This article describes how the modeling and simulation environment of the OneSAF Testbed Baseline (OTB) v1.0 has been extended to enable the testing of heterogeneous algorithms that are being designed for real-world C4ISR applications. This has been accomplished by building an architecture that extends functional and logical components of the OTB system in the following ways: the use of the OTB...

Software agent involvement in combat computer systems can provide lightweight, dynamic automation to the warfighter. Current intelligence systems are limited by the abilities of the warfighters to gather, assimilate, report, and execute on intelligence. Through the research and design for the Overshadow system, we found using agents practical for automation capabilities in tactical systems wher...

This paper presents the C2 Enterprise Reference Architecture (C2ERA), which is a new technical concept of operations for building information systems better suited to the NCW environment. The C2ERA is the technical architecture mandated by the Designated Acquisition Commander for C4ISR Enterprise Integration in the U.S. Air Force. The C2ERA contains two key ideas. Related activities and functio...

As the 21st century unfolds, a number of changes have already altered the character and conduct of military operations. Consequently, the military profession is subject to drastic transformations, which ones oriented our attention around questions such as “how is professional military expertise currently built, shared and transmitted in this ever-changing and unstable world?” Drawn on data coll...

Understanding when operators are experiencing high workload is important in the design and implementation of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. Fortunately physiological metrics, such as pupillary reflexes, have been shown to correlate with increases in mental workload. This paper proposes an automated method for character...

Measures of sentiment can help refine a Warfighter’s knowledge and understanding of an unfamiliar operational environment, for example, the sentiment of civilians and insurgents to the Army, its operations, or its adversaries. In addition, observing changes in expressed sentiment about topics over time may provide baselines from which to detect if and when important shifts in attitude occur tri...

The currently growing and complex maritime security threat is marked by the Coronavirus outbreak, which thought to spread quickly. This virus can mean Hybrid Warfare but also proxy where this type of be exploited or used parties who intend invest their interests in Indonesia. must a concern all countries, cooperation at sea between countries needed overcome it. Indonesian Navy sees importance i...

The Clinger-Cohen Act mandates the use of architectures to document Information Technology (IT) acquisition requirements. DoD and other Federal Agencies have developed architecture Frameworks to meet this act's requirement. The Architecture Framework provides the rules, guidance, and product descriptions for presenting architecture descriptions that ensure a common denominator for understanding...