Interfacing the Defense Standard Ammunition Computer System and the Air Force Combat Ammunition System: A Search for an Alternate Method

摘要

Conventional ammunition management is becoming more centralized. The Army, as the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition, is developing the Defense Standard Ammunition Computer System (DSACS) to manage wholesale conventional inventories for all Military Departments. The unclassified DSACS is intended to interface with existing service ammunition systems. The Air Force is developing the Combat Ammunition System (CAS), a Secret system which will reside within the World Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) to manage Air Force wholesale and retail munitions worldwide. To be effective each system must exchange information on a real-time basis, however, a suitable interface has not been developed. This thesis used expert opinion to determine the best method of interface. Recommendations were: (1) Air Force and Army should reevaluate their interface requirements for CAS and DSACS. (2) both services should initiate research in multilevel secure computer technology, (3) the RAP and SCOMP should be studied carefully by both services.