01442nas a2200253   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653001000052653001000062653002500072653001300097653003000110653002600140653002500166653001600191653001100207653002700218100001900245245008100264300001000345490000700355520082600362       2003                            d  c200310aC4ISR10adrill10aemergency management10aexercise10afield command and control10ainformation assurance10aInformation Security10aoperational10asystem10aTechnical architecture1 aStoyan Avramov00aIntegrating COTS Technologies into a Scalable Mobile  Emergency Command Post  a87-960 v103 a<p>The article describes an ongoing effort in developing and demonstrating the capabilities of commercial-off-the-shelf technologies, integrated to provide cost-effective on-site command and control of various emergencies. The author briefly presents major operational, system, and technical architecture issues, as well as the approach chosen to deal with the problem of information assurance. The proposed C2 architecture may be easily scaled to better fit requirements of a particular customer. It has been tested in laboratory environment and highly acclaimed at technical exhibitions. The concept will be further tested during an international disaster relief exercise, to be conducted in the summer of 2003 in Bulgaria under the coordination of the State Agency for Civil Protection of the Republic of Bulgaria.</p>