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identification (RFID). IUID, or Item Unique Identification, is anasset identification system instituted by the Defense Departmentto uniquely identify a discrete tangible item or asset.Tangible items are distinguished from one another by theassignment of a unique identifier in the form of a unique datastring and encoded in a bar code placed on the item. An itemunique identifier is only assigned to a single item and is never reused.Once assigned to an item, the IUID is never changed evenif the item is modified or reengineered. IUID tagging is similar toSocial Security numbering.The JAMISS-AA system is Navy-developed but Marine-owned.The U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) programsponsored JAMISS development to track maintenance actions,vehicle usage, configuration and location, and provide globalvisibility of the information. The system supports operational,strategic and tactical level operations, missions and planning.Users include at point of action (point of maintenance or inventorycontrol point level) up to program management.“JAMISS-AA will leverage a CWID trial cross-domain solutionto show interoperability with NATO partners,” Daugherty said.“Since its exposure in CWID, the Navy, Air Force and the Departmentof Homeland Security have expressed an interest in thesystem. There are multiple armories spread across various agencies,and the services could leverage off JAMISS capabilities."Currently, tracking weapons via stubby pencils and spreadsheetsis prone to data error. A 3 can be mistaken for an 8, and itcan take hours, sometimes days to track down a weapon. Whenthe Marines implemented JAMISS-AA utilizing IUID, the dataquality and accuracy went from about 80 percent to nearly 100percent,” Daugherty said.CWID will provide the environment to demonstrate the abilityof JAMISS-AA to exchange IUID and asset information betweenthe Marine Corps and NATO, and it will also provide the Marineswith a warfighter utility assessment.“JAMISS is adaptable to different communities of interestwhere asset accountability, accuracy, tracking, [and] configurationmanagement, are essential to total life cycle management,”said James Hamric, a contractor supporting JAMISS.Space and Naval Warfare Systems Commandand SPAWAR Systems Center PacificSPAWAR and SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) inSan Diego, Calif., have been involved with JWID and CWID sinceits inception. Acquisition successes began with the demonstration,evaluation and, ultimately, the transition of Radiant Mercuryto the military community. The SPAWAR team focuses ontechnologies that fulfill requirements in two primary areas: maritimedomain awareness and coalition interoperability.The team functions as the Combined Forces Maritime ComponentCommander (CFMCC), and coalition staff members haveincluded representatives from Germany, Canada, New Zealand,Italy and Australia. In 2010, an officer from Finland will join theteam. The SPAWAR team also supports homeland security initiativesin the San Diego area by involving local stakeholders in thedevelopment of the homeland security scenario, evaluation ofvarious technologies, and the development of procedures thatwill be effective during a wildfire or other domestic disaster inthe Southern California area.Some of the homeland security organizations with which theSPAWAR team has developed ongoing relationships includethe City of San Diego, San Diego Police Department, San DiegoState University, the Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center,U.S. Coast Guard, and the California Army and Air NationalGuard.Naval Surface Warfare CenterDahlgren DivisionCWID 2010 marks the 11th year that NSWC Dahlgren, a secondaryNavy site, has hosted CWID trials. Dahlgren is the primarysite for Marine Corps and Army demonstrations. SSC Pacific isCWID’s primary Navy site.“We are the site for the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Guardand Air National Guard demonstrations too,” Warne said. “Weare a multifaceted site. Last year we had nine separate operationalcenters, extremely high multidomain.”NSWC Dahlgren will also be working with the Maryland EmergencyOperations Centers concurrently within CWID 2010, accordingto Warne. About 300 personnel support the NSWCDahlgren site during CWID execution, a combination of military,government and contractor teams.Keith Meyers, chair for CWID’s systems engineering and integrationworking group, tracks the high-tech infrastructure thatis needed to support CWID’s unique requirements, such as theGlobal Command and Control System and Advanced Field ArtilleryTactical Data System.CWID's Rich HistoryOver the past 16 years, CWID has grown from a U.S. Army initiativeto a global event to discover new and emerging technologiesand to test and evaluate them for warfighter utility.CWID 2007 was the first year a concerted effort was made toinvolve programs of record which resulted in several interoperabilitytrials to be more rapidly fielded by emergency respondersand warfighters.During CWID 2008, several technologies were close to implementationand another, Radio Inter-Operability System (RIOS)Incident Site Communications Capability (RISCC), was used inthe U.S. Open 2007 and Kentucky Derby 2008.In 2009, the U.S. Joint Forces commander directed U.S. CWIDto use Afghanistan as the operational backdrop for the simulated,operational scenario providing richer context to thedemonstration and more meaningful capability assessments.U.S. homeland security/defense scenarios increased interactionwith worldwide organizations to improve interoperability.CWID continues to develop and triumph over challenges presentedthroughout the years, and the team looks forward to abright future in assisting warfighters and first responders withsolutions to their difficult missions. Participating in CWID is bothexciting and exhausting as demonstrators strive to providewarfighters with what they need to dominate the battlespaceand interoperate with mission partners.Sharon Anderson is the CHIPS senior editor. She may be reached at chips@navy.mil. For more information about CWID, go to the CWID Web site atwww.cwid.js.mil.32 CHIPS www.chips.navy.mil Dedicated to Sharing Information - Technology - Experience