Increased Effectiveness of the Joint Fire's Kill Chain via Improvements in Command and Control Responsiveness for Better Cooperative Engagement Capability

Abstract

The system of interest (SOI) for this research centers on the mission of a friendly Blue Force (BF) controlling the enemy Red Forces (RF) influence on a strategic, bottleneck trade route and the execution of the kill chain functions performed by the BF during the conflict that ensues. The kill chain function of "finding the RF threat" is conducted by the BFs Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR), the function of "targeting the RF threat" is performed by the BFs decision maker, and the function of "engaging the RF threat" is conducted by the BF's shooter. There are multiple messages exchanged between the BF's ISR, decision maker, and shooter during execution of the kill chain functions and a recognized need to improve the command and control (C2) responsiveness while performing cooperative engagements to ensure overmatch of a near peer enemy by 2030, when naval unmanned surface vessels are predicted to join the fleet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1126453

Entities

People

  • Axel E. Rodriguez-negron
  • Brenda Menees
  • Kelly P. Haycock
  • Lance Kerestes

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Combat Areas
  • Control Systems
  • Cooperative Engagement Capability
  • Data Links
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Mesh Networks
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Science
  • Space Force
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control