GeoSpace

BlueSpace has created a unified operating picture of the battle theater in GeoSpace, a multi-level secure (MLS)  command and control interface that utilizes the BlueSpace Trusted Service Bus and Client Framework, as well as a trusted workstation and Google Earth.

The BlueSpace GeoSpace system runs on a trusted workstation, and can be deployed on platforms such as the SABER (DoDIIS Trusted Workstation).  A main window runs at a dominant label to the compartmented (joint) or country (coalition) networks, and this dominant network can be limited to the C2 facility, such as an AWACS plane or command tent. Physical connections from each network can be plugged into a single server running the trusted operating system, which then takes responsibility for enforcing mandatory access controls (MAC).

In the user interface, when an operator selects a unit, the path the unit is travelling on is shown, together with some details about the unit. If an operator clicks to view the unit’s orders, the system will instigate a new process running at the appropriate compartment or country label for that unit, and all the packets then travel over the correct network label.  An appropriately authorized operator can change the unit’s orders, and does so with authentication and encryption services provided by that network domain, just like using a separate single-level PC connected to that compartment or country network.  An operator can also send a message to a unit. In a deployed system, this would be connected to the existing C2 apparatus with single-level mes­sage transformation or web services. In addition, the operator can have an in­coming message traffic feed of relevant messages.

Watch a demo of the GeoSpace system >>