Network Centric Warfare: Developing and Leveraging Information Superiority.

Abstract

T his book is the product of an ongoing effort to understand and articulate the power of information superiority in warfare from a Joint perspective. This work would not have been possible without the support, encouragement, and cooperation of ASD(C3I) and the J6. We would like to acknowledge the direct and substantive contributions by: Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN; LTG Douglas D. Buchholz, USA (Retired); and Lt Gen John L. Woodward, USAF. Many individuals have worked with us on numerous drafts. Included among those who have contributed comments and suggestions that have greatly enhanced this book are (in alphabetical order): Chuck

Cooperation in distributed surveillance systems for dense regions

“…Responsiveness requirement involves reducing the decision process timeline while maintaining or increasing response quality. Examples of metrics that can be used to quantify the responsiveness in military operations are the time between target detection and delivery of ammunitions on target (also known as the detect-to-engage sequence); time to plan actions; or time necessary to form and equip forces to conduct operations (Alberts et al, 2000).…”

“…These nodes must have Self-X capability to make decisions about their conditions, processes and course of actions undertaken to achieve their goals. These Self-X capabilities include, but are not limited to, self-synchronisation (Alberts et al, 2000), self-configuration, self-management, adaptability, self-diagnosis, self-protection, self-healing, self-repair, self-optimisation and self-organisation (Dressler, 2007).…”

“…Thanks to this common workspace, they can take advantage of the results of an activity undertaken by another operator specialist in another area, detect the differences between their understanding of the situation and explain their point of view if they have time to debate (Pacaux- Lemoine and Loiselet, 2002). In the military context, the importance of collaboration, the ideal form of cooperation, has been underscored by the NCO concept (Alberts et al, 2000;Alberts, 2006). Collaboration, in this framework, is viewed as the active engagement of participants with different situation models in a sensemaking process.…”

“…Distributed surveillance is a backbone for the popular (among the military) paradigm of network-centric operations (NCO) (Alberts et al, 2000). NCO is an umbrella term that encompasses the concepts of network centric warfare (USA), network enabled capabilities (UK), network-based defense (Sweden) and network enabled capabilities (NATO) (Hayes, 2004).…”

Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming: A Research Framework for Military Training and Education

“…Virtual teams in both network centric warfare and MMOGs create shared situational awareness through the sharing of information and through goal-directed collaboration. They also cut across hierarchical lines by empowering and expecting knowledgeable entities to "collaborate with one another to achieve a degree of self-synchronization" (Alberts et al, 1999).…”