Coalition Air Command and Control Interoperability and Net Centric Warfare: Who Manages Air C2 Interoperability in the Netted Environment

Abstract

In the race to embrace net-centric warfare, many proponents laud its ability to revolutionize the way the United States and its coalition partners fight future wars. Net centric warfare is credited for much of the successes the coalition enjoyed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. While The net-centric warfare concept does hold great promise it poses extensive integration and execution challenges for the Combined/Joint Forces Air Component Commander (C/JFACC) in the Theater Air Ground System (TAGS) during coalition air operations. The idea of achieving seamless, fully integrated, interoperable command and control operations among coalition forces will be an elusive dream, unless efforts are made toward renewed emphasis on management and oversight by Congress, parity of resouces among the Services, and reinventing the Information Management Officer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 14, 2005
Accession Number
ADA464345

Entities

People

  • Lorna M. Mahlock

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Information Systems
  • Iraqi-War
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Situational Awareness
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

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