Network architecture services: an environment for constructing command, control and communication systems

The authors describe some of the techniques, tools, and reusable components for implementing command, control, and communication (C³ ) systems that have been recently developed and successfully used as part of the Command Center Processing and Display System Replacement (CCPRDS-R) program. These systems perform real-time data acquisition and mission-specific data processing to support interactive decision making. They are used for a variety of commercial and military applications. Since these systems demand high performance, reliability, and availability, they are always implemented by distributed computing systems technology. Intertask communication, network architecture services, and future C³ system development are considered