First Large-Scale Use of the DCGS Integration Backbone Technology
CHINA LAKE, Calif., Oct. 15, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) achieved several industry firsts in the sharing of
intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance (ISR) data between
coalition, NATO countries and the United States using the Distributed
Common Ground System (DCGS) Integration Backbone (DIB).
At Empire Challenge 2007, Raytheon's successful effort showed a first
for near real-time integration and data discovery retrieval for a 19-DIB
enterprise. The enterprise was located across nine sites in six separate
countries over four security domains sharing intelligence data with key
coalition partners. Raytheon's High Speed Guard-Agatiya, the security
product that protects information exchange between different security
enclaves, provided a secure environment that enabled the vital data
sharing.
Empire Challenge is an annual demonstration that evaluates intelligence
collection and exploitation-dissemination capabilities for joint and
coalition operations. This demonstration, which ran July 16 -- July 26,
2007, was held at the China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake,
Calif.
"This is a tremendous success; never before has there been such a
large- scale intelligence sharing by any government service, agency or
contractor," said Michael D. Keebaugh, president of Raytheon's Intelligence
and Information Systems business. "The exercise dramatically demonstrated
the government's ability to share ISR data with coalition countries through
improved technologies in a post 9/11 world."
Additionally, Raytheon provided another first by populating metadata
catalogs at coalition partner sites with information extracted from
streaming video from the Global Broadcast System network.
The demonstration showed the enhancements of data sharing between DCGS
services, enterprises, individual sites and different users in various
forms of the DIB system over a service-oriented architecture. Agatiya,
Raytheon's High Speed Guard, successfully transferred U-2, ATARS (the
Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System) and F-22 Raptor imagery
and unclassified streaming video to U.S., coalition and NATO networks
during the exercise.
Raytheon also provided two DIB-based mobile systems for use in other
countries, successfully demonstrating DCGS interoperability with the U.S.
DIB systems as well as other coalition DIBs. In addition, Raytheon
integrated the capability to use AFATDS (the Advanced Field Artillery
Tactical Data System) into the DCGS system to perform target weapon pairing
to select the right effect for engaging the right target at the right time.
Raytheon Company, with 2006 sales of $20.3 billion, is a technology
leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 85
years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems
integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and
command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a
broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham,
Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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