Command and Control in a Network Centric Warfare World: Preserving the Operational Echelon of Command

Abstract

Joint Vision 2020 (JV 2020) is designed around the premise that modern and emerging technologies, particularly information-related advances, should make possible a new level of battlespace awareness in the joint operations arena. Underpinning a variety of technological advances is information superiority the ability to detect, collect, process and disseminate an uninterrupted flow of information, while exploiting or denying an adversary's ability to do the same. The goal of JV 2020 seeks to achieve Full Spectrum Dominance a joint force persuasive in peace, decisive in war, preeminent in any form of conflict. If we are to truly achieve this goal of full spectrum dominance by establishing and maintaining information superiority, then the organizational echelons in the command and control structure must be maximized to use this superiority, not minimized to hamper it. Network Centric Warfare (NCW) is one of the key tenets to meet these demands of increased information flow. Proponents of the ongoing Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), spawned from and running parallel to the Revolution in Business Affairs (RBA), have recognized in NCW the need to restructure certain organizational paradigms for maximum effectiveness in the anticipation of achieving JV 2020 goals. According to these groups, much of the organizational evolution in the military should center around the use of a networked command and control system which, when implemented, will reduce and consolidate staff structure, allow for decentralized execution, and increase the commander's control over a more encompassing sector of the 2020 battlespace. How and more importantly, at which levels do we best utilize this potentially world-altering tool to maximize its effectiveness?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 14, 2005
Accession Number
ADA464453

Entities

People

  • Elton C. Parker

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Battlespace
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Emerging Technology
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • United States Central Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

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