Doing Business with NASA Command Center Solutions The Next Generation

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Doing Business with NASACommand Center
Solutions- The Next Generation -
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Teamed with NASA

• Project Management
• Software Engineering
• Disciplined Processes
• Complex Systems Integration
• Control Center Applications Network Services
• CSOC Commercialization

Joint Commercial Initiatives
(Space Act
Agreement)
Homeland Security

• Web Based Technology
• Commercial Product Integration
• Rapid development lifecycle
• Commercial Business practices

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Background

• NASA Initiative to evaluate architecture for next
  generation Command Center (Window into Space
  Flight) established in May 2002
• Inter-organization collaboration
• Enhanced distributed decision support Knowledge
  Management capability
• Transportation Security Administration began
  distribution of grants to Seaports for security
  enhancements in June 2002
• Many grant recipients initiated procurement
  activities for Emergency Operations Centers
• Port of Houston interest established in
  inter-agency information sharing as it pertains
  to Port Wide security planning and response
• Similar operational objectives identified across
  NASA TSA Seaport initiatives
• Inter-agency Information Sharing
• Integration of legacy Systems and Databases
• MOU/Space Act Agreement between NASA Port of
  Houston to explore joint opportunity to evolve
  Information sharing architecture

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Control Center Constellation
MSFC

• Window into Space Flight
• Single virtual operations center providing access
  to the information processing assets across all
  NASA centers
• Serving distributed operation of diverse Missions
  across the agency
• Extend to serve community outreach and education
  programs

IPs
JPL
Space Operations
Information Hub
KSC
Research Centers
JSC

• Establish universal industry standard access
• methods through collaborative initiatives with
  industry

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International Partner Issue
Current approach for current and future interfaces

• Why do we have such complex interfaces?
• Each IP negotiated interfaces with JSC and MSFC
  separately
• Mostly, we have not started to deal with other
  IP-to-IP interfaces or other possible new
  locations for multiple telescience centers (NASA
  TSCs, ESA USOCs, etc.)
• At some point, your center may need telemetry and
  coordination data from many obscure telescience
  centers with which your agency has a joint
  payload.
• If that telescience center or PI has their data
  in their own proprietary format, but also has
  Co-op capability, this could SAVE YOU MONEY!

Portal approach (XML Based interfaces)
Future

• Resource thoughts
• COTS This should be mostly COTS software (only
  realtime data might be a challenge, and many
  places are already doing that)
• Cost Everyone will have to get support in their
  own agency for this.

Portal (Access Mgmt)
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Houston Ship Channel Concept
Houston Port Authority
US Coast Guard

• Docked Vessel Law Enforcement

• Waterway Traffic Mgmt
• Waterway Law Enforcement
• Vessel Tracking (Radar, CCTV)

Customs

• Cargo/Container Content

Regional Hub (DDSS)
INS

• Crew ID

• Shared Assets
• Vessel Track (Radar)
• Waterway Video
• Landside Video
• Container Info
• Crew Info
• Alerts/Notification
• Dispersion Models
• Coordinated Response

Texas City Port Authority ----------------------
Texas City PD/EOC
Galveston Port Authority ---------------------- G
alveston PD

• Docked Vessel Law Enforcement

• Docked Vessel Law Enforcement

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Stennis Distributed Decision Support System
Columbia Experience
SSC DDSS
NOAA
Leverage Columbia Experience to establish a
Regional DDSS Emergency Response Pilot at SSC
Keesler
DHS
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Phased National Expansion
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Industry Standards based Architecture
Video over IP
Voice over IP
Secure Network Services
Standard Data Formats (XML, HTTP,)

• Access Control

• Dashboard Views

• Thin Client/Browser

• Custom Views

Security

• Data Fusion Overlays

• Decision Support Systems

Plug Play Applications