Tactical Unit Data and Decision Requirements for Urban Operations
Abstract
Future Force needs to dominate the urban battlespace to the same degree that the current force dominates open terrain. Warfare is now only one part of the spectrum of actions in which military forces become involved; the follow-on peace support operation and transition phase continue many years later. Success in these areas will necessarily rely on how well the urban environment can be characterized and modeled in terms of population, terrain, and infrastructure, and how well this information can be brought to tactical commanders in a decision support tool for mission planning. The Urban Reasoning and Battlespace Analysis (URBAN) Army Technical Objective (ATO) of the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) was funded to research and develop innovative tools to characterize the urban environment, model aspects of that environment as it relates to operations (maneuverability, sensor optimization, weapon effects, terrain), and develop rich but lightweight information structures and architecture. Specifically, the goal is to develop the ability to use automated prediction, pattern recognition, and reasoning and decision support tools to understand the battlespace environment in a collaborative network-centric environment. The objective of this research was to collect information about tactical unit data and decision requirements useful in urban operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA507672
Entities
People
- Elon P. Zeigler
- Jeffrey A. Burkhalter
- Paul M. Loechi
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center