Network Centric Warfare: A Command and Control Perspective

Abstract

This paper seeks to analyze the command and control issues an sing from the advent of NCW. While information superiority is not a new concept, the blazing speed of advancement in information technologies have brought about dramatic changes to other lifestyles and profound changes in the conduct of modern warfare. This leads to the birth of Network Centric Warfare. NCW offers great opportunities to dramatically enhance combat prowess by establishing shared situational awareness, increasing speed of command, improving systems' lethality and survivability, and enabling greater flexibility through self synchronization. However, these revolutionary changes in NCW do not depend on technology alone. In order to harness the full benefits of NCW, the full span of elements ranging from organization, doctrine operational concepts to training must co-evolve.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422430

Entities

People

  • Soon-chia Lim

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Organizational Structure
  • Situational Awareness
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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