Digital C3 Systems: Potential for Sharing Lessons Learned Across Services

Abstract

This research project investigated digital command, control, and communications (C3) systems of the U.S. military services to find information that could be used to help integrate U.S. Army digital C3 systems into digital units. The first part of the project identified key elements of U.S. Army digital systems and used these elements to identify similar systems in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and civilian services such as police, fire, and emergency services. Once similarities were identified, the next step was to collect information on lessons learned, best practices, training, and research that would be relevant to U.S. Army digital systems. The results found that few digital C3 were similar to U.S. Army systems, and most are still under development. The only systems that had close similarities with U.S. Army digital systems were tactical-level systems used by the U.S. Marine Corps. Consequently, agreements have been made to share research and development products between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps. (2 tables, 21 refs.)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA429414

Entities

People

  • John S. Barnett

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Best Practices
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Research
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

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