ground Reporting) Operational and Program Executive Officer, PEO EIS, US Army
System in Iraq and Afghanistan Technical Details
12:30 Lunch
• TIGR (Tactical Ground Reporting) System is a media-rich,
Afternoon Keynote
geospatial information management/ command and control 1:45 How the Network Supports Aide and Assists
system for company and below users the Principal Missions in Iraq and
Remarks
• TIGR was initially deployed to Iraq in January 2007 and Afghanistan
proved itself to be an indispensable COIN tool; usage has
grown at an unprecedented rate and is now used by all Fred Stein
Army units in Iraq and Afghanistan Distinguished Principal Engineer, MITRE
• TIGR works effectively on outage-prone, bandwidth limited 2:30 Networking Break
tactical networks; TIGR is currently undergoing
enhancements for mobile access
Dr. Mari Maeda
Program Manager, DARPA
Concurrent Afternoon Tracks
Track A: Network Enabled Command and Control Track B: Creating & Maintaining Secure Networks
3:00 Enabling Decision Superiority through NCSA Roundtable Discussions: The Most Promising
Capabilities Initiatives for DoD Cyber Security
• Operating, maintaining, controlling and administering the This interactive extended discussion session will allow you to
central components of NATO’s networks, providing coverage of benefit from the combined knowledge and experience of the
mission essential systems 24 hours a day, 7 days a week experts in the field of cyber security… your peers!
• Providing logistics support for the deployed CIS assigned to Work through current problems and hear solutions from those
NCSA, working closely with the NATO Maintenance and Supply who have worked through your existing challenges. Don’t miss
Agency (NAMSA) and the NATO C3 Agency this critical opportunity to gain the solutions you need to progress
your program.
Dag Wilhelmsen
Technical Director, NATO NCSA
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Main Summit Day 2 continued...
3:40 Wireless Network After Next: Building the The caliber of speakers and valuable information provided
Future Network for C4I Systems made this the best conference I have attended in quite
• Technology created by the WNaN effort will provide reliable some time. I recommended to the other directors in my
and highly-available battlefield communications at low system company that this is a must attend event for next year.
cost Thanks again and I look forward to next year's event!
– John Langford, VP and Director, Airborne Electronic Combat Division,
• Development of robust networking architecture(s) that will
Northrop Grumman PRB Systems
exploit high-density node configurations from related DARPA
programs
• Update on fielding transition timeline Thanks so much for your support and a very professional
event! Well organized!... As always, you guys bring out
Dr. Bruce Fette the experts with the knowledge and know how and that
Program Manager, DARPA is what we need at the conference
– Col John Camps, Deputy Director, Air Force Center for Systems
4:20 Command and Control at the Platform Level Engineering
and Below
IDGA put together a truly first-class event in NCW 2007...
• Overview of TCM Mission a star-studded line up of keynote speakers, presenters,
• Update of the current FBCB2 program and panel member, an excellent opportunity for
• Evolution of FBCB2 _ JCR _ JBC-P professional development, and top-notch IDGA
• Linkage between C2 and Combat Identification staffers readily available to ensure every participant
• Requirements Evolution for Platform Battle Command had a rewarding experience... I'm already looking
COL Dwayne Carman, USA forward to NCW 2008.
TRADOC Capability Manager, Platform Battle Command and – Capt Brian Hobbs, Deputy Chief, ACC/A6 Director's Action Group
Combat Identification TCM PBC CID
5:00 End of Main Summit
2010 Speaker Roster
Gen James Cartwright, USMC Dag Wilhelmsen Thomas Llanso
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Technical Director, NATO NCSA Johns Hopkins University Applied
Gen James Mattis, USMC Paul Labbé Physics Laboratory
Commander, United States Joint Forces Command Head S&T Capability Management, Chief Andreas Tolk, PhD
GEN Peter Chiarelli, USA Scientist Office, Defence Research and Associate Professor, Engineering Management &
Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army Development Canada Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University
LTG Carroll Pollett, USA COL David Moore, USA Jack Burbank
Director, DISA and Commander, Joint Task Force Project Manager, Battle Command PEO C3T Principal Professional Staff, Supervisor, Wireless
Global Network Operations COL Barry Hensley, USA Information Operations, The Johns Hopkins
Commander, Army Global Network, University Applied Physics Laboratory
Lt Gen Kurt Herrmann, DEU AF
Director, NATO Communications and Operations and Security Center Tim Grance
Information Systems Services Agency COL Cris Boyd, USA Program Manager, Cyber and Network
Project Manager, Command Posts, PEO C3T Security, NIST
LTG Keith Alexander, USA
Director, National Security COL Dwayne Carman, USA Dr. Mary Ann Malloy
Agency/Central Security Service Commander, TRADOC Capability Manager, Platform Battle Senior Principal Engineer, MITRE
JFCC-Network Warfare Command and Combat Identification TCM Dr. Bruce Fette
LTG Michael Vane, USA PBC CID Program Manager, DARPA
Director, ARCIC, US Army TRADOC Col Robert A. Gearhart, Jr, USMC Dr. Tom Halford
Robert Carey, SES Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Network Trellisware
Chief Information Officer, Department Operations & Security Center Danny Ron
of the Navy Col Douglas Wreath, USAFR Israel Aerospace Industries
Dr. Ronald Jost, SES Director, Net-Centric Operations Division, Joint Nir Tel-Oren
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Planning and Development Office (JPDO) Israel Aerospace Industries
Space, and Spectrum, OASD NII/CIO Fred Stein Nauman Arshad
Gary Winkler, SES Distinguished Principal Engineer, MITRE Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager,
Program Executive Officer, PEO EIS, US Army Dr. Brian Pierce Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Becky Harris, SES Deputy Director, STO, DARPA Steven McGee
Director, GIG Enterprise Services, DISA Dr. Mari Maeda CEO, Simple Wins Concepts LLC
Greg Gardner Program Manager, DARPA Mike Macpherson
Deputy Intelligence Community Chief Stephan Rejto Director of Business Development,
Information Officer for Information Assistant Division Leader, Communications Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Integration and Sharing, Office of the Director Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
of National Intelligence Lincoln Laboratory
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Secure Networks for the Tactical
User Workshops Thursday, January 28, 2010 26
Workshops at IDGA’s Network Enabled Operations Summit will This year’s workshops will focus on building and
provide insight into the most promising technical advances in maintaining robust, user friendly, and secure tactical
tactical networking for the military and NGO operator. networks.
Edge users are often faced with limited network infrastructure NCW Workshops are in-depth, hands-on training sessions
and a lack of user friendly security protocols. As a result time where you’ll work with your peers and colleagues in a
sensitive information may be delayed or corrupted before classroom environment. Walk away with the information and
reaching the user, providing limited or no value. Operators may relationships for use the minute you return to your command or
also be hindered from transmitting critical information securely office.
to other tactical users or command posts.
1 Assured Information Sharing in Heterogeneous Tactical Environments
This workshop explores opportunities and challenges that confront • Information sharing architectural tradeoffs
the military in the tactical context, where warfighters are expected to • Risks/benefits of just-in-time sharing environments and tactically
process sensitive, time-critical information in harsh environments and deployed cross domain solutions
often with allies and coalition partners. A key question is how to
adequately safeguard tactical information availability, integrity, and How you will benefit:
• Tactical information sharing problems and potential solutions
confidentiality without over-protecting data and thus hindering
• The netcentricity trend and implications for expanded cyber threats
sharing. Following an overview presentation, a panel of experts will
provide perspective and help frame key issues. at the tactical edge
• Tactical cyberspace as its own battlefield to be fought
What will be covered:
• Current technical barriers to information sharing, including data
Thomas Llanso
over-classification and system assurance issues Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
2 Data Engineering for Composable Net-Centric Services
Service-oriented architectures (SOA) running on the Global Information How you will benefit:
Grid GIG) should provide functionality to the military user that can be • Translate these ideas into engineering methods that need to be
composed based on the current operational requirements. The tutorial applied if an operational service needs to be integrated into the net-
will introduce the steps of data engineering using well-defined centric environment
engineering methods, including the underlying mathematical frame. • Applying data engineering
• Adapting a system to support a common operational picture using
What will be covered:
• Net-Centric Data Strategy (What it is; where it supports the LCIM;
the JC3IEDM Visualizer
where it leaves gaps that need to be closed)
• Joint command, control and consultation information exchange
Andreas Tolk, PhD
Associate Professor, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
data model
• Data Engineering (Administration, Management,
Old Dominion University
Alignment, Transformation)
3 Building Next Generation Military Networks with Commercial Technology
This tutorial provides an overview of commercial wireless networking How you will benefit:
technologies within the context of the commercial domain and the • Discover the basic capabilities of these technologies
potential roles of these technologies in the evolving network-centric • Receive a comprehensive overview of key existing and emerging
warfighting force commercial wireless network technologies
What will be covered: Jack Burbank
• Overview of key architectural visions that play an important part in Principal Professional Staff, Supervisor, Wireless Information Operations
the developing wireless Internet The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Detailed overview of a select set of key emerging disruptive wireless
technologies
• Overview of key pervasive commercial network technologies
4 Tactical Mobile Ad Hoc Networking for High-Quality, Low-Latency Streaming Video
This tutorial seeks to present a recent software defined radio (SDR) How you will benefit:
evaluation platform for tactical mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) • Extend use of current technology for tactical video streaming
• Reduce latency time to deliver time sensitive, high bandwidth
What will be covered:
• Addressing the challenges of delivering high bandwidth video to
information to the warfighter
• Improve situational awareness through streaming video rather than
the warfighter
• Overview of current tactical MANET platforms including
traditional text based information
capabilities and limitations Dr. Tom Halford
• GHz band operation and LPI/LPD enhancement Trellisware
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