Introducing the Canadian Information Centric Workspace Concept

Abstract

Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) is an evolving information operations (IO) concept in the Canadian Land Force. ISTAR provides the commander with a system to collect and process required information for producing intelligence on the threat and knowledge on the environment during operations, as well as the knowledge needed to identify, acquire, and engage targets. The various processes used to collect and analyze the information are the result of numerous individual systems, some of which have only been recently introduced in the field, while many others are still in development as a result of advances in the information age. This compendium of systems makes ISTAR a "System of Systems," as opposed to a single system. This paper presents the new Canadian Information-Centric Workspace concept that provides a more coherent information management approach to better support the Commander in both its tactical intelligence and operations activities at brigade level. The info-centric workspace concept aims at offering a seamless collaborative environment enabling the ISTAR staff to perform their tasks using different applications/services through a standardized Human Computer Interface (HCI). Twenty-one briefing charts summarize the presentation. (7 figures, 25 refs.)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA428600

Entities

People

  • Francois Le May
  • Gaetan Thibault

Organizations

  • DRDC Valcartier

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Data Fusion
  • Human-Computer Interfaces
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Operations
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Military Organizations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Situational Awareness
  • Software Development
  • Surveillance
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering

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