Global Information Grid (GIG)-Enabling Middleware (MW) Portals

This research is focused on defining the requirements for developing a middleware portal that will enable Network Centric Warfare (NCW) applications to seamlessly access the Global Information Grid (GIG). A generic middleware portal would need services toprovide the following functionality: Discovery, Management, Mediation, Messaging, Security and Storage. However, within the context of the Phase I activity, Lakota will focus on defining the requirements to enable information exchange betweenapplications developed using different middleware products without the need to redesign entire applications. To define these requirements, Lakota will examine the services and attributes of current military and commercial middleware products, enterpriseand Internet services currently in use within the commercial sector, as well as the design of various NCW applications currently deployed or in development for use aboard the E-2C aircraft.