BRIEFING AT DIA FOR THE ADVISORY PANEL REVIEWING COINS

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• Publication Date: May 30, 1979
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FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755
DIA REVIEW COMPLETED 30 May 1979
.COINS/100-79
MEMORANDUM FOR CIA COINS SUBSYSTEM MANAGER,
NFAC
STATINTL
SUBJECT: Briefing at DIA for the Advisory Panel Reviewing COINS
at CIA on 9 June' eginning at 0900 for the entire day if necessary.
1. The Technical Assessment of COINS II (TAC II) Panel has been
established under the NSA Scientific Advisory Board (NSASAB) to assist
the COINS Project Manager in the development of a long range plan for
COINS II. Enclosed is a copy of the terms of reference for the panel
and a list of its members, all of which are cleared TS SI/TK. The
TAC II Panel has already visited NPIC for a briefing and demonstration
of NDS and it has been briefed by NSA on WINDMILL (SOLIS and PROJECTOR)
and TIDE including a tour of NSOC. In May, it visited DIA for a number
of briefings as outlined in the attached DIA agenda.
2`a It is anticipated that in the future CIA Hdqs. will be adding
a host to COINS II, therefore, it is important for the panel to hear
from CIA on its participation in COINS. Believe the TAC II Panel
would be interested in a brief statement as to why CIA hdqs. doesn't
have a host in COINS and whether or not there are any plans to
connect a ho in the near future. The panel is prepared to meet
elieve it would be useful if the Panel could be briefed on the
following topics or other topics which you might suggest.
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a. Current status and future plans for AEGIS/RECON and
potential relationship to COINS including CIA's proposal for a national
foreign intelligence bibliographic system.
b. Briefing and tour of CIA OPS Center, including discussion
on the possible use of COINS to achieve,interoperabili:yjwith other
operations centers in the Washington, D.C. area e.g.,'NSA/NSOC and
NOSIC/SEAWATCH).
c. Briefing on SAFE
d. They have heard about CAMS as it relates to DIA/AIRES
and NPIC/NDS and it might be useful to give them a briefing on this
system as well, if it is possible.
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3. The'Final Report from this group is due in the lst quarter FY-80
and all COINS participants in the assessment will receive copies. CIA's
support in this assessment is most important. I would appreciate an
agenda for the proposed meeting at CIA early enough to advise all panel
members in advance.
STATINTL
`COINS Project Manager
Enclosure
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 TErINICAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE COINS II PROGRAM
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1. Recommend that the NSA Scientific Advisory Board (NSASAB)
establish a panel to review the overall technical aspects of the
ongoing COINS II program. The main objective of this review is to
provide the COINS Project Management Office with some specific
recommendations to influence the direction of the technical program
for COINS II beginning in FY-81 and beyond. These recommendations
are needed by the end of March 1979 to influence the preparation of
the COINS PMO FY-81 program and budget.
2. For the purpose of this review, the overall technical
program for COINS II has been divided into five technical areas,
as indicated below:
Communications Technology, Hardware, and Software
Network Management and Monitoring
Network Security
User Functions and Applications
Test and Evaluation
3. For each of the above areas, the panel should identify
and describe the directions the COINS PMO should pursue through 1985.
a. Identify technical weaknesses or potential technical
problems in each area.
b. Identify state of the art or advanced technology that
should be examined by the COINS PMO to correct the technical weak-
nesses or problems and enhance the performance and capabilities of
the network.
c. Identify new or different applications that the COINS
PMO should consider installing as network assets in addition to the
current query/response capabilities (e.g., PLATO).
d. Identify what the management role and responsibilities
of the COINS PMO should be with respect to:
(1) The agencies which own and operate (or provide
Information to) each of the Host processors, including operations,
security, management information, technical information, performance
data, etc.
(2) Other networks and associated gateways (e.g., AUTODIN
II, IDHSC II, PLATFORM (NSA), ARPANET, ETC.), including protocols,
operations security, management information, and performance.
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TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE COINS II PROGRAM AD 11OC GROUP
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
CHAIRMAN:
Dr. Sidney Fernbach
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
P.O. Box 808, Mail Stop L-50
Livermore, CA 94550
Office: [phone]
MEMBERS:
Mr. James D. Cloud
Program Manager
Hughes Aircraft Company
Bldg. 366, Mail Station 620
P.O. Box 92919
El Segundo, CA 90009
Office: [phone]
Mr. William J. Lawless, Jr.
President
Cognetronics Corp.
25 Crescent Street
Stamford, CT 06906
Office: [phone]
Dr. Henry McDonald
Astistant Director
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.
40501
Holmdel, NJ 07733
Office: [phone]
Dr. Ronald L. Wigitlgton
Director, Research & Development
Chemical Abstracts Service
P.O. Box 3012
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Office:- [phone], ext. 2044
Mr. John L. Meinhardt
Project Manager
International Security Affairs
Department of Energy
"Washington, D.C. 20545
s;Off ice:. [phone]
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0900 In toductLon - Co.Pone2 Dub jy
0915 DOOMS - Mn.. Walkex
1000 DODIIS Marten Plan -
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1030 Coj4ee Btteah
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1130 NMIC - Mn. Panhenron
1200 Lunch
NMIC Con6ehence Room 1D 883
1300 NMIC Tour - Mn. O' Lecvty
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Department o ~ De6en6e In.ett,Lgenee
In4onmatLon System (DODIIS)
DODIIS is the aggnegatLon o6 petusonnet,
pna cedunes , equipment, computer pttognam4
and zuppoiut.Lng communications utLUzed
by the DoD to z uppont the ti.met.y and
eompnehenl,.ive pnepattatLon and pttez en a-
tion of .LnteV.Lgence to mUitzvty
Commandent, and national level deci6,Lon
mahetr s . It includes :
The Advanced Imagery Re.gwixement6 and
Explo.c tatLon S yr tem (AIRES) which
ruppoxts the eotZection, exploLatLon
and analytieaZ use o 6 ..Lmagelty den.Lved
#n6onmatLon;
The National W~t i.tany IntefLI.genee
Centers Support Syrtem (NMIC-SS) which
ruppoxt6 the DIA CuAxent Intettigenee
and IndLcatLonrs and CUanning pnagnam;
The DIA Onti.ne Syrtem (DIAOLS) which
pnov.Ldes a genettae puttpore time-
rharLng in'omma ,ion pnocehr.Lng r yrtem;
The SAFE Syrtem which .cis now under
development and wiL(' uZtimate2y
nepeace DIAOLS; and
The Inte,Pt.,igence Data Hand.Ung Syrtem
Commun,i cation4 (IDHSC) which ptovide,6
computelt-to-compute/c cornnunicatLond
among DOOMS aetLvA. ie4 and within
the U.S. intettigence community.
Fox COINS II Technical kssezzmen.
Ad Hoc Group:
Dn. Sidney Fehnbach, Cha 'man and
Gtco up m emb ents h ..p
Colonel James P. Duey, Jtt. USA
Arr-Lsta -t Deputy D.Utectott Jon
Injorma Lon Syrtemm OpeAatLons
Mn.. R.Lchan.d B. Watkex, Ch.Le j
DODIIS Management and
Suppotct Div-us.Lon
Mn. In.v.Lng Luchom - Raouxce4 and
Support Technic.c2 Advs. ox
Mn. Roy Cox - ADP Technical
Advi,s ox
Mn.. Watten Jab.eon,6Ft-L - Ch.Le6, DODI IS
CenXital TechnicaQ Authoxity Stanch
Mn.. Cant. F1utzge6 - AIRES
Repn.e,s e.nta ive
M. WW..-am Pajtlzex4 on - NMIC
Repn.e,6 en atLve
Mn.. La.,L Andex4 on - SAFE
Repner en.atLve
Mn.. M,it ton Matt tento on - Chie$
S yr tem4 S ecuni.ttj O j Tice
Mn.. Thomab S. Stood - DIA COINS
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REMARKS
Mr. Johnson
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NSA Scientific Advisory
The briefing has been nrescheduled efor mid-.August is set
I will inform you
In the meantime, we should be considering
how to present SAFE, AE(IS/RECON etc. The
interoperability of operations centers has of
been dropped. I have talked to 0
CAMS/COMIREX.
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