Gaining Order from Chaos: Will Automation Do It

Abstract

The purpose of this monograph is to determine whether the Army's proposed tactical automation system, as defined by the battalion and below command and control (B2C2) program will support current command and control (C2) doctrine or lead to a more prescriptive doctrine. The Army is on the verge of a profound improvement in tactical automation. The current systems, represented by the maneuver control system (MCS), are large, unwieldy machines located in command posts and requiring manual input of all data. Future systems, such as the developmental intervehicular information system (IVIS) on M1A2 tanks, are fundamentally different. IVIS is integral to every combat system and capable of automatically or manually entering information. The graphic display of this information greatly improves the leader's view of the battlefield.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 22, 1993
Accession Number
ADA264630

Entities

People

  • Joseph A. Moore

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Operations
  • Battlefields
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Directives
  • Doctrine
  • Electronics
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Navigation
  • New York
  • Position (Location)
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Science
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

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