The Revolutionized Warfighter Circa 2025.

Abstract

This paper describes the technical evolution to a dismounted revolutionized Warfighter System by the year 2025. An enormous contributor to dominating maneuver, it will be critical for winning future battles. The technologies described comprise what the warfighter will wear, carry, and consume, and those which will improve, sustainability, survivability, and command and control. The process is the Land Warrior program which promises numerous improvements, especially in the C4I, arena around the year 2000. The second major building block is the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration which will produce major improvements in weaponry (lethal and non-lethal), C4I, small unit operations, combat ID, and sniper detection between 2003-2005. The author then outlines technologies achievable by 2025 that either build on MOUT technologies or offer radical breakthroughs. The paper concludes the Warfighter System should be a top military priority and that it merits special developmental structures and procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326622

Entities

People

  • Barbara A. Jezior

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biotechnology
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Doctrine
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Indirect Fire
  • Information Systems
  • Investments
  • Machines
  • Military Operations
  • Motor Skills
  • Situational Awareness
  • Systems Approach
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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