Visible Battle Rhythm

Abstract

Battle rhythms are ubiquitous in military operations, but current methods for implementing them have not kept pace with the changes affecting military organizations. Visual Battle Rhythm (VBR) is a software prototype which updates the battle rhythm process with modern technology and careful information design to improve the synchronization, situational awareness and decision making ability of commanders. Key improvements over current methods include faster coordination across commands crucial for joint and coalition operations, easy distributed editing capabilities, instantaneous updates and saved time. VBR was demonstrated at Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) 2004 and exercised by the Canadian Joint Operations Group (JOG). Training required less than one hour and in both cases it received excellent evaluations. This paper describes the context and use of VBR and its potential as a deployed operational system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463305

Entities

People

  • Alain Bouchard
  • Brian Cort
  • Denis Gouin
  • Pascale Proulx
  • William Wright

Organizations

  • Oculus Info Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Complex Systems
  • Computers
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Design Criteria
  • Frequency
  • Gantt Charts
  • Hierarchies
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Situational Awareness
  • Standards
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Visualizations
  • Web Applications

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.