Session 2.6c Update: Connecting the Deep Fight: The Network Architecture Challenge
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| Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Sutherland Theatre |
Details
Problem Context: With a shift in focus towards Deep Strike Operations there is an increasing need for integrated targeting capabilities that support engagements at extended beyond line-of-sight ranges. Long-range effects are increasingly deployed from deep as part of layered Integrated Air Defence, Anti-Access/Aerial Denial (A2AD), and deliberate and dynamic high-value target engagements.
The range of challenges and limitations faced with current tactical networking solutions within this context is exposed. This highlights the need for new secure, resilient and adaptable networking architectures to provide effective integrated long-range strike capabilities as part of a fully integrated force.
Solution Context: Information-centric heterogeneous network architectures will be required to seamlessly connect and autonomously adapt to complex and dynamic RF environments to distribute time-sensitive information, from the lowest tactical level within the Army through to joint surface and airborne assets. Networking and communications must also shift from “enabling” to “mission level” offensive and defensive capabilities, using dynamic RF spectrum management techniques.
Future Approach: The networking layer must evolve to become fully integrated and at the same time, horizontally decoupled using software defined networking techniques. This enables greater levels of context-sensitive routing automation and dynamic network orchestration that can adapt to optimise end-to-end network performance in real-time.
Battlespace network convergence requires centralised and distributed control, with a focus on information management within RF context aware and content aware routing. To achieve a fully integrated networking layer that supports Deep Strike Operations, integration with adjacent zero trust and tactical cloud architectures must also be addressed.
Speaker
Mr Richie Lynch
Systems Architect (Associate Director, Systems Engineer)
Collins Aerospace
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Biography
Richie Lynch (BSc MSC MIET)
Richie is a Systems Architect at Collins Aerospace in the UK and holds a Bachelor’s Degree (BSc) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a Master’s Degree (MSc) in Technology Management, and is currently working towards gaining Certified Architect status through the Collins Certified Architect Program, accredited by The Open Group.
Richie has spent 34 years working in the defence industry and the last 14 years actively involved in Systems and System-of-Systems level architecture activities across land, air and maritime domains.
He is currently working as a Systems Architect within Collins global Mission Systems, C4 Intelligence & Autonomy business portfolio. His goal is to provide architectural guidance and solutions to support international programs and engineering teams, including Collins Australia, and covers C2, Targeting and Digital Fires, Tactical Networking and Communication, Tactical Data Link Networks and Gateways and ISR Exploitation.
Richie is a systems architect who as a generalist and critical systems thinker, provides the link between business, operational and technology subject matter experts. His focus and interests are in complex networked systems-of-systems, including functional analysis and decomposition into system architectures and designs and understanding and articulation of complex problems using architectural methods and techniques.
