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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Seth L. Jahne, Anaheim, CA (US);
Blake Jeffrey Harnden, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Eric R. Van Alst, Lake Forest, CA (US);
James M. Chan, Fullerton, CA (US);
James M. Kalasky, Tustin, CA (US);
Andrew Paul Riha, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating an effect. The apparatus comprises a group of tactical controllers and a mission controller. The group of tactical controllers control heterogeneous types of hardware to generate an effect for at least one of electronic warfare operations or cyber mission operations. A selected tactical controller in the group of tactical controllers controls a particular type of hardware using a technique that is specific for controlling the particular type of hardware to generate the effect. The mission controller identifies the effect for the selected tactical controller and assigns a task to the selected tactical controller. The selected tactical controller performs the task to control a particular type of hardware using the technique to generate the effect for at least one of the electronic warfare operations or the cyber mission operations.