SSTR 2.0: STAR-TIDES
Sorely needed work developing “instant infrastructure” - the ability to rapidly deploy electrical generation, shelter, and water purification capabilities to austere locations during stability, security, transition or reconstruction (SSTR) operations (in the military terminology), as well as in disaster response.
The TIDES project (Transportable Infrastructures for Development and Emergency Support) is a research effort to encourage information sharing and develop Communities of Interest to support populations in stressed environments. Such environments include Stabilization and Reconstruction (SSTR), Humanitarian Assistance-Disaster Relief (HADR), and Building the Capacity of Partner Nations (BPC). TIDES is one part of a broader effort called STAR (Sustainable Technologies, Accelerated Research). Phase I of TIDES included demonstrations in Oct-Nov 2007 at the National Defense University (NDU) and the Pentagon’s center court.
This is what our nation needs in its capability portfolio for dealing with the security challenges of the 21st Century, weather the issue is inside the US or abroad. It isn’t military centric, but it leverages military capabilities as much as possible.
This is SysAdmin, through and through. Great to see.
