Digitizing the Battlefield - A Comparison of US and UK Strategies.

Abstract

The UK, through the British Army 2000 (BA2OOO) Force Development Process, is addressing the changing strategic circumstances and technological challenges of the 21th%% Century. This will lead to a doctrinally coherent, capability based, modular Army. There is a need to enhance operational effectiveness by the' efficient and timely acquisition, processing, distribution and presentation of information. To achieve this, the UK intends to exploit the opportunities offered by advances in digital technology. This has resulted in the development of new doctrine and a requirement to digitize the battlefield. The US also believes the army of the future must link the power of information processing technologies with evolving doctrine and organizational development to ensure decisive success in any future conflict. The US Army is using a series of Advanced Warfighting Experiments (AWE) to determine the value of digitization in the development of Army XXI. This project will contrast the US and UK digitization initiatives and analyze the output of Force XXI AWE for relevant lessons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 06, 1998
Accession Number
ADA343443

Entities

People

  • G. M. Shipley

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Application Software
  • Battlefields
  • Battles
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Deployment
  • Information Systems
  • Reliability
  • Situational Awareness
  • Technical Standards
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

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