Intelligence Communications & Architectures
Requirements Information System [ICARIS]
The Intelligence Communications & Architectures Requirements Information System [ICARIS]
is an automated architecture development and management tool that provides
a methodology and means for the capture of information concerning existing force
structures, intelligence nodes and their communications architectures. ICARIS also
supports the design of alternative communications architectures based on changes to the
organization and/or mission. ICARIS contains databases on force structures, military and
government organizations, organizational intelligence requirements and equipment related
to the production and dissemination of intelligence products. These equipment databases
include intelligence request systems, collection systems, processing and exploitation
systems, intelligence and operational support systems and communications assets,
including satellite communications and wideband common carrier networks.
TRW's Avionics and Surveillance Group--Tactical Systems, under contract to the C4I
Integration Support Activity (CISA) of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(C3I), has developed and deployed ICARIS as a worldwide intelligence communications
architecture planning and management tool. ICARIS is currently fielded and maintained by TRW at over 50 different locations
worldwide, including the planning staffs at EUCOM, CENTCOM, SOCOM, PACOM,
ACOM, and STRATCOM, as well as the component headquarters and Joint
Intelligence Centers for these commands. In addition, initial architecture development is
currently under way for STRATCOM, SPACECOM and TRANSCOM. ICARIS is
also operational and providing direct support to several national organizations in the
Washington, D.C. area including JCS J2, DARO, CIO, NSA, NPIC, CIA Office of
Military Affairs, DIA,OSO, ASPO, and the National Military Joint Intelligence Center
(NMJIC). These organizations are using ICARIS for rapid evaluation of intelligence
options for long-range planning and crisis situations.
ICARIS is a DODIIS migration system. The DoD is in the process of establishing a simplified baseline of the best, common information systems across the business functions of the Department. These migration systems represent a stage of process improvement designed at achieving a common set of automated processes and practices in DoD.
Sources and Methods
http://www.fas.org/irp/program/core/icaris.htm
Created by John Pike
Maintained by Steven Aftergood
Updated Friday, July 04, 1997 2:53:24 PM
