Software Technologies In DefenceByN.V.N. Chaitanya10135A1201Information Technology

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ContentsIntroduction

Need of software in Defence

Microsoft Defence Solutions

The Platform for Defence

Commercial Software Vs. Open source Software

Network Centric Warfare(NCW)

Software Solutions in Army

Software Solutions in Navy

Software Solutions in Air Force

Conclusion

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Introduction

• Technology is a strategic weapon across all industries and organizations, now it is also true in the case of military and the Department of Defence(DoD).

• The DoD is well known for its hardware-based weaponry, unmistakable in aircraft, satellite, missiles and other systems in its arsenal for defending the country.

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There are

Three major groups under

the Departm

ent of Defence(

DoD)

• Army• Air Force• Navy

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Need of Software in Defence

• As the defence shifts its focus from metal and mechanics to unmanned vehicles, drones, and smart bombs, software is becoming a crucial piece of weaponry.

• As an Air Force general explains it, “The B-52 aircraft was lived and died on the quality of its sheet metal. Today our aircraft will live or die on the quality of our software.”

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• As advanced software systems and embedded software technologies become the brains behind modern warfare.

• From remotely piloted aircraft and smart bombs to autonomous vehicles and advanced fighter jets, software is crucial to the success of today’s weapons systems.

• Measure Source Lines of Code(SLOC)

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Contd..

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974)

F16D (1

984)

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997)

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SLOC

SLOC

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Microsoft Defence Solutions

Connecting government to

citizens

connecting information to

government workers

connecting government agencies

together

Microsoft Connected Government Framework(CGF)

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Contd..

CGF provides four key Capabilities

Improving Command and Control

Improving Better Situational Awareness

Enhancing Network Centric Operations

Deploying Innovative Technologies

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The Platform for Defence

• The Platform Layer : Microsoft provides a secure, scalable and easy to manage foundation on which defence organisations can overlay the applications they need.

• It provides a foundation of certain capabilities on which the technologies and applications required to manage defence.

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Contd..

Applications and Devices CapabilityIt enables defence personnel and commanders

anywhere to work effectively using PCs, PDAs, Tablet PCs, phones and notebooks.

Technologies : Windows Vista™, Windows Mobile, Microsoft

Office.

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Contd..

Network CapabilityProvide a unifying layer of common services

across your entire environment with technologies that connect people and systems securely and reliably.

Technologies : Windows Server, Microsoft Virtual Server,

Windows Storage Server.

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Contd.. Security Capability

Ensure end to end protection to implement ‑ ‑networked solutions confidently across the entire environment.

Technologies : Microsoft Identity Integration Server, Microsoft

Internet Security and Acceleration Server, Microsoft Forefront™ Security.

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Contd.. Collaboration Capability

It Connects defence personnel and commanders with the information and resources they need to work more efficiently.

Technologies : Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office Communicator.

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Contd.. Communications Capability:

It enable defence personnel and commanders to Communicate in the way that suits the situation by switching seamlessly between video conferencing, telephone, email and instant messaging.

Technologies: Microsoft Communications Server, Microsoft Live Meeting.

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Commercial Software(CS) Vs. Open source Software(OSS)

The most obvious contrast between the two approaches is that OSS allows the original source code of a program to be made freely available to the public for modification and redistribution.

Where as CS is created by certified commercial developers. Over the past few years, a series of critical considerations has motivated military organisations to adopt Commercial Software for their mission-critical deployments for the Security purposes.

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Network Centric Warfare(NCW)

• Network-Centric Warfare is a command system that translates the rapid and secure sharing of information among combat superiority.

• NCW enables military organisations to share intelligence and information process it and then react to it in a timely manner.

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Software Solutions in Army

Microsoft Military Messaging solutions :• It enable defence organisations

to issue formal communications with speed and ease.

• Official reports, notices and other information can be sent with integrity and confidentiality .

• All messages are fully auditable and can be archived for up to 30 years.

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Contd..

It includes Precedence levels : Routine Urgent Priority Immediate Flash

Security Classification levels:UnclassifiedConfidential Secret Top Secret

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Contd..

Fusion Net:

Fusion Net is a distributed system deployed by the U.S. Army to disseminate ‘ground truth’ intelligence and unit management information throughout the Battle space.

Before Fusion Net, battlefield event information was scattered among numerous Army systems and databases, which couldn’t communicate with one another.

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Contd..

Fusion Net provides the communication of information among different systems and databases in real time.

It is implemented throughout the current theatre of operations so that the data capture rate and, the information availability rate for battlefield events to increase from 75 to 1500 percent.

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Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) The DCGS-A family of systems ensures that the essential

intelligence and battle space awareness information from all intelligence sources is provided to the Army War fighter when and where they need it.

The system’s capabilities are based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) that enables the delivery of multiple levels of intelligence data (voice, video, and geospatial) to combatant commanders.

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Contd..

Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) DCGS-A uses the latest cloud technology to rapidly gather,

collaborate and share intelligence data from multiple sources to the battlefield commanders.

With this system we can Increase the situational awareness and reduces risk to the Commander when executing missions.

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Software Solutions in Navy

• Polar Navy : It is an efficient, user friendly, cross-platform marine

navigation software.

It provides consistent user experience with native look and feel on Apple Mac OS , Microsoft Windows and Linux systems, Apple iPhone and iPad mobile devices.

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Contd..

Polar Navy consists of Three Versions :

Polar view NS : It is a complete user

friendly on-board marine navigation system. Which deals about the Weather, Tides and GPS systems.

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Contd..

• Polar Com : It consists of Comprehensive set of

navigation instruments including position, speed, course, wind, depth

Highly visible digital and analog instruments

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Contd..Polar view MX : • It is a marine app for Apple iOS.• It acts as a Vector and Raster chart viewer for iPhone and

iPad.

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Software Solutions in Air Force

• Net-T(Network Tactical) A software upgrade called Net-T effectively turns U.S. War

planes into wireless routers in the sky, Allowing ground forces to share information with each other.

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Contd..

Using Net-T, commanders on the ground can share video data, map coordinates and other information types without the use of traditional satellite or radio communication.

Requirement: The groups on the ground need 'line of sight' to the aircraft in

the air, this opens up communication possibilities to support ground operations across all services.

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How to operate:• Elliott tested Net-T on the A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack

aircraft and said that the system doesn't require a lot of input from the pilot once it's properly configured.

• It's a single button push, After that, the pilot must maintain within the range and stay up with the users.

• Net-T will be in operational use by 2014.

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Conclusion

The transition of defence from Platform centric warfare to the Network centric warfare the usage of emerging technologies in software is ever increased so that the Software is becoming a crucial piece of Weaponry in the modern defence system.

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References

• http://www.wikipedia.com• http://www.howstuffworks.com• http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/1/581F

EBAF-116D-41B3-8CDE-1829F93C5ABE/OSSvCS_Defence_WhitePaper_W.pdf

• www.microsoft.com/industry/government/guides/dod/default.aspx

• http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/-airforce-wireless-routers

• http://indianarmy.nic.in/• www.army.mil/• www.nausena-bharti.nic.in/• www.ndianairforce.nic.in/

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