Record Communication in the Mobile Subscriber Environment.

Abstract

The Army is fielding the Mobile Subscriber Equipment communications system that will support units at Corps and below. This is the first major change in tactical communications architecture in over 25 years. MSE is only one the communications means of the Army Command and Control System which consists of five elements, referred to as the 'Sigma Star'. This system is examined with particular attention given to the elimination of the traditional record communications. Possible alternatives are explored. Data were gathered using a search of the literature, personal interviews with key Department of the Army personnel, U.S. Army Signal Center personnel, and individual experience acquired over 40 years of cumulative experience providing tactical communications. With the fielding of these new systems, it is clearly time for a change of mind set in how record communications needs are met. It is essential that command and control techniques advance commensurately with the great technological advances being made with MSE and the subsystems of the Sigma Star. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 1987
Accession Number
ADA180288

Entities

People

  • Charles D. Cochran
  • John W. Beaver

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Artillery
  • Automation
  • Battlefields
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Hard Copy
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Radio Equipment
  • Tactical Communications
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

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