Ad hoc Organization of Distributed Picture Compilation and Support for Situation Awareness in Network Based Defence - An Exploratory Experiment

Abstract

Network Based Defense (NBD), adapted from the US concept of Network Centric Warfare (NCW), is currently one of the primary strategic directions for the Norwegian Armed Forces. NBD have accented the importance of having good situation awareness, not only on the individual level, but on the team level as well. The foundation of shared situation awareness is increased access to and sharing of information in the information infrastructure. Our assertion is that the concept of ad hoc organization of information flow is an important capability in this context. This paper reports the results from an exploratory experiment conducted during the NATO exercise Battle Griffin in February/March 2005. The experiment was a part of the Norwegian Armed Forces Concept Development & Experimentation (CDE) program. The experiment presented here explored ad hoc organization of information flow applied to the distributed compilation of a common operational picture (COP). An additional aim was to test new ways of collaboration (peer-to-peer horizontal collaboration) between military units on the tactical command and control (C2)-level. The main discussion in this paper focuses on how new technology and new ways of collaboration affects the situation awareness of decision makers, both at individual and team level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA463982

Entities

People

  • Hilde Hafnor
  • Runar Normark

Organizations

  • Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Measurement
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Simulations
  • Situational Awareness
  • Teamwork

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

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