Migration strategies for service-enabling ground control stations for unmanned systems

Joseph B. Kroculick

doi:10.1117/12.884718

23 May 2011 Migration strategies for service-enabling ground control stations for unmanned systems

Joseph B. Kroculick

Proceedings Volume 8062, Defense Transformation and Net-Centric Systems 2011; 80620I (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884718
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2011, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Future unmanned systems will be integrated into the Global Information Grid (GIG) and support net-centric data sharing, where information in a domain is exposed to a wide variety of GIG stakeholders that can make use of the information provided. Adopting a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach to package reusable UAV control station functionality into common control services provides a number of benefits including enabling dynamic plug and play of components depending on changing mission requirements, supporting information sharing to the enterprise, and integrating information from authoritative sources such as mission planners with the UAV control stations data model. It also allows the wider enterprise community to use the services provided by unmanned systems and improve data quality to support more effective decision-making. We explore current challenges in migrating UAV control systems that manage multiple types of vehicles to a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Service-oriented analysis involves reviewing legacy systems and determining which components can be made into a service. Existing UAV control stations provide audio/visual, navigation, and vehicle health and status information that are useful to C4I systems. However, many were designed to be closed systems with proprietary software and hardware implementations, message formats, and specific mission requirements. An architecture analysis can be performed that reviews legacy systems and determines which components can be made into a service. A phased SOA adoption approach can then be developed that improves system interoperability.

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Joseph B. Kroculick "Migration strategies for service-enabling ground control stations for unmanned systems", Proc. SPIE 8062, Defense Transformation and Net-Centric Systems 2011, 80620I (23 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884718

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