Engineering C4ISR Architecture Based Solutions for the 21st Century: Are we Making Progress?

Author

Lucchesi, Walter M.

Author_Institution

CERDEC S&TCD, US Army, Ft Monmouth, NJ

fYear

2006

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper discusses an architecture based engineering solution of achieving command, control, communication, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) interoperability and several challenges. This paper addresses the problem space from a system engineering & analyst viewpoint and uses the object-oriented (OO) unified modeling language (UML) as the model representation of the architectural artifacts described in the DAF. The utilization of the three new diagrams (i.e. composite, interaction & timing) which have been introduced in UML version 2 are discussed and integrated into the SoS analysis approach discussed. Finally, the paper concludes with several areas of potential research for the future.

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; command and control systems; object-oriented languages; surveillance; C4ISR architecture; SoS analysis approach; command control; computer communication; intelligence surveillance; object-oriented UML; reconnaissance; system-of-system; unified modeling language; Communication system control; Competitive intelligence; Computer architecture; Intelligent control; Object oriented modeling; Reconnaissance; Surveillance; Systems engineering and theory; Timing; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0617-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0618-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302220

Filename

4086826