CISCO IN DEFENSE NETWORK CENTRIC SOLUTIONS & TRENDS Andrew Oppenheim AGENDA Challenges Network Centric Operations (NCO/NEC) Technical Approach IP Brigade an architecture blueprint Benefits Conclusion Case Studies
CHALLENGES asymmetric WARFARE Non-state actors Non-Traditional warfare Technological advances
Advantages accrue to organizations that successfully master the art of creating and leveraging an information advantage. Understanding Information Age Warfare - Alberts, Garstka, Hayes, Signori The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - Alvin Toffler
In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. - John le Carre WHAT MILITARIES DO Warfighting Humanitarian Peacekeeping Evacuation Homeland Security
Ships x 5 AN-32 x 7 MI-8/17 x 6 Helos x 3 Fixed Wing x 2 Medical Team x 2 Ship x 1 Helo x 1 Male TSUNAMI RELIEF PARTICIPATING NATION MILITARIES Ship x 1 Enroute INDIA C-130 x 2 Ships x 2 Helos x 3 Med Team Eng Team SRI LANKA Colombo DART Team ROWPU x 4 Med Team Eng Team C-130 x 2 Ships x 2 Eng Team Med Team Ships x 4 Helos x 3 Fixed wing x 3 Eng Team Medical Team x 4 Med Team FFG ARS 2 x helos C-130 x 1 Water System C-130 x 1 Ships x 2 Ships x 12 Helos x 13 Fixed Wing x 5 Ships x 30 Helos x 30 Fixed Wing x 22 HH-60 x 2 Field Hospital Field Hospital Eng Team Hospital Ship Helos x 2 Ships x 28 Helos x 2 Fixed Wing x 15 LPA CJTF 629 Helos x 2 French Ships X 2 Helos x 8 Med Team Swiss Helos x 3 ETA: TBD 1 x DVI Team Aceh Medan Meulaboh Hospital Ship Forensic Team Field Hosp Eng Team x 2 Med Team ALT x 2 Field Hospital Khao Lak K.L. LST x 2 C-130 x 6 B-707 x 1 UH-1 x4 Helos x 1 C-160 x 2 U-tapao C-130 x 5 CH-47 x 4 Super Puma x 4 C-130 x 1 Fixed wing x 1 MP Team Ships x 7 INDONESIA Ship x 1 C-130 x 2 Helos x 2 Med Team Eng Team Helos x 4 C-130 x 1 LST to ID LST to SL C-130 x 1 Ships x 2 LPD/AOR CH-47 x 3 HH-60 x 2 Med Team C-130 x 2 AUS AUT BGD BRN CAN CHE DEU FRA GBR IDA IND JPN KOR LKA MYS NOR NZL PAK SGP THA USA RNZAF B-757 in region Darwin 2 x C-130 CIVILIAN RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS MALDIVES Male MALDIVES 17 NGOs Operating - Save the Children SRI LANKA 84 NGOs Operating - ICRC: household items, shelter, water, medical care INDIA - IFRC: household items, THAILAND 35 NGOs Operating CHINA shelter, food, water, - Thai Red Cross: food medical care distribution - Oxfam: water, sanitation - World Vision Int l: building Click - IOM: water to edit Master materials, water/sanitation text styles - Care Int l: general relief facilities items THAILAND - Mercy Corps: cash-forwork, household items, Second level U-Tapao food, water Third level Phuket Kuala Lumpur Colombo SRI LANKA B-Aceh Butterworth MALAYSIA Fourth ANDAMAN level / NICOBAR Meulaboh - ICRC Medan - Catholic Relief Services: SINGAPORE home rebuilding Fifth level Sumatra INDONESIA 68 NGOs Operating Banda Aceh - Indonesian Red Cross: cooking/ hygiene items; water/sanitation - World Vision Int l: food aid - Medecins Sans Frontieres - Mercy Corps: cash-for-work, food, relief supplies - IOM: PHILIPPINES shuttling IDPs - Care Int l: food Meulaboh - Indonesian Red Cross - Medecins Sans Frontieres - Mercy Corps: cash-forwork, food Medan - Medecins Sans Frontieres - IOM: shuttling IDPs Diego Garcia MALAYSIA (Near KL) - Malaysian Red Crescent INDONESIA Jakarta SINGAPORE - ICRC Regional Hub CLERK 10 Darwin AUSTRALIA
Military IT Challenges & Imperatives New Services Phased Migration Legacy Integration Interoperability Cost Effectiveness Network Centric Operations
NETWORK CENTRIC OPERATIONS Robustly Networked Forces Improved Information Sharing Increased Confidence in Blue Improved Effective against Mission Effectiveness Red Limiting damage to white Getting the right information to the right people at the right time for the desired effects.
NETWORK CENTRIC OPERATIONS Information Sharing NEED TO SHARE KNOW NEED TO SHARE KNOW XX NETWORK CENTRIC OPERATIONS Collaboration Cultural Change Robustly Networked Forces Improved Information Sharing Reorganization New Tactics
Real-Time Services Interoperability Autonomic Networks Open Architectures NCO TRENDS WHAT PREVENTS NCO/NCW/NEC? SEPARATE NETWORKS Stovepipes between services Air Force Navy Army or between other countries
POLICY CHALLENGES Communicators must be recognized Doctrine Commanders must take a leadership role Technology Pace & Proliferation Managing Information Competing Weapon Systems IP-Enabled Collaboration Joint, Allied, Coalition Host Nation Agencies Civilian Agencies Government Agencies Network Non-Government Organizations Special Operation Forces Global Information Grid Services Marine Force Brigade Mobile Command Group Corps/ Division Joint Task Force Capable Allied & Coalition Forces Area of Responsibility Brigade Battalions
Desired End State - Integration Enterprise C4I Weapons The Ideal Situation! Technical Approach
CAPABILITY ALIGNMENT Network Centric Operations Capabilities Security Deployability Awareness Self Defending Network Mobility IIN SONA IP COMMS Application Intelligence ARCHITECTURE Modularity Commonality Application Intelligence Security
MODULARITY Deployable Plug-n-play Reusable COMMONALITY VOICE VIDEO DATA Interoperability Convergence
APPLICATION INTELLIGENCE Prioritization Virtualization SECURITY Infrastructural Self-Defending
Mobile Brigade Cisco Defense Solution MoD IP BRIGADE IP BRIGADE Strategic FIXED CORP DIVISION BRIGADE Radio Relay SATCOM CNR TRANSPORTABLE BATTALION MOBILE
HQ Node HQ Node Relay Relay Relay Strategic HQ Node HQ Node CNR HQ Node Relay ROUTER Strategic
Relay SWITCH PoE Port QoS Up to 48 Ports HQ Node ROUTER Strategic CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Relay WiFi WiFi AP 802.11b/g Secure HQ Node ROUTER Remote Strategic CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED
Relay VOICE CCME Voice-Mail XML Services Battle Map ORBAT Fire Support Radio Net ROUTER Duty Roster Lunch Menu HQ Node Remote Strategic CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Relay IPICS CNR Integration Join Radio Nets Any-Voice HQ Node CNR ROUTER Remote Strategic CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED
Relay SECURITY IPS/VPN Firewall NAC HQ Node CNR ROUTER Remote Strategic CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Relay CONTENT Caching Acceleration Content Mgmt. HQ Node CNR ROUTER Remote Strategic CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED
Relay CNR Remote APPLICATION UNCLASS SECRET UNCLASS UNCLASS SECRET UNCLASS Message Aware Message Change Message Route ROUTER UNCLASS $%7 10? SECRET UNCLASS UNCLASS SECRET x1%) i0 UNCLASS HQ Node Strategic CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED THE ROAD AHEAD Ad-Hoc Mobility IP-Based Sensors Soldier Wearable Routers Command HQ TelePresence
Benefits Benefit of IP COTS: Joint Communication Support Element Circuit Based 7.1 m 3 998 kg $1.9M 9 Personnel Improvement 95% 87% 86% 66% All IP 0.3 m 3 132 kg $270K 3 Personnel
Conclusion CISCO DEFENSE SUPPORT Government Advanced Technologies Global Defense Space and Security Civilian, Armed Forces, National Programs Pre-Sales Engineering, Post Sales Engineering, and Government Mission Support Critical Infrastructure Assurance System Integrator and Government Partnerships
What Governments Can do.. Use IP for horizontal integration Use the right IP international standards, RFCs, etc Fund what you say you want Buy don t build The network is a mission system Think Enterprise not one piece at a time IP provides the capabilities that directly enable NCO.
Case Studies Theatre Independent Tactical Army and Air Force Network (TITAAN) Solution deployed with the Royal Netherlands Army
Theatre Independent Tactical Army and Air Force Network (TITAAN) Solution deployed with the Royal Netherlands Army KMNB KABUL TITAAN in Afghanistan HQ ISAF KABUL HF 100 0 Bw SatCom EK/B OPERATIONAL RESERVE ISDN-2 256k DIAL-IN IOCC POTSDAM ISDN 30 HF 100 0 KIA KABUL ISDN-2 256k DIAL-IN 64x A/B 16x Uk0 30x S0 HOMEBASE MÜNSTER GE SATCOM GEROLSTEIN CISBn EIBERGEN TCTS Voice Endpoints & IP Phone Services All tactical network services except MLPP Speed Dials: Operator Helpdesk IP Phone Services: Affiliation Alarm State Information Public Announcement Browsable Directory Service Numbering Plan is ST5046 & 4214 compliant
Convergence in AUS HQ Project This new building will be a world s best practice in delivery of NCW and C4ISR capabilities using convergence and the worlds best partners and vendors Cisco Phones in Current HQ Ops Centre Capability Voice over Secure IP Video (Telepresence & Video Conference) On Site and off Site Data Centre Collaborative Tools Technology DMS scoped (TP being inserted) Meeting Place express - being considered 6500 in Core with 3560/4500's in the distribution/edge on the unclassified LAN The classified networks have a similar breakout, just on a smaller scale Security - ASA, CSM and current MARS Storage - MDS 9500's, 9216's VoSIP large number of IP Phones Transforming the Military: Allied Interoperability Korea/USA III Corps in Korea deploy for UFL using Cisco Unified Communications and Collaboration Tools More Effective Exploit non used Bandwidth Less technical staff required to maintain Improved Interoperability Easy to use Directory Systems Vxmail, Messaging, Collaboration Improved Situational Awareness Access to real time conferencing Collaboration in multiple domains the Corps implemented and Everything Over IP (EoIP Strategy) For VOIP, VTC and Collaboration Tools to enable planning and collaboration between the Joint Forces and Combined HQ Signal Magazine Winter 2006
Cisco Gear in Current Operations Your stuff was caked in sand but still worked