Data standards pose a sneaky obstacle to joint war fighting
Andrew Eversden
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s concept Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control requires an intricate web that connects sensors and shooters, while employing emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to quickly sift through data. But to connect these platforms across domains and services, data must seamlessly flow across networks with disparate owners. And to do that, the services must agree on a level of data standards.
This is a difficult task — one that several experts told C4ISRNET is made more difficult by cultural barriers.
“If you don’t have data standards, then, you know, what’s the accuracy and trustworthiness of the data? The defense data decision can be life or death decisions. And in those situations, the data needs to be trusted,†said Kate Mercer, a vice president for Booz Allen Hamilton’s defense business.
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