Homeland Defense FAA/DoD Collaboration Guard

"Events of the past year have brought to the forefront the need for interoperability and information sharing between the different branches of the federal government. One such example is the need for a seamless command and control (C2) capability betweenthe FAA air traffic management system and DoD air defense assets. This new C2 capability would provide a common operating picture of the civil airspace through sensor fusion and information sharing.This new C2 capability, however, requires new levels of collaboration between disjoint sets of users. The ability to email, exchange files, and text chat across security boundaries, however, is not sufficient. New mechanisms are required to enable usersto discover information across the security boundaries, both quickly and efficiently.Trident Systems proposes to integrate current state of the art collaborative technologies with certified and accredited multi-level secure (MLS) guard technology to provide a secure collaborative environment. In addition, we will utilize emergingPeer-to-Peer (P2P) technologies to provide efficient information discovery capabilities. More specifically, we propose to design and develop a modular DoD Collaboration Guard (DCG) architecture to support MLS collaboration and information sharing. TheDCG will provide seamless connectivity among the FAA, DoD and other authorities for Homeland Defense. A multi-level secure collaborative processing system that is inte