Technologies/Methods for enabling Transactional Interfaces

The strict transactional nature of Tactical Data Links (TDL) and the tight coupling between link processing and combat system processing has led to isolated and often proprietary internal interfaces that impede the ability of the DoD to leverage modern communications technologies. Through this TDL TO THE CLOUD approach the Fuse Team will assess the feasibility of decoupling transactional links, identify the interfaces that can be abstracted and weigh efficiency and effectiveness in the evaluation of data format for distribution to applications running across cloud connected networks. The Fuse approach will evaluate the overlay of a secure distribution framework to interconnect distributed mobile applications with TDL data. Enabling mobile applications with information distributed from TDL networks will allow the DoD to provide application access through an application store. Fuse will work directly with operational users from NSAWC and MAWTS to impact the development of baseline mobile app functions and capabilities. The mobile application will interact with TDL information through the secure information distribution framework and provide near real-time data to dismounted users, providing TDL data though map based interface that is familiar and intuitive. The application will enable users to interact with combat systems previously segregated from modern communications networks.