SPARC

About SPARC

SOLUTE Prototyping and Advanced Research Center

The SOLUTE Prototyping and Advanced Research Center (SPARC) is a 10,000 sqft. space hosting SOLUTE’s Navy Integration Environment, which provides a representative Navy Network and Computing Environment in support of development and testing of Navy focused technologies. Conveniently located directly across from SPAWAR Headquarters, the SPARC Lab provides the Government with an increased level of transparency in SOLUTE’s development and test processes. SPARC hosts Navy Tactical Cloud Reference Implementation (NTC-RI), Maritime Tactical Command and Control (MTC2) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), ADNS, Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) and other relevant systems which allow development to occur in a high-fidelity environment. SPARC provides a simulated multi-node C4I network environment molded after ADNS, NTWAN, and the DISN backbone. This environment simulates the various sites (DECC, NCTAMS, NOC, CVN, etc.) and services present in Navy networks. Additionally, a satellite/RF link emulation system allows connectivity to various sites to model real world tactical environments. This environment allows SOLUTE to integrate with actual Navy network systems in order to gather realistic network sensor data.