TOPIC: Coalition Command and Control in the Networked Era TITLE: Enabling Interoperability in C2 Aircraft AUTHORS:

The warfighter of today is increasingly dependent upon information that gives him or her precise understanding of their role in hostile (or peace keeping) activities. The information must be timely, concise, and secure in order for the warfighter to be successful in their endeavors, which includes surviving the activity. Though the advent of network technologies is providing huge improvements in useful information, both the access and usability of this information is limited by the warfighter’s legacy systems. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), with support of The Boeing Company, is executing several research initiatives targeted at these limitations. AFRL is developing the Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI) as a means to realize information dominance. In effect, the JBI can be viewed as a tactical internet that provides unprecedented access t