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36 Military Communications and Information Technology... [19] Model Driven Solutions, “Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture Using the OMG SoaML Standard”, http://www.omg.org/news/ /whitepapers/ [20] T. Gardner, “Mapping from UML to the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS) Web Services”, MDA Implementers’ Workshop Succeeding with Model Driven Systems, Orlando, USA, 2003. [21] D.C. Petriu, C. Shousha, A. Jalnapurkar, “Architecture Based Performance Analysis Applied to a Telecommunication Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 26 Issue 11, November 2000, IEEE Press Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 1049-1065. [22] U. Wahli, L. Ackerman, A. Di Bari, Building SOA Solutions Using the Rational SDP, Redbooks, 2007.

Openness in Military Systems Jessica Connah, Abigail Solomon, John McInnes, Olwen Worthington, Dale Chambers Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, www.dstl.gov.uk Abstract: Traditional approaches to military network procurement taken by government can lead to vender lock-in, reducing the potential for competition when the systems need refreshing or major upgrades, and also for through life maintenance requirements. One solution to these problems could be to require an open systems approach in military systems procurement, reducing single supplier issues through well defined architectures, interfaces and ‘open by design’ concepts. The paper presents a technical analysis of UK military systems procurement over the last few decades to provide context for the current open systems approach. The paper then explicitly discusses the potential benefits and risks of such an approach and finally explores how this may impact on air interface, network and security systems. Research into Open Systems Architecture (OSA) approaches from two Ministry of Defence (MOD) programs is reviewed; the Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA), and the Land Open Systems Architecture (LOSA), whose aim is to introduce openness within the land environment. The primary conclusions of the work which will be elaborated in the paper are; that openness is key to providing increased interoperability, flexibility and agility, and that benefits can be obtained from designing a degree of openness into all aspects of military networks, for example in security, air interfaces and waveforms. Keywords: open; open system; open system architecture; openness; military; MOD; networks; interoperability I. Introduction Where military capability is dependent on complex system technologies, UK defense has needed to invest heavily to sustain the advantage necessary for success in the battle space. The early costs of raising the technology boundary to the next level and exploiting this in new military equipment can be significant. Delivery times are often long; therefore the risk that the original capability requirement or technology opportunity has shifted increases. Once delivered, enhancements to bespoke military equipment can be expensive and often unaffordable, as the incumbent industrial supplier levers the Ministry © Crown copyright 2012. Published with the permission of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on behalf of the Controller of HMSO. Reference number DSTL/CP65717.

36 <strong>Military</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Information</strong> <strong>Technology</strong>...<br />

[19] Model Driven Solutions, “Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture Using the OMG<br />

SoaML St<strong>and</strong>ard”, http://www.omg.org/news/ /whitepapers/<br />

[20] T. Gardner, “Mapping from UML to the Business Process Execution Language for<br />

Web Services (BPEL4WS) Web Services”, MDA Implementers’ Workshop Succeeding<br />

with Model Driven Systems, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, USA, 2003.<br />

[21] D.C. Petriu, C. Shousha, A. Jalnapurkar, “Architecture Based Performance Analysis<br />

Applied to a Telecommunication Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering,<br />

vol. 26 Issue 11, November 2000, IEEE Press Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 1049-1065.<br />

[22] U. Wahli, L. Ackerman, A. Di Bari, Building SOA Solutions Using the Rational SDP,<br />

Redbooks, 2007.

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