C2 Architectures: The Persistent Challenge

Abstract

OUTLINE: A Little History, The Persistent Challenges and the Elusive Next Best Thing, Systems of Systems, Service-Oriented Architectures and Clouds, Resilience, A C2 Challenge: Integrated Courses of Action, A Current Example, and Closure. Early on, it was observed that C2 theory had to address three major challenges: (1) Coping with Uncertainty in the form of adversaries, missions, coalition partners, goals, and objectives; (2) Coping with Complexity in terms of net-centricity and net-enabled capabilities, information sharing in a contested cyber environment, DIME, and PIMEESI; and (3) Coping with Change in the form of transnational and nonstate actors, technological change (e.g., PGMs, UAVs, and UCAVs, cyberwarfare), and rapidly changing geopolitical structure. These challenges are still here and they keep accelerating.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 20, 2013
Accession Number
ADA593471

Entities

People

  • Alexander H. Levis

Organizations

  • George Mason University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerostats
  • Cloud Computing
  • Command And Control
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberattacks
  • Fire Support
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Military Operations
  • Resilience
  • Security
  • Service Oriented Architecture
  • System Of Systems
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Aerial Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Micro Periodontal Dentistry.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Legality in Cyberspace