NUAF-B

The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) has developed, and is in the process of evolving, an Architecture for the United States Imagery and Geospatial Information System (USIGS). Migration from the current multitude of separated systems towards a single, integrated, virtual system is the goal of NIMA and the purpose of the Architecture. The USIGS will support requirements from the Imagery and Geospatial Community (IGC) for the acquisition and production of imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information. The implementation of the USIGS Architecture will improve customer access to this information as it migrates from the current production, storage, and distribution system(s), based mostly on hardcopy media, to a system based predominantly on digital technology and softcopy production.

The USIGS Architecture Framework (UAF) is the first step to instantiate a USIGS Architecture compliant with the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Architecture Framework. The UAF implements direction from DoD 8000.1, section 4.2.11, which requires a set of operational, technical, and system architectures be developed and applied, in order to achieve a common operating environment for the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII). The UAF provides a common framework of terminology and documentation of architecture components guiding the building of a "USIGS Architecture. Finally, the UAF defines how architecture products will be used in the Planning, Programming and Budgeting Systems, as well as, requirements and acquisition processes.

This iteration of the USIGS Architecture Framework reflects changes made to the previous version of the document, which include the following:

• Improved descriptions of architecture product relationships
• Removal of IDEF0 diagrams and addition of Use-Case diagrams in the Operational Architecture
• Refined System Architecture "To-Be" products
• Renaming and improved description of USIGS Conceptual Data Model
• Addition of section covering USIGS Compliance, including a Compliance Checklist
• Improved alignment of USIGS Architecture Framework to the C4ISR Architecture Framework version 2.0

Please refer questions, comments or requests for additional copies to:

Figure 1-1 USIGS Architecture Components

Figure 1-2 USIGS Architecture Products

Figure 1-3 USIGS Architecture Product Process Impact Matrix

Figure 1-4 USIGS Architecture Evolution

Figure 1-5 USIGS Architecture Traceability Linkages

Figure 1-6 USIGS Common View of Mission Space

Figure 1-7 USIGS Information Cycle

Figure 1-8 NIMA Information Service Model

Figure 1-9 USIGS Glossary Extract

Figure 2-1 USIGS Operational Concept Diagram

Figure 2-2 USIGS Operational Relationship Chart

Figure 2-3 USIGS Activity Hierarchy Excerpt

Figure 2-4 USIGS Activity Diagram Excerpt

Figure 2-5 USIGS Information Exchange Requirements Matrix Excerpt

Figure 2-6 USIGS Operational Scenario Excerpt

Figure 2-7 USIGS Operational Architecture Product Linkages

Figure 3-2 USIGS Emerging Standards Excerpt

Figure 3-3 USIGS Emerging Technologies Excerpt

Figure 3-4 USIGS Technical Architecture Relationships

Figure 4-1 USIGS Architecture Interrelationships

Figure 4-2 USIGS Architecture Product Information Flow-down

Figure 4-3 USIGS System Element Interface Description "To-Be"

Figure 4-4 USIGS System Information Exchange Matrix "To-Be"

Figure 4-5 USIGS Interoperability Profile (UIP)

Figure 4-6 USIGS System/Segment Element Interface Diagram "As-Is"

Figure 4-7 USIGS System/Segment Element Interface Matrix "As-Is"

Figure 4-8 USIGS System Architecture Product Linkages

Figure 5-1 Data Model Interrelationships Within the USIGS Architecture

Figure 5-2 USIGS Conceptual Data Model Excerpts

Figure 5-3 USIGS Conceptual Data Model Product Linkages

Figure 6-1 USIGS Migration

Figure 6-2 Annual Coverage of USIGS EPIP

Figure 6-3 USIGS Evolution Diagram

Figure 6-4 USIGS Evolutionary Phase Implementation Plan (EPIP)

Figure 6-5 Functional Manager's Guidance for the Imagery and Geospatial

Community Input Form

Figure 6-6 Migration Planning Product Linkages

Figure 7-1 USIGS Architecture and Migration Planning Product Linkages to

Enterprise Planning and Program Element-Level Documents

Table 1-1 USIGS Glossary

Table 2-1 USIGS Operational Concept Diagram

Table 2-2 USIGS Operational Relationship Chart

Table 2-3 USIGS Activity Hierarchy

Table 2-4 USIGS Activity Diagram

Table 2-5 USIGS Information Exchange Requirement Matrix

Table 2-6 USIGS Operational Scenario

Table 3-1 USIGS Technical Architecture Profile

Table 3-2 USIGS Standards Technology Forecast

Table 4-1 USIGS System Element Interface Description "To-Be"

Table 4-2 USIGS System Information Exchange Matrix "To-Be"

Table 4-3 USIGS Interoperability Profile (UIP)

Table 4-4 USIGS System/Segment Element Interface Diagram "As-Is"

Table 4-5 USIGS System/Segment Element Interface Matrix "As-Is"

Table 5-1 USIGS Conceptual Data Model Report Contents

Table 5-2 USIGS Conceptual Data Model

Table 6-1 USIGS Evolutionary Phase Implementation Plan (EPIP)

Table 6-2 Functional Manger's Guidance for the Imagery and Geospatial

Community Input Form

Table 7-1 Descriptions of Enterprise Planning and Program Element-Level

Documents