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5.6.4 Application of the C4ISR Architecture Framework: What Does It Really Mean?
Author(s) -
Hyer Scott A.,
Engler James F.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2002.tb02587.x
Subject(s) - interoperability , architecture , command and control , consistency (knowledge bases) , network centric warfare , government (linguistics) , engineering management , computer science , multinational corporation , joint (building) , engineering , legislation , process management , systems engineering , computer security , telecommunications , business , political science , world wide web , architectural engineering , art , linguistics , philosophy , finance , artificial intelligence , law , visual arts
In 1997 the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Architecture Framework Version 2.0 was released as a guide for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in the development of system architectures. This Framework was developed under the auspices of the C4ISR Working Group consisting of representatives from the Joint Staff, the military services, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and other Defense agencies. The main motivation for the C4ISR Framework has been to ensure that architectures are interrelatable as well as comparable and integratable across Joint and multinational organizational boundaries. DoD, supported by recent government legislation, will pursue the development of more interoperable, integrated systems to meet the challenges posed now and in the future. Developed to focus on information technology, the C4ISR Framework is finding broad application in the DoD community. The C4ISR Framework serves as a consistent guideline on how architectures should be described by calling out a number of views serving operational, system, and technical interests. The need for consistency and guidance is clear. What is not clear however, is how this guidance will influence engineering activities being conducted on DoD programs. Application of the C4ISR Framework is very much in the pioneering stage. Experience is needed to set examples and teach lessons as with anything new. This paper offers some experience by developing an operational architecture view in an application to Air Defense.