Training Requirements for the Battlefield Management System (BMS): A preliminary Analysis
Abstract
This product provides a preliminary identification of the training requirements for the Battlefield Management System (BMS). BMS is an integrated complex of technologies for the acquisition, processing, storage, and transmission of battlefield information, and is expected to partially automate the command, control, and communication (c3) of lower echelon, battalion down, Armor units. For this analysis three cumulatively automated generations of BMS were projected, beginning with an intervehicular information system (IVIS) in the near term, a midterm upgrade referred to as BMS, and a far term, objective system enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI), BMS/AI. Training requirements unique to the functional capabilities of each of these systems were based on subjective analysis of the current task requirements associated with the platoon leader position. Primary objectives of the analysis were to identify the range and nature of changes in platoon leader task performance anticipated for each of these three automated c3 systems. Additional training requirements, such as training device configuration, training media, training site, and personnel selection and training assignment, were also addressed. Keywords: Army, Research, Manprint, Manpower and Personnel, Integration.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA185468
Entities
People
- Carl W. Lickteig
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences