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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