Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium

Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium - NCOIC
Non-Profit
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 2004
Key people
Carl O'Berry, Chief Executive Officer
Slogan Accelerating Network Centric Systems Through Industry Collaboration
Website http://www.ncoic.org

The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) is an international not-for-profit, chartered in the United States, whose goal is to facilitate the adoption of existing and emerging cross-domain interoperability standards.[1] Formed in September 2004, the organization is composed of more than 50 authoritative member companies, government organizations and academic institutions within aerospace, defense, information technology and communication entities openly working in the forefront.[2]

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:

Interoperability Frameworks

NCOIC streamlines systems for the elimination of interoperability issues to reduce operating costs for more effective direction of organizational resources.[3]

Key deliverables

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

NCOIC Interoperability Framework (NIF)

Net Centric Patterns

Network Centric Analysis Tool (NCAT)

NCOIC Lexicon

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

References

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