NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The Network-Centric Warfare Technology program element is budgeted in the Advanced Technology Development budget activity because it addresses high payoff opportunities to develop and rapidly mature advanced technologies and systems required for today's network-centric warfare concepts. It is imperative for the future of the U.S. forces to operate flawlessly with each other, regardless of which services and systems are involved in any particular mission. The overarching goal of this program element is to enable technologies at all levels, regardless of service component, to operate as one system. The objective of the Joint Warfare Systems project is to create enabling technologies for seamless joint operations, from strategic planning to tactical and urban operations. Joint Warfare Systems leverage current and emerging network, robotic, and information technology and provide next generation U.S. forces with greatly expanded capability, lethality, and rapid responsiveness. Critical issues facing this project are: (1) U.S. opponents utilizing systems that are flexible, robust, and difficult to neutralize; and (2) U.S. doctrine that limits the use of firepower to lessen the impact of operations on noncombatants. These problems are magnified in urban and semi-urban areas where combatants and civilians are often collocated, and in peacekeeping operations where combatants and civilians are often indistinguishable. Meeting these challenges places a heavy burden on joint war planning. Understanding opponent networks is essential so that creative options can be developed to counter their strategies. Synchronization of air and ground operations to apply force only where needed and with specific effects is required. The Maritime Systems project will identify, develop and rapidly mature critical advanced technologies and system concepts for the naval forces' role in today's network centric warfare concept. Improvements in communications between and among submarines, surface ships and naval aircraft have allowed these forces to operate seamlessly with each other and with other Service's network centric systems. Naval forces will play an ever-increasing role in network centric warfare because of their forward deployed nature, their unique capability to operate simultaneously in the air, on the sea and under the sea and their versatile ability to provide both rapid strike and project-sustained force. The technologies developed under this project will capitalize on these attributes, improve them and enable them to operate with other network centric forces.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 0603766E_3_0400_PB_2016
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2014: Increase reflects reprogrammings offset by the SBIR/STTR transfer. FY 2015: Decrease reflects congressional reduction. FY 2016: Increase reflects expanded maritime systems efforts and an increase in classified programs.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Electronic Warfare
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Aircrafts
• Antisubmarine Warfare
• Autonomous Systems
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• Collision Avoidance
• Command And Control
• Detection
• Energy Management
• Navigation
• Navy
• Performance Tests
• Robotics
• System Of Systems
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Systems
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
• Warfare

Readers

• Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs