Coalition Interoperability Architecture

Current military trends indicate that it is highly likely future military operations will require a coalition force. With a majority of data being created or captured in electronic form the importance of a coalition information sharing solution has become paramount to allow coalition partners to exchange and share data in an automated manner. This paper describes a coalition interoperability architecture that allows nations to connect to the coalition network and easily share released national data to other coalition partners, while taking into account differences in policies and requirements of each coalition nation