Command Center of the Future
Abstract
In January 2000 the Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) was tasked by the Honorable H. Lee Buchanan, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) ASN(RD&A) to assess Department of the Navy (DON) strategy for developing a next generation Maritime Command and Control (C2) Capability that would ensure that the associated Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) functions are capable of providing embarked Joint Force Commanders with capabilities to receive, process and analyze information and to communicate and direct subordinate forces to achieve mission success. The tasking included a review of Joint Command organizations, potential operational missions and employment practices, communications support infrastructures, and related technologies. The panel was asked to review the Joint Maritime and Command Control Capability of the Future JCC(X) mission needs statement and requirements in order to comment upon and evaluate materiel alternatives and identify applicable emerging and existing technologies. To address the tasking, a panel of nine NRAC members and associates was augmented with four experts from industry and three retired flag/general officers with extensive C2 experience. NRAC assessed DON strategy for developing a next generation Maritime C2 Capability to ensure that JTFC can receive, process and analyze information, and communicate and direct forces for mission success. The JMCC must provide secure, robust communications and up-to-date decision support and display capabilities, and achieve net-centric connectivity with command centers and area outside the AOR. The technical complexity is geometrically related to force size.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA423401
Entities
People
- J. M. Bachkosky
- J. W. Douglass
- K. C. Hegmann
- P. A. Fratarangelo
- T. A. Brancati