Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium

Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium
Type Non-Profit
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 2004
Key people

Dan Starcevich, Chairman

Edgar Buckley, Vice Chairman, Global Relationships
Website http://www.ncoic.org

The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) is an international not-for-profit collaborative organization, chartered in the United States, whose goal is to facilitate the adoption of existing and emerging open technical standards. The organization is composed of companies , government organizations and academic institutions working in the aerospace, defense, information technology, communications and other industries. There are more than 100 active member organizations, with more than 1,500 participants. The full membership list can be found below.

The NCOIC was formed in September 2004.

Contents

Mission

The mission of Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium is to facilitate interoperability across the spectrum of joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational industrial and commercial operations. Members of the global organization aim to apply innovative network-centric technology to the operational challenges faced by their customers.

Vision

The vision of the NCOIC is industry working together with customers to provide a Network Centric environment where all classes of information systems interoperate by integrating existing and emerging open standards into a common evolving global framework that employs a common set of principles and processes.

What is Network Centric Operations?

NCO is the application of the fundamental tenets of network-centric warfare to aspects of national security, especially industry support for the missions of both the United States Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The NCOIC does not only subscribe to the military ends of this theory, applying NCO to emergency first responders, health care providers, law enforcement, and corporations.

Network Centric Warfare defined

NCW is the embodiment of an "Information Age" transformation of the United States Department of Defense and all the elements that support it. NCW represents a set of war fighting concepts and associated military capabilities that allow warfighters to take full advantage of all available information and bring all available assets to bear in a rapid and flexible manner. NCW is based on the following tenets:

Key deliverables

Systems, Capabilities, Operations, Programs, & Enterprises (SCOPE) Model

NCOIC Interoperability Framework (NIF)

Building Blocks

Network Centric Analysis Tool (NCAT)

NCOIC Lexicon

For a full list of all key NCOIC deliverables, including reports and white papers, please visit: https://www.ncoic.org/technology/deliverables/

NCOIC internal structure

Functional teams

Functional Teams (FTs) implement the technical roadmap of the Consortium by focusing on specific technical elements that lead to netcentricity. The teams and their associated working groups are coordinated through a Technical Council, composed of the leaders of each Functional Team.

NIF Architecture Concepts FT

Specialized Frameworks FT

Building Blocks FT

Netcentric Assessment FT

System Engineering & Integration FT

Integrated Project Teams

Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) serve as domain specific customer teams, who work with global NCO stakeholders in solving their interoperability problems. The IPTs harness the expertise of the Technical Functional Teams in utilizing NCOIC tools and best practices to provide customers with the appropriate guidance to achieve their netcentric missions. The IPTs thereby validate and refine NCOIC approaches in collaboration with customers.

Net Enabled Emergency Response IPT (NEER)

C3 Interoperability IPT

Sense & Respond Logistics IPT

Aviation IPT

Maritime Awareness IPT

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