Tactical Service-Oriented Architecture Over Wireless Communications

This paper reports on the results of testing General Dynamics AIS' Tactical Service-Oriented Architecture over wireless communications during flight tests run at the Air Force's Airborne Networking CRADA in 2006. The wireless, tactical domain presents a number of challenges. In particular, details of efficiency, reliability, and interoperability are a concern in this solution.Provided within this paper is discourse on why these details are relevant and how the approach taken addresses these details in a tactical domain. Also shown is how this approach differs from a traditional enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture. Finally there is a discussion of the results of the testing, as well as what steps can be taken in the future and what challenges must be overcome.