Erstwhile Sanctuary: Operational Command and Control of Space Operations

Abstract

Exploring ways to optimize operational command and control for space operations reveals two major lines of effort, each with unique command and control challenges. The first line of effortforce enhancementis comprised of space effects that support joint forces. Examples include intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), military satellite communications, positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), and environmental monitoring. The second line of effort is national security. Nuclear operations and a variety of civil applications link space operations to national defense. Approaching these two mission areas as lines of effort allows strategists to optimize operational command and control for each line of effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1096622

Entities

People

  • Brandon P Alford

Organizations

  • School of Advanced Air and Space Studies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Applications
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Strategic Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

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