A nascent program that's developing the shared architecture for 21st century nuclear command, control and communications technology has begun to define requirements, explore readiness of current systems and consider approaches for a total NC3 modernization cost analysis. Over the summer, U.S. Strategic Command's NC3 Enterprise Center (NEC) completed a broad overview of modernization needs that was approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, Elizabeth Durham-Ruiz, the center's director, told Inside Defense in a Dec. 6 interview. "The requirements document is...