Innovation, Network Centric Warfare and the Military Professional: A Mistaken Self-Perception of Innovative Spirit

Abstract

Historically, military innovation is a difficult process, argued and counter-argued not only on the merits of the proposed innovation, but also stilted by the organizational and personal biases of the military and its members. The proposal of Network Centric Warfare (NCW) has generated the normal resistance, but being a difficult concept to grasp, and one that is easy to confuse with "simple" information technology, the debate has lost focus on the core issues of the concepts of NCW and instead drifted to a peripheral issue the network infrastructure. In addition, the self-perception of the military professional is one of being innovative, yet this is probably not the case for the majority of the group.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381731

Entities

People

  • Eric C. Neidlinger

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Case Studies
  • Commerce
  • Computer Networks
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Navy
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Networks
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.