New and emerging threats, technology advancements and the advent of the Knowledge Age are driving change in Armed Forces around the world. The Singapore Armed Forces is in the midst of transformation into the 3rd Generation SAF to meet these challenges. As military systems morph into increasing networked and interdependent system of systems, the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) has also adopted strategies and put in systems engineering efforts to manage the interoperability requirements and complexities of this system of systems. In 2006 DSTA adopted Enterprise Architecture (EA) to facilitate business- Information Technology (IT) alignment and subsequently established a Reference Architecture Framework to ensure interoperability across systems. In this article, we describe the Reference Architecture Framework, the linkage between EA and the Framework, and how the framework will guide the development of the solution blueprint to enable 3rd Generation SAF transformations.
展开▼
