Horizontal System-of-Systems Integration Via Commonality

摘要

A requirement for the Army's Future Force Unit of Action is equivalent (or identical) functionally across operational systems, remote operations, modeling, simulation, training, rehearsal, etc. This requirement necessitates tightly-coupled systems integration via commonality of the low- level functions across these modes of use. This pathfinder project identifies such commonality via a typical functional decomposition for a representative integrated process, which also has commonality with existing Army simulation models. An understanding and use of such commonality will facilitate the system- of-systems integration. The resultant enhancements will assure joint inter- operability; will enable networked battle command, lethality, and training; will improve reliability, survivability, and efficiency; will ease the effort for maintenance and improvements; and will reduce the life-cycle cost.