Sidecar Network Adapters:
Open Architecture for ISR Data Sources
Craig McNally, Larry Barbieri, Charles Yee
Embedded and High Performance Computing
HPEC 2010
8/16/2010
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force contract FA8721-05-C-0002. Opinions, interpretations,
conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government
Problem
ISR Data Sources
Data Consumers need to
integrate with many
interfaces, protocols,
and data formats
Data Consumers
Changes to data source
interfaces affect all
consumers
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Integration efforts
are repeated by
every consumer.
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Solution
ISR Data Sources
Adaptation
Adaptation
Adaptation
Data Consumers
Adaptation
Adaptation
Adaptation
Adaptation
Adaptation Adaptation
Adaptation
Common
Interfaces and
Data Formats
Adaptation
Adaptation
Adaptation
Adaptation
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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
Reduced
replication of
Integration efforts
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Results
XESSA
NEET/HIAMD
2007
ISAT
2008
Adapter SDK v1
Status Service
RESA
2009
2010
Adapter SDK v2
Search Service
Data Access Service Task Service
Adapter SDK v2
Status Service
Search Service
Status Service
Search Service
Data Access Service
Task Service
Data Access Service
Task Service
Data Push Service
Capabilities Service
Data Push Service
Capabilities Service
FAA Adapter
Global Hawk Adapter
UAV Sim
Adapter
ADS-B
Adapter
IPL
Adapter
Flight Control
Adapter
NRTI
Oilstock
Adapters
Service Bus
Adapter
TACTICAL
Image Products
Civilian Air PIcture
ENTERPRISE
NCCT Adapter
Multi-INT Data Feed
Legend
Unutilized
Web Services
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Utilized
Web Services
Full Motion
Video
Civilian Air
PIcture
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.
*RESA: Realtime Enhanced Situation Awareness
Multi-Source
Track Feed
Air Picture
Adapter
Air Track
Feed
Multiple
Service Buses
SIGINT
Adapter
AIS
Adapter
Signals Intel
Feed
Maritime
Track Feed
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