Concept of C4I Data Fusion Command Center for Urban Operations

Abstract

Within the last decade, military research on urban operations (UO) have become a critical challenge. Beirut, Mogadishu, and Grozny, are few examples of urban operations that highlight our actual doctrinal and/or material gaps. From a command and control perspective, the proposal for an urban data fusion command center (UDFCC) is already qualified as a key for urban operations success. The UDFCC main objective is to provide a robust understanding of an urban battlefield. This paper presents a summary of urban operations lessons learned in order to define the UDFCC sub-objectives and components. They are associated with the phases of the intelligence cycle: direction, collection, processing and dissemination. They are categorized into four themes: mission planning and rehearsal; synthetic urban battlefield up to date reproduction and formalization; urban battlefield data exploitation; and synthetic urban battlefield visualization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA467040

Entities

People

  • Luc Pigeon

Organizations

  • DRDC Valcartier

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command Centers
  • Data Fusion
  • Health Services
  • Human Intelligence
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Three Dimensional
  • Training
  • Two Dimensional
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.

Technology Areas

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