A Global Architecture for Defense

ANWAR CHOUDHURY, UK Ministry of Defence
FRITZ SCHULZ, US Department of Defense
WOUTER KÖNINGS, NATO C3 Agency
Col MIKE RYAN, Australian Defence Force

Historically, defense was a national issue. However, in today's environment, allied defense operations represent the business doctrine world-wide.   Major operations will therefore be joint operations and information systems must support a global architecture for defense.  To make that a reality, the international defense community is working towards a common architecture and a core set of standards and approaches for global interoperability.

This joint presentation will be delivered by representative leaders in this endeavor. These key organizations have come together and are well advanced in agreeing the set of core standards and approaches on which allied operations and internal enterprise architectures will be based.

The speakers will describe the challenges they face and the joint solution they have adopted in implementing the global architecture for defense.