Bobby Junker, Head of Command, Control Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR), at the Office of Naval Research, gives a briefing to Department of the Navy officials on a suite of information technology tools that will improve fleet operations during a demonstration at the Integrated Warfare Systems Laboratory in Dahlgren, Va. The centerpiece of the effort is a "universal gateway" system designed to pass data securely and swiftly between a ship's combat system network and its command-and-control network. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released). |