Army WWMCCS Information System (AWIS): A Strategic Command and Control System

Abstract

The World Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) information System (WIS) was mandated by Congress in the early 1980's to modernize the WWMCCS Automatic Data Processing Program and to correct many, very serious deficiencies in the DoD's primary strategic, go-to-war system. The Army established the Army WWMCCS Information System (AWIS) Project Office to modernize its system in response to the tasking. This study will focus on the Army's AWIS Program and will trace AWIS from its original inception in 1984 to the present. It will explore the AWIS Program as a force multiplier and a means to more effectively mobilize, deploy, employ, and sustain a force. It will also analyze the status of the present AWIS program in light of the recent transfer of the Joint WIS program from the Air Force to the Defense Communications Agency (DCA). Finally, this study will make recommendations on suggested improvements in the development and acquisition of the program's hardware and software products. (jg)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 1990
Accession Number
ADA220701

Entities

People

  • M. I. Hosaka

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Centers
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Relational Databases
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Spiral Development
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

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