CoABS Grid Military Users Group GMUG for the SWMU Tom Martin November 13, 2001 for LCDR Dylan Schmor

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CoABS Grid Military Users Group (GMUG) for the
SWMUTom MartinNovember 13, 2001forLCDR Dylan
SchmorrowCoABS Program Managerdschmorrow_at_darpa.m
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Control of Agent Based Systems
From Concept
To Product

• THE COABS GRID
• COTS-based Software Infrastructure that
• Facilitates interoperability of diverse,
  heterogeneous systems (Demoed FY00)
• Enables dynamic connection of disparate
  information sources and C2 applications (tested
  in Navy experiments)
• Provides dynamic discovery of service-based
  capabilities (coalition air campaign planning
  demo - DARPA/DERA)
• Visit http//coabs.globalinfotek.com/ for further
  information

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Sample of Military Grid Transitions

• Navy Warfare Development Command
• In the lab (Spawar Systems Center Info Ops
  Center of Future), Expeditionary Sensor Grid
  (ESG) Enabling Experiments (EEE)
• At sea (Fleet Battle Experiments - Delta through
  Juliet)
• Air Force Research Lab
• Joint Battlespace Infosphere (yJBI
  implementation/fuselet project using Publish and
  Subscribe)
• Effects Based Operations ATD (Grid used as
  architectural alternative)
• Integrated Flight Management ATD (Use of Grid to
  approach various Air Mobility Command problems)
• Army CECOM
• Maneuver Control System-light Grid agents
• Agile Commander and Log C2 ATDs - Plan execution
  monitoring and course of action analysis,
• Agile Commander and Log C2 ATDs CHAIN
  (Composable Hierarchical Agents for Intelligent
  Notification), grid security, and other service
  enhancements
• Dismounted Warrior C4I STO (Science and
  Technology Objective) alerting on situational
  awareness

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Grid Military Users Group

• CoABS about to enter its 5th Year. Beginning of
  FY 02 started GMUG
• Purpose
• Bring together the forward thinkers of the
  Military Services that are taking advantage of
  the CoABS Grid
• Expose one-another to early adoption uses of
  CoABS Grid
• Explore additional opportunities among the
  participant potential transition organizations
  (CECOM, NWDC/SPAWAR, and AFRL attending)
• Explore potential for Quick and Dirty Joint
  Demonstration (Gen Myers briefing follow-up)

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GMUG Progress/Plans

• Met first in May at GITI
• Overview of activities of Navy, Air Force and
  Army Efforts using Grid
• Call for Joint Demo
• Agenda for ongoing GMUG
• Met again July 12 at SSC
• Follow-up and Propose Joint Grid-based Integrated
  Targeting demonstration
• Next meeting (late Fall/Winter) will be based on
  Lessons Learned
• Potentially will combine with Semantic Web
  Military Users Group