| Applying Influence Diagrams to Support Collective C2 in Multinational Civil-Military Operations |
JUN 2011 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel Bilusich; Fred D. Bowden; Svetoslav Gaidow; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION EDINBURGH (AUSTRALIA)
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 | Modern conflicts feature civil-military operations conducted by multinational coalitions involving military forces, international agencies and other organisations. Influence diagrams are a visualization tool that can be employed to support the collective C2 by facilitating a clear communication of commanders' intent and organising a concerted effort for its implementation. They can enable a common operating picture and distribution of roles and responsibilities among the participants in the broad spectrum of combat ... |
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| Mindfulness and Situation Awareness |
JUN 2011 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
John Darwin; Alec Melling; SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIV (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| Research shows that over 60% of missions conducted under remote supervision within Command and Control Systems can fail to meet command intent when military decision makers encounter the unexpected. Operationally most of these failures can be seen as minor setbacks; however, they can also be amplified into strategic disasters given foolish reactions to events. Our research is focused on enhancing the probability of military commanders making wise decisions in chaotic ... |
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| Managing Complex Interoperability Solutions using Model-Driven Architecture |
JUN 2011 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Gerz; Nico Bau; Francisco Loaiza; Steve Wartik; FRAUNHOFER SOCIETY WACHTBERG (GERMANY) FRAUNHOFER INST FOR COMMUNICATION INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ERGONOMICS
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| The increasing need to exchange information in joint operations has resulted in interoper- ability standards of signi cant complexity. For instance, the Joint Consultation, Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model (JC3IEDM) that is part of the MIP inter- operability solution has almost doubled in size since 2002. The con guration management of complex data models, especially in the context of in- ternational standardization activities, is a challenging task, because ... |
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| The Business Emergency Operations Center (BEOC) - A Model for Inter-Agency and Inter-Sector Communication and Collaboration |
JUN 2011 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Chumer; Richard Egan; NEW JERSEY INST OF TECH NEWARK
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| Inter-agency and inter-sector communication and collaboration experimentation during emergency management response is the focus area of this paper. Since 2007 the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been working in collaboration with the Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal and Northern Command (Northcom) experimenting with, a public sector/private sector engagement model called the Business Emergency Operations Center (BEOC). The BEOC is a multi-dimensional construct using ... |
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| Towards a Semiotic Information Position Framework for Network Centric Warfare |
JUN 2011 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Sasa Baskarada; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA)
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| Semiotics is a field of study that deals with the relationships between representations, intended meanings, and interpretations of signs and symbols. As such, it is of particular relevance to a range of network centric warfare primitives, including data, information, knowledge, awareness, and understanding. In this paper, we apply semiotics to such primitives in the physical, information, cognitive and social network centric warfare domains from the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic perspectives. ... |
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| Information Fusion for Collaborating Commanders at Different Levels |
JUN 2011 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Martin Holmberg; Pontus Svenson; SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLL STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)
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| This is a position paper discussing the authors' views on the role of automated information fusion in the interaction between different command levels. The purpose of the paper is to initiate a discussion on the relationship between automated fusion and the flexibility in a mission. The sharing of data/information/knowledge between commanders at different levels is a difficult task in many respects. We focus on the role of automated information fusion ... |
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| Exploring Effects of C2 Warfare on C2 Ability in a Simulated Environment |
JUN 2011 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Magdalena Granasen; Patrik Lif; Per-Anders Oskarsson; Peter Klum; Lars Tyden; Niklas Hallberg; SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY LINKOEPING
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| Information Operations (InfoOps) can be used by or affect all kinds of actors in a multinational, civil-military operation. To explore issues related to command and control (C2) and information operations, a simulation environment was developed in which a series of experiments was performed. The simulator is called the Command and Control Warfare Demonstrator (C2WD). In the C2WD, C2 warfare in terms of electronic warfare (EW) and computer network operations (CNO) ... |
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| Command and Control Analysis of the South West Provincial Regional Emergency Operations Centre during Vancouver 2010 |
JUN 2011 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Lynne Genik; David G. Smith; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| British Columbia hosted the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games (V2010) between February 12 and 28, 2010. During this time, the Emergency Management British Columbia (EMBC) South West Provincial Regional Emergency Operations Centre (SWE PREOC) was activated in order to monitor and respond to incidents. Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) scientists observed SWE PREOC operations from a command and control (C2) perspective during the Games in order to provide feedback ... |
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| KITAE I: Edge Organisation in Battlespace Helmand |
JUN 2011 |
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| Authors:
WILLIAM MITCHELL; ROYAL DANISH DEFENCE COLLEGE COPENHAGEN
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 | This paper is the first in a series of 3 papers developed as part of Project Kitae, a real-time data collection project based on a 6 month tour as a Battle Group intelligence officer in Upper Gereshk Valley (UGV), Helmand, Afghanistan. This paper uses participant observation to identify the command and control (C2) challenges at the organizational edge of the military in a complex battlespace. The objective is to highlight ... |
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| KITAE II: Knowledge Development in Battlespace Helmand |
JUN 2011 |
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| Authors:
WILLIAM MITCHELL; ROYAL DANISH DEFENCE COLLEGE COPENHAGEN
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| This paper is the second in the Kitae series and focuses specifically on the sense-making challenges that derive from a complex battlespace for knowledge development. The theoretical approach includes constructivist and material/efficiency approaches to understanding the challenges of the complex battlespace to military intelligence. These challenges to the traditional intelligence cycle are placed within a comparative framework of traditional time & space (TTS) approaches vs. a social network approaches (SNA) ... |
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| A Smarter Common Operational Picture: The Application of Abstraction Hierarchies to Naval Command and Control |
JUN 2011 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Henryk F. Arciszewski; T. E. de Greef; NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED RESEARCH TNO THE HAGUE
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| The last decade shows significant steps in connecting military command and control systems from different defense forces optimizing joint and combined operations. However, a Common Operational Picture (COP) that provides all actors with sufficient, accurate, and timely information is still an elusive target. Additional and more abstract information is required to comprehend the situation better, including a representation of the friendly, neutral and hostile courses of action and the roles ... |
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| Harmony Rather than Unity: A Command Concept for Complex Endeavours |
JUN 2011 |
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| Authors:
Berndt Brehmer; SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)
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| This paper discusses concepts of command for complex endeavors. The traditional concepts of Unity of Command and Unity of Effort are found wanting, the former because there is no single individual in command of a complex endeavor, the latter because there is often no time to develop the comprehensive plan required, and if there is time, it is nevertheless difficult because different organizations have different planning methods and different planning ... |
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| Tactical Edge Command and Control On-The-Move - A New Paradigm |
JUN 2011 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Ken D. Teska; Michael D. Tisdel; UNITED STATES JOINT FORCES COMMAND NORFOLK VA
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| Tactical Edge Command and Control On-The-Move (C2OTM) is essential today and in the future because of the distributed nature of our operations. These operations are characterized by forces (Joint, Interagency and Multinational) widely dispersed in multiple domains throughout an operating area. Frequently, operations exceed mutually supporting distances and tactical units operate independently of one another. Because of remoteness, differing missions, and traditional fixed command post capabilities, they must be supported ... |
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| High-level Closed-loop Fusion and Decision Making with INFORM Lab |
JUN 2011 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Adel Guitouni; Pierre Valin; Hans Wehn; Jens Happe; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER (QUEBEC)
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| The INFORM Lab testbed allows experimenting with high-level distributed information fusion dynamic resource management and configuration management, given multiple constraints on the resources and their communications networks. The paper describes the architecture, the concepts of goals and situation evidence, algorithms for distributed information and dynamic resource management, and auto-configurable information fusion architectures. The testbed provides general services which include a multi-layer plug-and-play architecture, and a general multi-agent framework based on ... |
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| An Optimization-based Multi-level Asset Allocation Model for Collaborative Planning |
JUN 2011 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Xu Han; Suvasri Mandal; Huy Bui; Diego F. Ayala; David Sidoti; Manisha Mishra; David L. Kleinman; Krishna R. Pattipati; CONNECTICUT UNIV STORRS DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Motivated by the Navy's emphasis on networked planning capabilities in maritime operations centers (MOC), we have developed an agent-based multi-level resource allocation model that takes high level commands from the human planners and then dynamically allocates the lower-level assets and processes tasks to accomplish the mission objectives. The agent-based model supports a controllable, multi-player, real time collaborative planning environment in a Windows environment. The architecture allows for adding constraints on ... |
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| Information Access Challenges: Data Fission Needs of the Field Expert |
JUN 2011 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Elizabeth A. Gomez; Joe Chimento; NEW JERSEY INST OF TECH NEWARK
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| Field experts, otherwise known as super users have complex data retrieval needs that extend beyond internal systems. For example, field experts who interface with a command and control structure rely on both "decision" and "raw" data. These complex data needs are further complicated when field experts need to assemble rich data to make critical and timely decisions in situ from an affected area, in adverse conditions. Our research details instances ... |
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| Modelling of Pico Satellite Network Applications to Maritime Interdiction Operations |
JUN 2011 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Alex Bordetsky; Georgios Mantzouris; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OPERATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
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| The successful command and control of Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) depends heavily upon an organization's communications and network platforms. These platforms must provide effective, efficient, affordable communications between operational and tactical commanders in an operating area, among globally distributed expert technical advisors, and especially, between these two groups. Since 2009, the researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) together with their overseas partners have ... |
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| An Open Source Graphical User Interface Surrogate C2 System for Battle Management Language Experimentation |
JUN 2011 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Mohammad Ababneh; J. M. Pullen; GEORGE MASON UNIV FAIRFAX VA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMMAND CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTERS - INTELLIGENCE
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| Battle Management Language (BML) has been under development since 2003. BML shows a promising capability for command and control to simulation interoperability, enabling a robust system of systems for training, mission rehearsal, and course of action analysis. An important issue in BML development is the ability to inspect and modify XML-encoded information flowing among C2 and simulation systems. We have developed an open-source tool for this purpose called the BMLC2GUI. ... |
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| Measures of Similarity for Command and Control Situation Analysis |
JUN 2011 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Eric Dorion; Alexandre B. Guyard; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER (QUEBEC)
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| Collective Command and Control (C2) in Multinational Civil-Military Operations pose stringent requirements on C2 Information Systems (C2ISs) interoperability as well as the higher level automated reasoning processes. One such process, Case-Based Reasoning (CBR), depends on proper case formal representations and on the ability to assess similarity between an unfolding case (e.g. C2 situation) and known cases a priori in the case base. This paper explores the main classes of similarity ... |
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| Information Sharing Between Platforms in DRDC's Networked Underwater Warfare Demonstration Trial |
JUN 2011 |
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| Authors:
Marcel Lefrancois; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANTIC DARTMOUTH (CANADA)
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| The final demonstration trial of Defence R&D Canada's (DRDC) Networked Underwater Warfare (NUW) Technology Demonstration Project (TDP) brought together 4 vessels and a reach-back centre to develop, maintain and share a single operating picture while performing anti-submarine warfare. Sensor information was shared by operators across platforms using network tools and chat applications in web pages and applications embedded within a DRDC developed Network Enabled Combat System (NECS). In all, 22 ... |
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| A Topological Model for C2 Organizations |
JUN 2011 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Andre L. Uruguay; Carlos H. Ribeiro; INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS (BRAZIL)
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| One essential function in Command is to determine roles, responsibilities and relationships, in order to enable, encourage and constrain certain behaviors. In the context of the complex endeavors expected to happen in the near future, this means to establish a collection of organizations that are fit for the missions. On the other hand, in recent years the mathematical field of Topology has been applied to solve several problems of multiagent ... |
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| C2 after Contact with the Adversary: Execution of Military Operations as Dynamic Decision Making |
JUN 2011 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Berndt Brehmer; Peter Thunholm; SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN) DEPT OF WAR STUDIES
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| Since the days Napoleon and Moltke military thinkers have made a distinction between planning and execution of a military operation. But whereas there are many models of planning, little has been said about execution, except to point to its chaotic nature and to desirable traits of commanders who must handle this chaos. In this paper, we propose a framework for discussing C2 during execution in a more systematic way. It ... |
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| Towards Semantic Interoperability Between C2 Systems Following the Principles of Distributed Simulation |
JUN 2011 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Vahid Mojtahed; Martin Ekloef; Jelena Zdravkovic; SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY STOCKHOLM
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| Increased focus on multi-functional and multi-national operations brings new requirements to military command and control, in addition to other capability requirements. Parallel but separate from this development, interoperability has been of major concern within Modeling and Simulation (M&S) for years, especially in connection with standards for distributed simulations, e.g. High Level Architecture (HLA). Both areas share a need to create configurations of systems where elements of information exchanged are interpreted ... |
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| Enhancing Command and Control (C2) Assessment through Semantic Systems |
JUN 2011 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Anton DeFrancesco; Redvers Thompson; Phil Warlick; SECURBORATION MELBOURNE FL
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| Assessment, conducted at all levels of civil-military operations - strategic, operational, and tactical, provides commanders with analysis that is essential to the successful execution of campaigns and delivery of their objectives. The failings of assessment in recent operations, including ad-hoc processes, paucity of IT support tools, and limitations of data acquisition, correlation, analysis and visualization are well documented. This shortfall in assessment capability has undoubtedly hampered most recent operations and ... |
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| Organized Cognition: Theoretical Framework for Future C2 Research and Implementation |
JUN 2011 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Ronnen I. Paytan; PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS LLC ANNANDALE VA
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| The classic concept of C2 has undergone radical changes since the 1990s. This paradigm shift in the traditional execution of C2, its advantages, basic problems, and potential possibilities are the subject of this paper. The paper outlines the notion of organized cognition as a thematic lens for an improved understanding of the basic problems of C2 practices and systems. The concept of organized cognition aims to integrate existing C2-related concepts ... |
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| C2 Challenges for Modelling and Simulation |
JUN 2011 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Mark G. Hazen; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANTIC DARTMOUTH (CANADA)
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| It has long been apparent that modeling and simulation (M&S) should be able to provide indispensable tools for military decision-makers. However, other than specific, usually standalone, narrow-application tactical decision aids, few simulation tools are available. In general, M&S technology advancement has been driven by three application areas: training, commercial gaming, and operational analysis. Occasionally, simulations developed in these areas are modified to provide support tools for the tactical or operational ... |
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| Using Large Group Displays to Support Intensive Team Activities in C2 |
JUN 2011 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
Denis Gouin; Rudi Vernik; Steve Wark; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER (QUEBEC)
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| The use of Large Group Displays (LGDs) is becoming widespread in Command and Control (C2) facilities to support teams involved in the conduct and planning of operations. They should, in theory, provide significant benefits to C2 teams, particularly in situations where they are engaged in intense collaborative tasks to support coordinated decision-making, collaborative planning and synchronized action. There are several documented examples of how LGDs have been deployed and used, ... |
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| Trends in Human-Computer Interaction to Support Future Intelligence Analysis Capabilities |
JUN 2011 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Denis Gouin; Valerie Lavigne; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER (QUEBEC)
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| Collective command and control (C2) civil-military operations impose a strong requirement for organizations and people to work collaboratively and to interact with information more efficiently. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) technology has been evolving at a great pace during the last decade and many novel HCI concepts and tools have become of interest to support not only analysts deployed in command centers but also warfighters deployed in the field. This will have ... |
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| Developing Metrics for a Multi-Agency Harbour Safety and Security Exercise |
JUN 2011 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Mark A. Stoddard; Francine Desharnais; Robert Elford; Greg Aikins; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANTIC DARTMOUTH (CANADA)
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| Marine security, specifically port and harbour security, has been identified as one of the Government of Canada's priorities. Harbour security is a complex problem because of the multiplicity of threats - air, land and water, and because of the potential for overlapping jurisdictions within the harbour environment. In response, Defence Research and Development Canada - Atlantic examined existing inter-agency processes in a major harbour and developed metrics for use during ... |
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| Coexistence or Operational Necessity: The Role of Formally Structured Organisation and Informal Networks during Deployments |
JUN 2011 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Irena Ali; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION (AUSTRALIA) JOINT OPERATIONS DIVISION
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| The military faces an increasingly turbulent environment requiring flexibility and agility of organisational processes and structures. This is particularly prevalent for military forces interfacing with civilian organisations. Furthermore, the current military paradigm of network centric operations (NCO) is reliant on timely information flows, flexible command structures and adaptability to achieve mission outcomes. This paper reports on the findings and implications for organisational architectures and command and control of a study ... |
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| More Brains, Less Brawn: Why The Future of Unmanned Systems Depends on Making Them Smarter |
JUN 2011 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
George Galdorisi; Jose Carreno; Rachel Volner; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA
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| No arena is richer in possibilities than unmanned systems used by national and multinational organizations. These systems have been used extensively in today's conflicts and are already creating strategic, operational, and tactical possibilities that did not exist a decade ago. Unmanned systems have created substantial "buzz" in policy, military, industry and academic circles, and have even spawned best-selling books such as P.W. Singer's Wired for War. In addition, they have ... |
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| Mexico's National Command and Control Center Challenges and Successes |
JUN 2011 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Venu Sarakki; Greg Mosley; Pranesh Tarikere; Alex Bonino; Fred Schellenberg; Andres P. Pimentel; Francisco Niembro; Maribel C. Guerrero; Genaro G. Luna; SARAKKI ASSOCIATES INC IRVINE CA
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| Secretaria de Seguridad Publica (The Secretariat of Public Security or SSP) has a work force of nearly 30,800 police personnel and is one of the largest agencies in Mexico and Latin Americas. SSP is uniquely responsible for maintaining law and order and responding to civilian emergencies throughout Mexico. SSP has recently built a National Control Center (NCC) in Mexico City to plan for, respond to and recover from regional and ... |
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| Mission Command - Realizing Unified Action |
JUN 2011 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Richard N. Pedersen; BATTLE COMMAND BATTLE LAB FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The U.S. Army recently promulgated new ideas about "mission command" and is seeking to use them as an instrument of cultural change. General Martin Dempsey stated that new ideas emerging from human, historical, and technological contexts can affect understanding, influence behavior, and be a driving force for significant institutional change. Admiral Mullen said that future operational environments require new doctrine, tactics, techniques, procedures, and methods for integrating our actions, both ... |
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| Challenges in Assessing Progress in Multifunctional Operations: Experiences from a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan |
JUN 2011 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Joakim Marklund; Jenny Lindoff; Helene Lackenbauer; David Harriman; Sara Bandstein; SWEDISH ARMED FORCES STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)
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| In multinational civil-military operations, where different actors work in the same area to achieve their particular goals, it is not always easy to determine causal relationships, e.g. what impact different actions have on the overall development in the country. Albeit difficult, it is vital to understand these relationships and continuously assess mission progress and feed this information into the C2 process. In an attempt to get a better comprehension of ... |
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| Research on Information Sharing Method for Future C2 in Network Centric Environment |
JUN 2011 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Heng Wang; Lixin Zhu; Shaojie Mao; Boquan Xu; NANJING RESEARCH INST OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (CHINA)
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| Information in network centric environment has characteristics of massiveness, heterogeneousness, dynamic, and uncertainty. As a result, how to share information on demand for command and control (C2) missions so as to support generation of high-quality battlefield situation in networked condition has become one of desiderative problems to be solved in future C2. In mode of platform-centric, the method for information sharing is static and predesigned according to tree-pattern echelon of ... |
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| Innovating Command and Control Training Using Virtualization Technologies |
JUN 2011 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Gendron Gerald R.; SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND JOINT FORCES COMMAND SUFFOLK VA PLANS AND INTEGRATION DIRECTORATE
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| Special Operations Command Joint Forces Command (SOCJFCOM) trains joint force commanders and their staffs to integrate conventional, multinational, and special operations forces in planning and execution, with a particular focus on command and control (C2). The command conducts strictly face-to-face staff events. The six geographic combatant command training audiences are each allotted a 40-hour event per year due to fiscal and manpower constraints. This level of training is insufficient to ... |
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| An Automated Data Fusion Process for an Air Defense Scenario |
JUN 2011 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Andre L. Baruffaldi; Alexandre de Barros Barreto; Jose M. de Oliveira; Henrique C. Marques; AERONAUTICAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS (BRAZIL)
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| The use of Brazilian airspace by aircrafts involved in illegal activities led the Brazilian National Congress to approve a law authorizing the destruction of such aircrafts in 2004. With this new attribution, the Brazilian Organizations responsible for police activities reached their management limit due to the growth of the amount of information and more complex rules that they need to manipulate in order to decide on the engagement in a ... |
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| Coalition C2/Multinational Information Sharing: Current Capabilities and Challenges |
JUN 2011 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald W. Pontius; ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (NETWORKS AND INFORMATION INTEGRATION) ARLINGTON VA
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| Overview: DoD C2 background, coalition C2 and multinational information sharing (MNIS) capabilities, C2 challenges, key initiatives and summary. |
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| Towards Intelligent Operator Interfaces in Support of Autonomous UVS Operations |
JUN 2011 |
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| Authors:
Kevin Heffner; Fawzi Hassaine; PEGASUS SIMULATION SERVICES INC MONTREAL (CANADA)
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| Experience in recent conflicts indicates the employment of Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) will continue to grow in coming years. New UVS capabilities involve greater complexity of payloads and interactions within unmanned vehicle (UV) subsystems, among UVS and between UVS and other systems, including Command and Control (C2) systems. This introduces additional requirements for UV operators. In some situations UV operators easily can be faced with cognitive information overload, while increasing ... |
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| Implementing Joint Battlespace Awareness ISR Integration Capability (JBAIIC) Test Bed Architecture: A Crime Reduction Strategy in Salinas, California |
JUN 2011 |
129 pages |
| Authors:
Jerome E. Dubay; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF INFORMATION SCIENCES
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| Planning, executing, and monitoring Command and Control (C2) is difficult to accomplish, yet much has been learned in terms of applying improved technology to achieve it. This knowledge seems directly transferable from the battlefield to any environment requiring improved C2. This thesis demonstrates how DoD Information Technology architecture can be used to enhance the C2 of a medium-sized urban police department (PD) struggling to reduce gang violence in the face ... |
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| Innovation Patterns in Some Successful C2 Technologies |
Jun 2011 |
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| Authors:
M S Vassiliou; S O Davis; Jonathan Agre; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| In a world of rapidly advancing commercial technology, the U.S. military often still struggles to deliver state-of-the art information technologies for C2 to warfighters and commanders. Some recent success stories include the Tactical Ground Reporting (TIGR) system, the Command Post of the Future (CPOF), and the Combined Information Data Network Exchange (CIDNE). These cases can be characterized using a Kline chain-linked model of innovation, with very strong iterative links between ... |
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| USCYBERCOM: A Centralized Command of Cyberspace |
31 MAY 2011 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen M. Rodriguez; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The unprecedented growth of cyberspace and related technologies has impacted nearly every aspect of human society and has opened a new domain in which information is communicated more rapidly than ever before. Recognizing the growing potential of cyberspace to impact national security, the Department of Defense (DOD) created the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) in 2010 by merging its offensive and defensive cyber units. But while the concept was to enable ... |
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| Command and Control: Toward Arctic Unity of Command and Unity of Effort |
19 MAY 2011 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J. Peeler; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This study examines issues facing the U.S. military command and control structure in the Arctic. Specifically, given recent climate changes, the resulting potential threats, and the missions set forth by the commander in chief, what is the most effective command and control structure to provide the requisite unity of command and unity of effort in the Arctic? Looking through the lens of the U.S. Army's design model this study first ... |
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| Deja vu: The Unified Command Plan of the Future Revisited |
19 MAY 2011 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Edward F. Martignetti; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Military command-and-control structures must adapt to the environment in which they operate. Following World War II, command and control evolved to meet the conditions of the postwar era. Sixty years later, the international system has again changed significantly. Military structures should evolve accordingly, placing particular emphasis on establishing a task-oriented approach to unity of command. This monograph follows the history of the evolutionary process of the Unified Command Plan (UCP) ... |
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| Procedural Control: The Future of the Provincial Reconstruction Team |
19 MAY 2011 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Marc E. Davis; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| President Karzai, in his February 2011 speech to the Munich Security Conference, argued that Afghanistan's Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) have performed below expectations due to conflicts in goals and coordination among the various organizations involved, specifically among parallel PRT command and control structures. These parallel command and control structures have resulted in major command and control issues, particularly a lack of flexibility and coordination, which counter the two command and ... |
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| The Modernization of the Aegis Fleet with Open Architecture |
18 May 2011 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Jamie Durbin; Richard W Scharadin; LOCKHEED MARTIN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LABS CHERRY HILL NJ
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| The Use of Model-Driven Methodologies and Processes in Aegis Development |
17 May 2011 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Jamie Durbin; Christopher M Thompson; LOCKHEED MARTIN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LABS CHERRY HILL NJ
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| USCYBERCOM and Cyber Security: Is a Comprehensive Strategy Possible? |
12 May 2011 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Michael P Jackson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In 2008, after a significant breach of its networks, the Department of Defense realized that a military so heavily reliant on cyberspace is also vulnerable to anyone with access to the Internet. With all the national strategic guidance, U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has yet to develop a comprehensive strategy. USCYBERCOM must create a strategy that fosters unity of effort and unity of action to operate successfully in the cyber domain. ... |
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| The Need for an Operational Level Approach to Medical Evacuation |
04 MAY 2011 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Brian N. Clifton; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The joint force has become dependent on helicopters for medical evacuation. This is because of the speed and flexibility the helicopter brings to the current battlefield against an enemy that does not have the ability to employ the full spectrum of military operations against U.S. forces. The success that air medical evacuation has experienced in both Iraq and Afghanistan has caused operational level commanders to completely negate the ability to ... |
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| "Network-Enabled" and "Leader-Centric" Command and Control (C2): The Dangers of Digital Decision Making |
04 MAY 2011 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Ryan R. McCaskill; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The DOD has grown increasingly reliant on information technologies (IT) that enable network-enabled command and control (NEC2). Evolving network-centric strategy documents focus too narrowly on improving the technological capabilities of existing C2 networks. The same documents fail to address the leadership challenges facing operational commanders who rely heavily on NEC2 systems. Connectivity, compatibility, and accessibility are three network vulnerabilities that limit the effectiveness of future NEC2 development. As the DOD ... |
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