XYZ 10/2/2015 MIT Lincoln Laboratory Sidecar Network Adapters: Open Architecture for ISR Data Sources Craig McNally, Larry Barbieri, Charles Yee Embedded and High Performance Computing HPEC /16/2010 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force contract FA C Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government

MIT Lincoln Laboratory XYZ 10/2/2015 ISR Data Sources Problem Data Consumers Integration efforts are repeated by every consumer. Data Consumers need to integrate with many interfaces, protocols, and data formats Changes to data source interfaces affect all consumers

MIT Lincoln Laboratory XYZ 10/2/2015 Solution ISR Data Sources Data Consumers Data Consumers integrate with a common set of interfaces, protocols, and data formats Changes to data source interfaces only affect the adaptation, not the consumer Adaptation Reduced replication of Integration efforts Common Interfaces and Data Formats

MIT Lincoln Laboratory XYZ 10/2/2015 Results Global Hawk Adapter NCCT Adapter Adapter SDK v1 Data Access Service Status Service Task Service Search Service ADS-B Adapter UAV Sim Adapter ENTERPRISE TACTICAL Service Bus Adapter NRTI Oilstock Adapters AIS Adapter SIGINT Adapter XESSA NEET/HIAMDISAT RESA Image Products Adapter SDK v2 Data Push ServiceCapabilities Service Data Access Service Status Service Task Service Search Service Adapter SDK v2 Data Push ServiceCapabilities Service Data Access Service Status ServiceSearch Service Task Service IPL Adapter *RESA: Realtime Enhanced Situation Awareness Flight Control Adapter Utilized Web Services Unutilized Web Services Legend Multi-INT Data Feed Air Picture Adapter Multi-Source Track Feed Maritime Track Feed Air Track Feed Signals Intel Feed Image Product Libarary Over the course of roughly 1.5 years, a team of ~10 engineers developed and integrated 8+ SNAs into the RESA* project’s service oriented architecture. This enabled components such as situation awareness displays, data archives, and various other services to quickly integrate with and consume data from disparate sources spanning multiple types of intelligence. Multiple Service Buses FAA Adapter Civilian Air PIcture Full Motion Video Civilian Air PIcture