Command and Control in the Digital Age: Why Air Mobility Command Needs Asynchronous Communication

Abstract

Research addressed communication between Mobility Air Force aircrew and command and control (C2) elements. Provides qualitative analysis of electronic communication via asynchronous collaboration tool Mattermost - hosted by DoD's Platform One. Further provides quantitative analysis of the relationship between aircrew departure paper request time and aircraft departure, relative to scheduled takeoff time. Research concluded that electronic delivery of aircrew departure papers provides earlier access to mission information which positively affects on-time departure rates. Asynchronous modes provide benefits to reliable, redundant, and distributed communication not available to synchronous modes, like telephones.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 2022
Accession Number
AD1178951

Entities

People

  • John M Cockburn

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Links
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Flight Crews
  • Governments
  • Machine Learning
  • Mobile Communications
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Network Science
  • United States

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  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Technology Areas

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