Defence R&D Canada R et D pour la défense Canada Novel Concepts for the COP of the Future Denis Gouin Alexandre Bergeron-Guyard DRDC Valcartier

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Common Operating Picture !!! Common –Is it Common ? –Common View or Common Sources ? Picture –A Map with Tracks ? –More than a Map More than a Picture

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada COP 21 TD – Future COP Concepts Common Operational Picture for the 21 st Century Technology Demonstration The integrated capability to receive, correlate and display a variety of sources of information in order to provide a common view of the battlespace Adapted from Annex G to CFCOP CONOPS, Oct 99

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Joint C4ISR Target Integration Model Capt (N) D.W. Knight, C4ISR Campaign Plan - Update, Version 2.0, 13 December 2002

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada US DoD Transformation GCCS Net-Centric Enterprise Services HPAC: Plume Analysis Strategic COP Local Weather Threatcon CNN Video Teleconference LIDAR Imagery Daily Battle Rhythm

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada COP 21 TD Objectives Demonstrate how Enterprise Portal Technology can improve Situation Awareness Review organizational impacts caused by Enterprise Portal technology Conduct Risk Mitigation of new Information Technology trends Process Technology People

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Current COP Deficiencies Required information originates from various stovepipe systems Information overload Information is not timely Lack of tools to understand how a situation has developed and is expected to develop Limited visualization capability Constraints of security domains Decisions are being made on incomplete / unreliable information Limited decision-aid / planning tools

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada COP 21 Vision

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada COP 21 Portal (Example) Portfolio NavigatorInformation Displays

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada COP 21 Main Capabilities Single point of access to multiple information sources Filtering and categorizing information using Portfolio views View of several documents together Disseminating information using Portfolios Contextual search services Web-Based Geographic Information System Integration of application services in the portal

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Single Point of Access to Multiple Information Sources

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Filtering and Categorizing Information using Portfolio Views

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada View of Several Documents Together

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Contextual Searches

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Disseminating Information using Portfolios

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Open Standard & Web-based GIS Browser

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Integration of Application Services in the Portal

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Integration of Application Services in the Portal – Tight Coupling

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Integration of Application Services in the Portal – Loose Coupling

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Integration of Application Services with the Portal - Application Launcher

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada JWID 04 Feedback COP21 is ideal for loading a large amount of data from multiple sources Being able to access all pertinent info from one workstation has increased my efficiency 10 fold! With the 5 screens in full operation you get a better picture of whats going on in any of the portfolios you have open Its an effective way to share, file, organize info Posting to portfolios is an appropriate and effective means of info dissemination Having all the apps in one place – not needing to know where documents are stored – just that they are related to a portfolio is a bonus

Defence Research & Development Canada Recherche & développement pour la défense Canada Foreseen Improvements Full C-O-P Trilogy implementation (Context-Ontology-Portfolio) Improved Information Management Improved Search and Classification Data Aware Portlets Information Visualization Standards and Protocols

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