NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SUPPORTING NETWORK CENTRIC OPERATIONS
Network Centric Warfare doctrine seeks to translate an information advantage, enabled in part by information technology, into a competitive war fighting advantage through the robust networking of well informed geographically dispersed forces. This requires information network with high performance and manageability.
Titan NMS - INCREASE MISSION EFFECTIVENESS
Kilosoft’s Titan NMS Network Management System (NMS) supports ”OODA-loop” (Observation – Orientation – Decision - Action) decision making process and helps to implement Network Centric Warfare (NCW) tenets.
How Network Management System can support the doctrine of Network Centric Warfare?
| NCW tenets | TITAN NMS FEATURES AND BENEFITS | OODA-loop |
|---|---|---|
| A robustly networked force improves information sharing | Operations:Titan NMS is a completely distributable Network Management system suitable for battle field. Every tactical network base station has its own local NMS unit and these units form a “logical management network”. System is based on Kilosoft’s OS-independent software components (COTS-components). Training:Titan NMS graphical web-browser user interface is easy to use and easy to train. |
Observation |
| Information sharing enhances the quality of information and shared situational awareness | Operations:Local NMS units in base stations replicate network status info with each other to form a shared network picture which illustrates the network topology with network node statuses and alarms. Training:Network changes can be easily monitored during military exercise. Titan NMS collects data from the network changes which can later be used to analyze the exercise. |
Orientation |
| Shared situational awareness enables collaboration and self-synchronization, speed of command | Operations:Changes in network topology can be discovered nearly in real-time and for example changes affecting the network capacity can be taken in consideration when sharing information and giving commands. Titan NMS can be integrated also to C4I systems using the adaptive and open (XML) interface. |
Decision |
| Increase mission effectiveness | Operations:Titan NMS is efficient management system for complex and dynamic tactical networks. Well managed and monitored network infrastructure supports the tenets of Network Centric Warfare. Training:Titan NMS is easy to use and its abilities can be used in training to illustrate the network and its behavior in different situations. |
Action |
Titan NMS Facts
- Automatic network topology discovery and visualization
- Distributed system - No single point of failure
- Open interfaces (XML) and OS independency (Java)
- Based on “de-facto” standards with high security
- Supports multi-vendor heterogeneous networks and legacy systems
Kilosoft contact
- titannms@kilosoft.fi
- +358 40 769 1610
- P.O.Box 173, 40101
Jyväskylä, Finland - www.kilosoft.fi
