Civil Reserve Information Services (CRIS) Concepts and One Possible Solution

Abstract

This paper addresses the concepts of a future Civil Reserve Information Service (CRIS) using the success of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) as a model. The author's objective is to develop CRIS doctrinal concepts and relate those concepts to a possible solution using a commercial personal communications system. The author provides a foundation for the concepts by reviewing the CRAF program and how the CRIS program can use it as a model. Tasking and control issues of the CRIS program are analyzed and a recommendation for a command and control structure is offered. From this analysis, the author describes how a program like CRIS could help solve communication and information requirements facing the Department of Defense. The author then offers a specific solution to these requirements by describing a worldwide digital, satellite- based, cellular communications system and how it can be integrated into the CRIS program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA251326

Entities

People

  • Tom M. Nicolson Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Control Communications
  • Communication Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Military Communications
  • Mobile Communications
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Radio Equipment
  • Satellite Communications
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Voice Communications
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Materials Science.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

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