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8-11 April 2008
C4I Center Hosts NATO Group
April 2008
C4I Center Selects AFCEA NOVA Fellow
26-28 November 2007
GMU Interoperation Technology Supports NATO Demonstration
16-17 October 2007
Workshop on Battle Management Language
The Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications,
Computing and Intelligence (C4I Center) exists to bring
Mason's strengths in Information Technology and Engineering
to the service of the US military and its allies. From 8 to 11
April, the Center hosted the Coalition Battle Management
Language technical activity of the NATO Modeling and Simulation
Group. This was latest of a series of meetings that are developing
a multinational capability to link military Command and Control
with Modeling and Simulation, creating a new capability where
coalitions can train, rehearse, and analyze alternative courses
of action in order to be better prepared for hostilities such as
NATO is facing in Afganistan. The group recently demonstrated
this new technology in an initial working configuration that
brought together six national systems. The recent meeting included
representatives from France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain,
Turkey, the UK and the US, plus a Danish representative
participating electronically over the Internet.
The Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications,
Computing and Intelligence (C4I Center) exists to bring
Mason's strengths in Information Technology and Engineering
to the service of the US military and its allies. The Center
has teamed up with the Armed Forces Communications-Electronics
Association (AFCEA) Northern Virginia (NOVA) chapter in a program
intended to encourage people retiring from the military to
pursue graduate degrees. The first selectee in this program
in Major Dan Stimpson, US Marine Corps, who will join the
Center's staff upon his retirement in September 2008 and
will strengthen their background in current military operations
while he pursues a doctorate in Operations Research in the
Volgenau School. Professor Mark Pullen, who heads the C4I Center,
said "This is a great opportunity both for Dan Stimpson and
for the C4I Center; we are very grateful to AFCEA NOVA for
making it possible." The Center continues to seek qualified staff
with recent military experience for such Fellowships.
The NATO Modeling and Simulation Group Technical Activity 48 (MSG-048)
conducted a breakthrough demonstration at the InterService/Industry
Training, Education and Simulation (I/ITSEC) 2007 conference. Using
the Joint Battle Management Language and its supporting Web services,
both pioneered under the leadership of the GMU C4I Center, the NATO
group demonstrated interoperation of three national Command and Control
systems with three national simulations in completely automated mode.
This was the first such interoperation ever and was achieved in only
six months by a five-nation team, using Internet access to the Joint
Battle Management prototype/reference services provided by the C4I
Center.
Slides
The C4I Center in the the Volgenau School of Information Technology and
Engineering hosted a Workshop on Battle Management Language on October
16th and 17th, 2007 at the Verizon Auditorium in the Prince Williams
Campus. Over 150 Government, Academic and Industry attendees participated.
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