Air Mobility Future: Evolving Command and Control Relationships in the Information Age

Abstract

This research paper analyzes information flow through theater Air Mobility Command and Control (C2) organizations. The purpose is to uncover principles, using Organizational Information Process Theory, to adapt organizational structure and processes to increase the speed and reach of information to improve organizational agility and decision making while adapting to future trends in the broader C2 enterprise. To collect data, the researcher conducted interviews with seventeen C2 experts with experience at various levels of C2, from worldwide to theater Air Mobility C2 organizations, from Air Mobility C2 leadership, to experts in non-mobility C2 divisions. Interview subjects shared their perceptions and insights over a 30-45 minute interview. As a result of the research and the inputs of the interview subjects, this paper puts forth multiple recommendations for the future organizational structure of theater Air Mobility C2 organizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1054238

Entities

People

  • Ian M. Slazinik

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Mobility Operations
  • Airlift Operations
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Employment
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Students
  • Supply Chain
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control