Research and Development Support

OSEC has over 14 years of cumulative experience in Research and Development support. OSEC personnel have extensive and broad experience with the scientific and analytical disciplines necessary to conduct fundamental research, scientific study and concept formulation, to include development, analysis and evaluation. OSEC is a proven partner in assessing system and subsystem requirements and is more than capable of applying this knowledge, and other applicable skills, to improving existing and developing new warfighting capabilities.
1.	OSEC provided Operational and System Engineering Support for the Development of an Integrated Architecture for Joint Command Control Ship (JCC(X)). Under this contract, OSEC provided operational, technical and systems engineering expertise to support the SPAWAR System Center Charleston in the development of an integrated architecture that reflected the planned operating environment of JCC (X). In the course of performing this task, OSEC:
		Reviewed JCC (X) acquisition documentation and identified the actual and derived required operational activities.
		Conducted extensive review of existing operational architectures that reflect Joint CINC level command activities.
		Used, wherever possible, established, approved operational architectures as a basis for the JCC (X) Operational Views.
For the planning phase tasks, OSEC identified and collected JCC (X) objectives and requirements and defined architecture products to be developed. For the baseline phase tasks, OSEC compiled a list of prioritized architecture products and researched and identified the architecture products that were developed. In addition, OSEC
		Conducted an assessment on the current state of applicable DoD Operational Architectures (OA) and other related program documentation to support JCC (X) Operational Views.
		Identified and incorporated reusable components from existing and on-going operation architecture development initiatives.
		Provided recommendations for the incorporation of existing operational architectures and identified shortcomings of operation products.
		Assisted in the allocation of operational activities to system functions.
For the assessment tasks, OSEC used architecture assessments to provide gap analysis to identify shortcoming of existing systems to meet evolving JCC (X) requirements. OSEC’s engagement in this ensured that the customer had the requisite technical information to construct a joint command ship taxonomy and to ensure that it comprehensively addressed systems architecture and interoperability constructs to ensure it met warfighter objectives. The system taxonomy delivered under this construct was also used to help establish the foundation of LHA-R development.
2.	OSEC provided support of the Biological Warfare Defense research effort conducted by DARPA via qualified personnel who performed systems engineering, research and research support, prototype demonstration, integration support, evaluation, requirements research and definitions, and demonstrated tools to perform these activities. During the Information and System Architecture Research phase of this contract, OSEC provided engineering services and technical support for the following areas:
		Requirements Analysis
		Requirements Definition
		Research and Evaluation of Candidate Architectures and Operating Environments
		Test Bed Design
		Research and Evaluation of Information Architectures
		Information Requirements-Based Prototype Application Design
	During the Information and Systems Integration phase, OSEC provided engineering services and technical support for the following areas:
		System Architecture Design
		Design System Integration Architecture
		Prototype/Demonstration Application Design and Development
		Develop Information/Data Requirement Recommendations for Researchers
		Systems Integration
		Testing and Evaluation of Prototype/Demonstration Systems
3.	OSEC provided system engineering, system architecture, information/processing and sensor architecture and management expertise to assist DARPA TTO identify new technologies for the joint services. OSEC helped to define and recommend “System-of-Systems” architectures based upon leading edge technologies for the joint services. This work included research in advanced information processing, system-of-systems integration and sensor concepts as they relate to the above. OSECs contributions in these two efforts ensured that Marine Corps and Joint NBC concerns were appropriately and effectively engineered and integrated into the broader Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) architecture for DoD. The OSEC team played the central role in marshalling a major joint initiative (JWARN-Joint Warning and Reporting Network) through Milestone B.
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