JOINT OPERATIONS INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEM FOR MARINE CORPS C3I SYSTEM

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONDUCT AND DOCUMENT AN ANALYSIS, BASED ON THE MARINE TACTICAL SYSTEMS (MTS) PROTOCOL, TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A DATA LINK INTERFACE SYSTEM (DLIS) THAT COULD INTERFACE MULTIPLE NON-MTS DIGITAL DATA LINK PROTOCOLS TO THE MTS PROTOCOL, AND BE READILY ADAPTED TO CHANGING INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS. IN ADDITION TO THE DOCUMENTED FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, THIS EFFORT WILL INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEMONSTRATION DLIS TO PROVE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PHASE II SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT. BASED ON THE CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATION TRANSFORMATION CAPABILITY, THIS ANALYSIS WILL FOCUS ON EACH LAYER OF THE ISO/OSI PROTOCOL MODEL ALONG WITH A ZERO TRANSMISSION LAYER AS DEFINED INTHE MTS TECHNICAL INTERFACE DESIGN PLAN (TIDP). EACH LAYER WILL BE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THE PROCESSING AND INFORMATION TRANSFORMATION REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT THE DLIS CONCEPT. THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS WILL ADDRESS THE CAPABILITY OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE A HIGHLY MODULAR, READILY ADAPTABLE SOLUTION TO TODAY'S INTER/INTRA-OPERABILITY INTEGRATION PROBLEM.