System of Systems – Innovations for the 21st Century

Application Domains of System of Systems

1. Homeland Security – from borders and ports to natural disasters
2. Planet Earth - GEOSS
3. Military – coast guard deep water, future combat missions SPACE – robot colonies, formation flying objects
4. National Security and defense
5. Energy, fossil fuels to renewable
6. Environment
7. Healthcare
8. Etc.

What is GEOSS?
Address the need for timely, quality, long-term, global information as a basis for sound decision making.
• Improved coordination of strategies and systems for Earth observations to achieve a comprehensive, coordinated, and sustained Earth observation system of systems;
• A coordinated effort to involve and assist developing countries in improving and sustaining their contributions to observing systems, the effective utilization of observations and the related technologies;
• The exchange of observations recorded from in situ, air full and open manner with minimum time delay and cost