part 2
Australia
7. AU presented the following areas of interest for TW08 (Enclosure 4). AU opened their National brief (Enclosure 4) by presenting a list of candidate initiatives, including:
a. GCCS 4
(1) Inform GCCS 3 replacement capability,
b. Maritime Vessel ID System (MVIS),
c. WAN Optimisation Capability
d. UHF Replacement Radio
e. QoS & VoIP Capability
f. SNR:
(1) 256K
(2) Include MPA thru NUW activity?
g. WiMAX (802.16)
8. The AU level of participation was outlined however it was emphasized that this is tentative at this stage and is likely to change somewhat before execution:
a. RIMPAC (AOR, LSH, FFH);
b. EAXA (FFG or FFH); and
c. Virtual Ship (HMAS WATSON, Sydney).
9. AU stated that their TW08 installations will be completed under ship’s trial documentation and an Interim Authority to Operate (IATO) only. AU provided a summary on other initiatives they may be interested in pursuing in TW08 including the Embedded Event Manager (EEM), and an MLTC solution.
Canada
10. CA provided an update (Enclosure 5) and included their level of participation, including two Halifax Class ships participating in RIMPAC 08 and TW08 enroute to Hawaii. Both units will have SNR installed however at this point the details of ships are not known.
11. CA expects to participate in the following objectives:
a. Directory Services Integration (Global Address List);
b. XMPP / SAMETIME Chat Gateway;
c. AIS2GOLD: Canada is sponsoring this initiative;
d. Multiple ADHOC Subnets: Canada will be involved inasmuch as possible, most likely during RIMPAC execution;
e. IA/CND: Canada will most likely introduce a firewall on the CENTRIXS server in the ships involved with TW08 and assess the impact it has on the connectivity;
f. Efficient XML; and
g. VMWARE
12. CA indicated that it may also participate in the following objectives:
a. MHQ with MOC - Operational level information sharing;
b. EMIO - wireless link from Boarding Team to ship
13. CA summarized the Networked Underwater Warfare (NUW) and Multi-Sensor Integration within a Common Operating Environment (MUSIC) technologies. CA believes the real strength of NUW lies in its ability to share sensor information near real-time, however without policies to enable the sharing of sensor data across the coalition network, NUW could not achieve one of its main objectives, that being the integration of tactical sonar data into a coalition RMP via OTH-GOLD messaging. It is believed that MUSIC may not be mature enough for TW08 however it may be brought forward for TW09.
