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Homeland Security

CBP RFI for Common Operational Picture/Command and Control

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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to determine the current state of open architecture standards and precepts for providing Common Operational Picture/Command and Control (COP/C2) capabilities. CBP uses COP/C2 capabilities to provide for control and fusion of sensor data, coordination of resources, access and consolidation of information from multiple databases, and many other applications. It is envisioned that future COP/C2 applications will be built with open standards based interfaces for sensor integration, enterprise service…

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