Weapons System Open Architecture - a bridge between "embedded" and "off-board"

Author

Corman, David ; Gossett, Jeanna

Author_Institution

Boeing Co., St. Louis, MO, USA

Volume

17

Issue

11

fYear

2002

fDate

11/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

25

Abstract

A demonstration program is described: Weapons System Open Architecture (WSOA) - funded jointly by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), DARPA, and the Open Systems Joint Task Force (OSJTF). WSOA provides an open systems "bridge" between legacy embedded mission systems and off-board C3I sources and systems. This "bridge" is used to support Internet-like connectivity between command and attack nodes. The foundation of this bridge is the creation of a Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) layer over Link 16. In addition, application of quality of service techniques and resource management technologies will ensure the timely exchange and processing of mission critical information by both attack and command nodes in even the most time-sensitive situations.

Keywords

command and control systems; distributed object management; embedded systems; open systems; weapons; Air Force Research Laboratory; CORBA; Common Object Request Broker Architecture; DARPA; Link 16; OSJTF; Open Systems Joint Task Force; WSOA; Weapons System Open Architecture; attack nodes; legacy embedded mission systems; mission critical information; off-board C3I sources; open systems; quality of service techniques; resource management; Application software; Bandwidth; Bridges; Collaboration; Computer architecture; Hardware; Open systems; Quality of service; Resource management; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2002.1047375

Filename

1047375