Network Centric Warfare for Coalition Integrated Defense Against Terrorism
Abstract
The tragic events of 9-11, terrorist actions in Russia and the Philippines, along with cancellations of several international civilian air flights, have brought the world closer in forming an alliance pitting industrialized nations against less technically advanced, but extremely dedicated, international terrorists. The ability to operate as independent nations in this fight against loosely defined organizations requires a tightly netted collaboration of military and inter-governmental organizations working as a single entity, while maintaining some level of national independence. Through the use of a demonstrated Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) solution, called Tactical Component Network (TCN), countries exchange information among designated mission-centric groups with the distribution of data and its fidelity determined by the data's owner. TCN can use a local environment for small real-time operations or a global hub network that will integrate coalition partners in a shared network of sensors and intelligence information. TCN allows individual nations stove-piped systems to share data, common pictures, and intelligence information for any region of interest. The TCN architecture has successfully been demonstrated by the United States military in a variety of stressing applications. To facilitate the detection and neutralization of terrorists, this same infrastructure can support multi-national applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA466526
Entities
People
- Eric C. Firkin
- Margaret M. Mcmahon