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Managing life cycle and network interoperability challenges on Navy platforms

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w w w. t m s . m r c y. c o m WHITE PAPER Managing life cycle and network interoperability challenges on Navy platforms Introduction Navy combat, C4ISR [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance], and machinery control systems are characterized by a wide range of programs, all of which have their own system architecture, configuration, and composition, mostly program-specific and irrespective of adjacent systems. This disconnected environment creates roadblocks to cost-effective technology refresh and generates institutional inefficiencies, resulting in increased program expense in the long term and less effective warfighting capabilities overall. However, open computing strategies – such as those initiated by social media giants Facebook and LinkedIn – as well as manufacturing practices common in the auto and freight transport industry can be leveraged by the Navy embedded computing industry to solve the interoperability and long-term cost challenges created by these disparate systems. "Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road." Stewart Brand RICK STUDLEY, CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST, MERCURY SYSTEMS TRUSTED MISSION SOLUTIONS JULY 2018

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