Application of Network Centric Warfare to J-SEAD
Abstract
The Joint Force Commander has many competing demands for the resources available to him on the battlefield. Often, the most important resource he possesses is time, with the desire to get inside the enemy decision loop. With the rapidly expanding use of computers on the battlefield and the vision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for information superiority on the battlefield, the JFC must capitalize at every opportunity to become more combat effective. The concept of Network Centric Warfare provides the JEC the ideas necessary to gain the initiative, with direct application to the vital mission of Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses, or J-SEAD. With the multitude of sensors and shooters on the battlefield, each with their own specific strength characteristics, the JFC must ensure he has a system, or network, that best utilizes these assets. While full implementation of network centric warfare will require further technology development and testing/experimentation, equipment on the aircraft and in the rocket/missile launchers is available to implement the basic concepts of networking J-SEAD. By tying all of the assets to an information grid, the combat power of the geographically separated sensors and shooters is more powerful networked that separate. A refinement of the sensor-to-shooter link and creation of an information grid, applying the principles of Network Centric Warfare, is required on future battlefields for the joint force commander to provide effective, timely J-SEAD with limited resources and competing theater demands.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 08, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA378512
Entities
People
- Dallas L. Eubanks
Organizations
- Naval War College