From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b72593e6a88e33e4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marc A. Criley" Subject: Re: CSEIC News Briefs, W/E Sept. 5, 1997 Date: 1997/09/08 Message-ID: <3414263D.63D0@vfb23.mds.lmco.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 270751602 References: <5uprj5$ei5@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us> Organization: Lockheed Martin M&DS Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: I just wanted to add a comment on the JWID effort referred to below. While it was not explicitly mentioned in the CSEIC excerpt or the original GCN article, one component of JWID was NWCS (NSFS Warfare Control System -- NSFS = Naval Surface Fire Support). The purpose of NWCS is Fire Coordination, handling incoming calls for fire and redirecting them to various weapon systems to execute. For JWID, two of the three weapon systems were stubbed out, while the third consisted of the Engagement Planning & Control (EPC) segment of the Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control System (ATWCS). EPC generates an over-the-water route for a Tomahawk missile, and manages and monitors the missile during preparation and power-up, until ordering the Launch Control system to initiate its launch. The EPC software demonstrated at JWID was an alpha version of the second generation of ATWCS EPC (locally referred to as the EPC Rearchitecture), written in Ada 83, that besides exploiting the usual features of Ada relies heavily on Ada tasking. According to the engineers who integrated NWCS and demonstrated it at JWID 97, EPC performed flawlessly throughout the scenario. Mainstream development of EPC has progressed significantly since that alpha release in June, and we've had positive experience with it within ATWCS. Plans are underway to migrate to Ada 95 at an opportune time, with the implementation currently utilizing various techniques to facilitate that migration and exploit Ada 95 features. Marc A. Criley Chief Software Architect Lockheed Martin M&DS (610) 354-7861 marc.criley@lmco.com -- The opinions expressed here are mine and not necessarily those -- -- of Lockheed Martin or the ATWCS community. It's just that I and -- -- my team did the EPC Rearchitecture and we're proud of it! :-) -- CSEIC wrote: > > ********************************************************************** > DOD COMBINATION FITS ONE PLATFORM > Topic: DII, COE > > The Defense Department recently demonstrated that it could combine > command and control with combat support functions in a fused picture of > the battlefield at last month's Joint Warrior Interoperability > Demonstration (JWID). "This demo is all about system integration," said > USAF Lt. Col. Tomasita Lahue, commander of the Pentagon's Combat Support > Operations Center, at the demo. > > "At last year's Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstrations, we were > able to show some of the capabilities that we are showing today, > except they were shown on separate platforms," she said. "Today we're > blending the operational command and control picture on one platform." > > Last month's JWID showcased DISA initiatives including the Global Command > and Control System, the Global Combat Support System, the Defense Message > System, and the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating > Environment. > > SOURCE: Slabodkin, Gregory, "DOD Combo fits one platform," Government > Computer News, August 25, 1997, v16, n25, pp. 77-78. >