Battle Command and Network-Centric Warfare: Putting First Things First

Abstract

At the dawn of the information Age, the commander's concept of operation, for arranging potential combat power into victorious campaigns, major operations, and battles, is still the essence of military operations. It is the commander who translates higher concepts and guidance, from the strategic to tactical levels of war, through his visualization of the operation to accomplish the mission Consequently, his concept of operation directs all battlefield activities to achieve the desired military end-state. Network-Centric Warfare is a technologically based process designed to harness the power of the Information Age by exploiting technological advances to achieve dominance in the information domain. Through a network of new systems (sensors, information, and weapons), warfighters translate this information into dominant warfare-centered Network-Centric Operations (NCO). NCO shifts the operational paradigm from platform-centric to effects-based operations, by linking geographically dispersed warfighters (through a common operational picture) to overwhelm potential adversaries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 2001
Accession Number
ADA393569

Entities

People

  • Thomas A. Heaney Jr

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Organizational Structure
  • Situational Awareness
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies