The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) is a global organization dedicated to facilitating interoperability across joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational industrial and commercial operations through network centric capabilities. It has over 80 member organizations from 18 countries and advisors from 26 stakeholders. The NCOIC develops standards, frameworks, and tools to assess and achieve interoperability, focusing on domains like aviation, C3, cybersecurity, and more.

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2. NCOIC is a Unique Organization
NCOIC exists to facilitate the global realization of Network Centric Operations &
Net Enabled Capability. We seek to enable interoperability across joint, interagency,
intergovernmental, and multinational industrial & commercial operations.
 Global Organization
 Voice of industry & governments
 Cadre of technical experts
 Dedicated to interoperability
 Advisory Council of senior advisors who help prioritize our work in
a non-competitive environment
In the photo: BrigGen Dieter Dammjacob (DEU AF)-J3 NATO Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe; Lt.Col. Danut Tiganus-CIS
Directorate, EU Military Staff; Dr. Tom Buckman-NC3A Chief Architect; Gen Harald Kujat,-German AF (Ret.) former Chief of Staff of German
Armed Forces & head of NATO Military Committee, Marcel Staicu-European Defense Agency NEC Project Officer .

3. NCOIC Members
 80+ Member Organizations
Working Group collaboration
including leading IT and Aerospace
& Defense companies, government
organizations, non-governmental
organizations and academic
institutions
 Members from 18 Countries
 Advisors from 26 key stakeholders
from Australia, EDA, France,
Germany, Italy, NATO, The
Netherlands, Sweden, UK & US
Executive and Advisory Council joint meeting
Technical Council
Terry Morgan honors outgoing Advisory Council Chair, Keith Hall

4. Collaboration
 NCOIC facilitates interoperability by collaboration
 Member organizations & Advisory Council
 Our member‘s customers
 Agencies of global governments
 Other NCO/NEC stakeholders
 Collaboration occurs through
 Invited Review of developing documents & architectures
 Joint demonstrations and white papers
 Joint and hosted forums, symposia and workshops
 Joint technical development with stakeholders
 LOI, LOA, MOU, CRADA and other agreements
Photo and screen captures from member lab
interoperability demonstration, Rome, May 2010
NCOIC provides guidance for network centric standards and their patterns of use.

5. Relationships
 Government
– Australian Defence Organisation (ADO)
– Eurocontrol
– European Defence Agency
– NATO
• ACT
• NC3A
• NCSA
– Netherlands Command & Control Centre of Excellence
– Sweden Civil Aviation Authority (LFV)
– Sweden Defence Materiel Administration (FMV)
– US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
– US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
– US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
– US Joint Forces Command (JFCOM)
– US NAVAIR
– US SPAWAR
– OSD(NII)
 Organizational
– Australia Defence Information & Electronic Systems Association (ADIESA)
2008 IDGA Award:
– NATO Industry Advisory Group (NIAG)
Outstanding Contribution
– OASIS to the Advancement
– World Wide Consortium for the Grid (W2COG) of Network Centric Warfare

6. Advisory Council
 Gen (Ret) Harald Kujat, Chairman, NCOIC Advisory Council, Germany
 Mr. Hakan Bergstrom, Swedish Ministry of Defence, Sweden
 MGen. Georges D'Hollander, Director NHQC3S, Belgium
 AVM Carl Dixon, RAF, Capability Manager (Information Superiority), United Kingdom
 LGen. Pietro Finocchio, General Manager, Telecommunications, Information Technology, and
Advanced Technology, Italian MoD, Italy
 Mr. Keith R. Hall, Advisory Council Chair Emeritus, United States
 LGen Kurt Hermann, Director, NCSA, Germany
 MGen Glynne Hines, NATO HQ C3, Canada
 RADM Peter Jones, Head, Information and Technology Operations/Strategic J6 (CIOG)
 Dr. Paul Kaminski, Advisory Council Chair Emeritus, former Undersecretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, United States
 Dr. Robert Laurine, Chief Information Officer, NGIA, United States
 Mr. Carlo Magrassi, Armaments Director, European Defense Agency, Italy
 Mr. Mark T. Powell, U.S. Coast Guard Liaison to NCOIC, United States
 Commodore Mark Purcell, Chief Architect & Director General Enterprise Architecture, Australia
 LGen Jeffrey A. Sorenson, Chief Information Officer/G6, US Army, United States
 MGen Guy Thibault, Assistant Chief of the Land Staff & Chief of Staff Assistant Deputy Minister
(Information Management), Canada
 MGen Blandine Vinson-Rouchon, Director of S&T, DGA, France
 MGen Jaap Willemse, ACT ACOS C4ISR & NNEC, Netherlands
 Mr. Jack Zavin, DoD Associate Director, OASD (NII), United States

7. Sustained Effort to Make NCOIC Products
Part of Procurement Process
Overarching Goal: NCOIC deliverables are adopted, used and
required by customer agencies
Advise Participate Adopt Use
2004/2005 2006 2008 2009 2010
 All Advisory  NATO  NATO C2COE NRF
– C3 IPT – NCAT
Council Members
– NCA FT  USAF SPACECOM
 DISA (US) – NCAT
 US Defense – CRADA  FAA/Eurocontrol
Science Board – OSWG – SCOPE/NCAT/Patterns
– NCAT – FAA OTA
 OSD-NII (US)  US DoD
– NCAT – Net-Centric
• US DOD/DAU
– OSWG Attributes • Aus DoD/RPDE
– Cybersecurity  Australian DoD
 FAA/JPDO (US) – SCOPE/NCAT
– Aviation IPT – Patterns/BBs
(NextGen/NEO)  EDA
 MOD (UK) – NCAT
NCOIC is Pursuing Plans to Further Increase Influence
in Future Procurements

8. NCOIC Key Deliverables
Addressing Inter-Agency, Cross-Industry Gaps
 Systems, Capabilities, Operations, Programs, & Enterprises (SCOPE) Model
– Characterization of commercial, civil, and government requirements for interoperable systems
 NCOIC Interoperability Framework™ (NIF) and Net-Centric Patterns
– Recommendations for open standards and their patterns of use to obtain interoperable systems
 Building Blocks
– Catalog of COTS & GOTS open standards based products compliant with NIF recommendations
 Network Centric Analysis Tool™ (NCAT)
– Netcentric analysis of system architectures, including System-of-Systems and Federation of
Systems architectures
 NCOIC Lexicon
– A glossary of terms and definitions that lay the foundation for meaningful discussions. Provides
a common language for the disparity of ideas concerning key terms, including "NCO.―
 Systems Engineering best practices and processes
– These best practices and processes include tools, process and maturity models, modeling
techniques, test & evaluation techniques, and collaborative environments for NCOIC integration.
These products, combined with NCOIC member expertise in NCO/NEC,
measure Netcentric capabilities, requirements, gaps
and provide recommendations for interoperability

9. Unity of Effort
Different Domains, Similar Needs
Aviation IPT C3 Interoperability Net Enabled Emergency Maritime
Response IPT IPT Cyber Security
IPT
IPT
Systems
Building Modeling and Engineering
Net- NCOIC Specialized Frameworks
Blocks Simulation and Integration
Centric Interoperability
Attributes Framework • Information Assurance
Coming Next • Test & Evaluation
• Cloud Computing
NIF & Concepts, • Mobile Networking • Lexicon
SCOPE
Principles, • System Management • Education
Processes, • Semantic Interoperability & Outreach
NCAT PATTERNS • Information, Services, etc.
Functional Teams provide the technical expertise to serve customer domains.
The Integrated Project Teams provide operational information from customer domain perspectives.

10. NCOIC and the
Cyberspace Ecosystem
 NCOIC considers Interaction of People, Processes,
and Technology in a Net-Centric Environment
 Cyber Security considerations are critical to the Processes People
successful use of Cyberspace in society!
 Classic Information Assurance factors:
(for Systems, Services, Networks, Information, etc.
“Assured” at some Level of Trust) Technology
 Assured Availability
 Assured Integrity
 Assured Authentication (& Identity Management)
 Assured Confidentiality (& Authorization & Access Control)
 Assured Non-Repudiation (& Forensic Audit Trails)
 Security Management (People, Technology, Operations)
 Multiple National Policies and Legal Constraints (many conflict!)
 Many Domain-Specific needs and difference in priorities/emphasis!
 Growing concern regarding dependence on Cyberspace with
corresponding vulnerability to attack, catastrophe, etc.
Interoperability of Global Cyber Security implementations across joint, interagency,
intergovernmental, and multinational industrial & commercial operations is key!

11. Traditional Security Mechanisms
Not Sufficient for Cyber Security
 Some Traditional Security Mechanisms vs. Cyber Security Needs:
 ―Need to Know‖ vs. ―Need to Share‖
 Point-to-Point Networks vs. Global Internet
 Risk Adverse vs. Managed Risk
 Tightly-coupled Systems/Networks vs. SOA / Cloud Computing
Public and/or Private Clouds providing Infrastructure-as-a-Service,
Platform-as-a-Service, Software-as-a-Service
 Systems vs. System-of-Systems vs. Federation-of-Systems
Controlled vs. ad hoc composition and interaction
 Key NCOIC Technical Topic at June and September Plenaries:
Authentication Methodologies: Current and Future (with emphasis on Internet)
 Common & Domain-Specific Needs (to become SCOPE Dimensions)
 Key Figures of Merit / Metrics (to become NCAT evaluation criteria)
 Options for Solutions (to support Trade Studies and eventually NIF Patterns)
 Role of Authentication in Identity Management on the Internet

12. Net-Enabled
Future
Stovepiped
Systems,
Point-to-Point
Networks

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14. Why NCOIC is Good for Business
 Provides direct access to broad global customer base at the highest level,
and entrée to others through NCOIC relationships
 Provides access to potential partners, suppliers and competitors for NCO
business
 Illustrates global thought leadership & consensus with international
stakeholders on NCO/NEC
– No compromise of national or alliance interests
 Industry consensus on NCO standards beneath the application layer
reduces cost, provides for more efficient design and effective partnering
 Certification program will validate interoperability of systems within defined
parameters
―Like organizations that pioneered the Internet, NCOIC sponsors innovative thought,
conducts critical analyses, and demonstrates how a net-centric environment can
bring interoperability to a broad range of sectors. In this way, NCOIC helps member
companies to find new markets, evaluate their unique needs and explore ways to drive
interoperability into those markets.‖ Terry Morgan, Cisco.

15. Global Stakeholders
CDR Fred van Ettinger, (NLD N)
C2 Centre of Excellence, signs
Letter of Agreement with NCOIC
Members speak with Carlo Magrassi,
Members develop a SCOPE workshop for
European Defence Agency
Australian Department of Defence with Rapid
Armaments Director
Prototyping Development & Evaluation organization
 “The Australian Department of Defence is a keen supporter of NCOIC, its principles and tools.
We aim to apply NCOIC‘s products to our acquisition process to better define interoperability
requirements and improve through-life systems integration prospects.‖ John McGarry,
Australian Air Commodore.
 "We have used NCOIC‘s NCAT tool to assess levels of interoperability during NATO
Response Force exercises. Our Centre of Excellence found the tool to be very useful in
establishing the level of interoperability." Commander Fred van Ettinger, Section Head of
the Multi National Command and Control Centre of Excellence.
 “NCOIC has four characteristics which make it unique. The organization is solely dedicated to
network-centric operations and interoperability; its membership stimulates discussions about
global interoperability; it serves as a ‗vendor neutral‘ forum, and it has a cadre of industry‘s top
technical experts who are available to do its work.‖ Jack Zavin, U.S. Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense, Networks and Information Integration.

16. Benefits of Membership
 ―From NCOIC members and senior government advisors, we continue to learn how to improve
the world we know today. And we are overwhelmed with opportunities to see the way network-
centric operations can shape the future.‖ USAF Lt.Gen. (Ret.) Harry Raduege, Chairman of the
Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation.
 ―Consortium leaders gain insight about the direction of a customer‘s vision and the potential
network-centric business opportunity,‖ he says. ―They‘re in a better position to see the future, take
a hand in shaping it and place their company‘s bets on new solutions, more precisely.‖ Terry
Morgan, Cisco.
 ―People who operate in one market segment adopt a model about how the world works--that can
lead to a mental rut. But NCOIC members come from many sectors and have opinions that don‘t
always agree with your own. Within the context of such a collaborative environment, diverse
thinking can be a catalyst for innovation.‖ Hans Polzer, Senior Fellow, Lockheed Martin.
 ―Achieving interoperability among systems is huge work and there are national political barriers.
When NCOIC members work together as transnational companies these obstacles diminish—
even though the companies can only discuss non-sensitive issues— but they can focus on real
technical difficulties. NCOIC is then by far the best forum for ongoing conversations about
interoperability. Outside this forum, when national customers have more influence, such
collaboration would be much more difficult.‖ Dr. Claude Roche, EADS Defence & Security and
NCOIC Executive Council member.
 ―We are a global society and the next series of potential problems—civil wars, scarce water, food
shortages, pandemics, cyber warfare—cannot be resolved by one nation. To avoid catastrophic
outcomes our only chance is to cooperate. We have incredible motivation to work together and
NCOIC is making significant contributions to the technological foundation that will help nations
collaborate.‖ Brett Biddington, Cisco Systems’Global Government Solutions Group.

17. NCOIC Members
Tier 1 Members
 Boeing  Finmeccanica  Northrop Grumman
 Cisco Systems  IBM  Raytheon
 Deloitte & Touche  ITT Corporation  Thales
 EADS  Lockheed Martin
Tier 2 Members
Harris Corporation
L-3 Communications
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18. NCOIC Members
Tier 3 Members
 ABG SPIN  Federal Aviation Administration  MITRE
 ADIESA  FOKUS  NetCentOps, LLC
 The Aerospace Corporation  HAVELSAN  NJVC
 American Red Cross  GBL Systems  OASD (NII)/DoD CIO
 ASELSAN  Innovative Concepts, Inc.  Object Management Group
 Association for Enterprise Integration  Intelligent Integration  Objective Interface Systems
 Australian Department of Defence  Institute for Defense Analysis  Open Geospatial Consortium
 BAE Systems  Interoperability Clearning House  Real-Time Innovations
 CACI  International Data Links Society  Rheinmetall Defence Electronics
 Carillo Business Technologies  Israel Aerospace Industries  Rockwell Collins
 Carnegie Mellon University SEI  LFV  RUAG Electronics
 Center For Netcentric Product Research  LinQuest Corporation  Saab
 Ciena Government Solutions  Maritime Technology Centre R&D  The SDR Forum
 COMCARE Institute  Solera Networks
 Computer Sciences Corporation  MBDA  Technopôle Defence & Security
 Dataline, LLC  Microsoft Corporation  TerreStar Networks
 DCNS  Military Communication Institute  TUBITAK UEKAE
 EDISOFT  MilSOFT ICT  University of Maryland HyNet
 Emergency Interoperability Consortium  MIT Lincoln Laboratory  Wakelight Technologies
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19. NCOIC Goal: Facilitate Implementation
of Network Centric Operations /
Net Enabled Capability
Members are
Global Leaders:  Increase interoperability within and among systems involved in
Interagency and Multinational operations
Academic institutions
Aviation Service
 Lower development costs and increase commonality of design in
providers
future systems – tailored standards and best practices
Defense suppliers
All military services
Multinational
 Improve application readiness through more rapid fielding of network
Government agencies centric systems – leverage technical ―lessons learned‖
Human service agencies
Integrators
 Reduce systems cost and sustainability through re-use and
Commercial systems commonality – facilitate ease of integration, upgrade, and support
Defense systems
IT firms  Reduce Development Risk by identifying the common components
Communications
Data management needed for the network centric environment – Develop them where
Human-Machine interface
Information assurance
none exist
Service providers
Consulting  Improve Application Effectiveness through new, more focused
Engineering development on domain specific capabilities
Logistics
Standards bodies

20. NCOIC Tools & Processes Allow for
Evaluation & Measurement Over
the Lifecycle of systems
―Although the applications domain is very diverse, integration problems across applications are similar. It‘s
interesting that we see a larger field of applications in NCOIC than we do, for instance, within the e-
Government sector. If we can learn from the experience of developers in diverse sectors and apply it to the
net-centric environment, that can open doors to new markets such as defense, homeland security and
emergency response.‖ Linda Strick, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems.
―NCOIC‘s delicate alchemy fosters true collaboration among global companies that are often fierce business
competitors. Their efforts to resolve customers‘ interoperability issues recently resulted in the publication of
NCOIC‘s Interoperability Framework, a set of guiding principles for developers of network-centric systems,
products and services.‖ Nicholas Berthet, Thales Battlespace Transformation Centre.

21. Technical Council/Team Structure
Chair
Executive Sponsor: TC Recommendation Committee
Dan Starcevich (Raytheon) Ken Cureton (Boeing)
Vice Chair: Jim Burke (Lockheed Martin)
At-Large (membership) Sheryl Sizelove
(Boeing)
Chair Emeritus: Nicolas Berthet (Thales)
NIF Architecture Specialized Building Network Modeling and
Concepts FT Frameworks FT Blocks FT Centric Simulation FT
Mark Bowler Mikael Laby Jim Burke Attributes FT Dan Gregory
(Boeing) (EADS) (Lockheed Hans Polzer, (Thales)
William Ison Martin) (Lockheed Martin) Marco Picollo
(Lockheed Martin) Jack Zavin (US (Finmeccanica)
DoD)
Systems Engineering and Integration FT Al Nauda (Raytheon), John Reeves (Lockheed Martin)
NEER IPT: Ian McGraw, (PlantCML, an EADS North American comp), Hal St Clair (EADS)
C3 Interoperability IPT: Pascal Libert (EADS) Martin Hill (Thales),
Aviation IPT : Anton Walsdorf (EADS), Mary Ellen Miller,
Maritime IPT : Aymeric Bonnaud (DCNS), Will Kramer (BAE Systems)
Cyber Security IPT : Jessica Ascough (Harris), Chet Ratcliffe (EADS NA Defense Security and Systems Solutions Inc

22. Key Messages
 NCOIC participation provides your business leaders direct personal contact with
the key global leaders of your customer base in an information sharing
environmen
 NCOIC is analyzing mission threads and requirements to identify the
standards and patterns required for mission execution. Members create
opportunities to drive these standards and obtain early implementation insights.
 NCOIC is engaging key government and civilian customers in identifying
standards. Members interact with customers in a non-procurement setting,
shaping requirements.
 NCOIC is providing an architectural framework which allows COTS standards
to be used in NCO. This influence will guide how standards will be used in future
operations. Those who understand and help guide this framework will be better
equipped to consult on NCO utilization.
 NCOIC assessment & analysis tools -- NCAT™ and SCOPE -- allow
customers to make accurate decisions on how to employ NCO capabilities.