INTEGRATED INFORMATION SUPPORT SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION

DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN THE AREA OF COMPUTERIZED SUPPORT TO MANAGEMENT AND MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS HAVE RESULTED IN COLLECTIONS OF HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS AND VIRTUALLY INCOMPATIBLE DATABASES WHICH DO NOT ALLOW THE INTEGRATION OF RELATED PROCESSES. THE NEED EXISTS TO DEMONSTRATE STATE-OF-THE-ART TOOLS WHICH ALLOW INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION WITHOUT COSTLY CHANGES TO EXISTING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. THE RESULTING ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE ONE THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO FUTURE CHANGE AND CONTINUED INTEGRATION. AT THIS TIME, IIS AND MAP/TOP HAVE EMERGED AS THE LEADING EDGE OF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY EFFORTS TO EVOLVE A STANDARDIZED, GENERIC SYSTEM FOR AN INTEGRATED, MULTI-VENDOR ENVIRONMENT. SYSTRAN PROPOSES TO INSTALL AND IMPLEMENT AN IISS-MAP/ TOP INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT AT THE AFWAL MATERIALS LABORATORY (AFWAL/ ML). PHASE I WORK WILL CONSIST OF AN ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING AFWAL/ML HARDWARE AS WELL AS A DETERMINATION OF THE SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE INTEGRATION TOOLS. PHASE I EFFORTS WILL RESULT IN A PROPOSAL FOR PHASE II DEMONSTRATIONS OF BOTH THE INTEGRATED SYSTEMS AND SYSTRAN'S MANUFACTURING-MANAGEMENT WORKSTATION. DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS FOR THIS WORKSTATION WILL CENTER ON SEMANTIC GENERATION OF AN INTEGRATED DATABASE AND USER APPLICATIONS WHICH USE THE TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE IN THESE STATE-OF-THE-ART TOOLS.