1982 MITRE REPORT

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 2, 1983
• Content Type: FORM

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1982 Mitre Report
FRMa M:rry E. Fitzwater EXTENSION
NO. DDA 83-1433
Deputy Director for Administration
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 [,ocal-Area Networks
\utomated office equipment for
word processing, data processing,
image distribution, graphics proc-
essing, and voice exchange is
'.,ecoming commonplace. Local-area
networks can tie these functions
together, providing data, voice, and
video communications within and
between buildings up to several
miles apart. We are working on sev-
eral local-area networks that can
serve specific communications
needs and support new automated
office systems.
Broadband local-area networks
are preferred because of Their versa-
tility and capacity for expanded ser-
vice. We are developing and testing
pilot and interim networks at
Hanscom and Andrews Air Force
Bases. Our work has also involved
design and implementation of data
communications gateways between
these pilot networks and other
networks, such as military and
commercial telephone systems.
Although most of our work in
the networking area is for the Air
Force, at MITRE we have one of the
largest operating local-area net-
works in existence-MITRENET.
And we are designing two more: one
for the Air Staff in the Pentagon,
the other for the Canadian House of
Commons in Ottawa.
National
Aeronautics and
Space Administration
In this time of reduced funding for
space programs, NASA needs better,
trimmer, data-handling systems for
the 1990s. The systems must be flex-
ible enough, and expandable
enough, to cope with NASA's work-
load, while minimizing life-cycle-
costs.
This view of the Tigris-Euphrates valley and the Persian Gulf region was seen from
the Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia during its third mission in March 1982. MITRE
has supported the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in this program
since its beginning, mainly in hardware acquisition, software development, and
training for the network control centers.
NASA's data network will be
significantly changed by 1985. The
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
System (TDRSS) will have replaced
most ground tracking stations. We
are helping NASA develop long-
term control facilities for the new
TDRSS network by planning a net-
work control center for operation in
the mid- to late 1980s.
Satellite communications and
tracking resources must also be
made more secure in order to
accommodate DOD missions in
space. DOD and NASA are coordi-
nating a security upgrade program
including ground and spaceborne
elements and involving mission
planning, scheduling, and control
systems. At Goddard Space Flight
Center in particular, we are re-
sponsible for specifying security
improvements. A key contribution
is development of the Restricted
Access Processor, a computer used
to isolate uncleared civilian users
from classified information; the con-
cept is largely based on computer
security technology developed by
MITRE.
With completion of the Shuttle
Orbiter test program, NASA, and
later DOD, will begin flying opera-
tional shuttle missions. Both NASA
and DOD missions will be controlled
initially by NASA facilities at the
Johnson Space Center-with DOD
missions under security controls.
For the future, however, DOD plans
a facility in Colorado Springs.
There, the Air Force will plan and
control space missions, develop
Shuttle software, and train astro-
nauts and flight controllers. Air
Force and NASA systems will have
sufficient commonality to permit
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