Finding Services for an Open Architecture

A Review of Existing Applications and Programs in PEO C4I

Isaac R. Porche III, James Dryden, Kathryn Connor, Bradley Wilson, Shawn McKay, Kate Giglio, Juan Montelibano

ResearchPublished Jul 19, 2011

The U.S. Navy is moving toward an open architecture concept for its information technology systems. The Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (PEO C4I) is spearheading this effort. A review of Navy documentation on costs and requirements and a series of interviews with subject-matter experts from various Navy program offices supported a study intended to support PEO C4I in its initiative by proposing a set of ideal system characteristics and evaluating the utility and development and support costs of the available options. The study also examined challenges associated with uptake and use of service-oriented architecture, as well as the implications for enterprises endeavoring to pursue such systems. A desirable long-term goal would be for the Navy to support a collection of services or an overall shared architecture that can span a ship, the entire Navy, or joint forces. If PEO C4I can successfully integrate service-oriented architecture in its own functional area, it will be contributing to this vision.

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Porche, Isaac R. III, James Dryden, Kathryn Connor, Bradley Wilson, Shawn McKay, Kate Giglio, and Juan Montelibano, Finding Services for an Open Architecture: A Review of Existing Applications and Programs in PEO C4I. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2011. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1071.html.
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