Download or read book Power to the Edge Command Control in the Information Age written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book begins with a discussion of the nature of command and control. It includes a distillation of the essence of command and control, providing definitions and identifying the enduring functions that must be performed in any military operation. Since there is no single approach to command and control that has yet to prove suitable for all purposes and situations, militaries throughout history have employed a variety of approaches to commanding and controlling their forces. A representative sample of the most successful of these approaches is reviewed and their implications are discussed. The authors then examine the nature of Industrial Age militaries, their inherent properties, and their inability to develop the level of interoperability and agility needed in the Information Age. The Industrial Age has had a profound effect on the nature and the conduct of warfare and on military organizations. A discussion of the characteristics of Industrial Age militaries and command and control is used to set the stage for an examination of their suitability for Information Age missions and environments. The nature of the changes associated with Information Age technologies and the desired characteristics of Information Age militaries, particularly the command and control capabilities needed to meet the full spectrum of mission challenges, are introduced and discussed in detail. Two interrelated force characteristics that transcend any mission are of particular importance in the Information Age: interoperability and agility. Each of these key topics is treated in a separate chapter. The basic concepts necessary to understand power to the edge are then introduced. Then the advantages of moving power from the center to the edge and achieving control indirectly, rather than directly, are discussed as they apply to both military organizations and the architectures and processes of the C4ISR systems that support them.

Download or read book The Principles of War for the Information Age written by Robert Leonhard and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crisis is upon us: We have no viable doctrine for tomorrow's wars. Now that the world has entered the information age, principles that have served to enlighten the art of war no longer work. Born of agrarian times and honed during the industrial age, the classical principles of war are, in large part, hopelessly outdated. Radical change is needed now. The Principles of War for the Information Age provides a prescription for this change.

Download or read book Information Age Transformation written by David Stephen Alberts and published by Cforty Onesr Cooperative Research. This book was released on 2003 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Command and Control in the Information Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective military communications capabilities are not only essential for command and control of military forces but can also be used to achieve information dominance in the battlespace. The U.S. has historically applied its technological advantage to win at command and control warfare. As budget cuts slow the pace of research, development, and acquisition of military communications systems, civilian commercial systems are surpassing their military counterparts in many capabilities. It is important that our senior commanders are cognizant of new commercial communications technology and its applicability in a myriad of military situations. This paper describes recent advances in the commercial communications arena which have obvious command and control warfare applications. Fiber optic transmission systems, long known for their ability to transport huge volumes of information, have recently been improved to overcome a number of earlier shortfalls. A description of these refinements, along with a number of resulting new military applications is presented. Commercial communications satellites are discussed in the final part of the paper. A number of new multibillion dollar constellations are about to enter service just as military funding for such satellites dries up. Both technologies play key roles in achieving battlespace dominance in the information age.

Download or read book Understanding Information Age Warfare written by David Stephen Alberts and published by Ccrp Publication Series. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed with a general understanding of the concepts of Information Superiority and Network Centric Warfare, enterprising individuals and organizations are developing new ways of accomplishing their missions by leveraging the power of information and applying network centric concepts. Visions are being created and significant progress is being made. But to date we have been only scratching the surface of what is possible.

Download or read book Information Technology and Military Power written by Jon R. Lindsay and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Militaries with state-of-the-art information technology sometimes bog down in confusing conflicts. To understand why, it is important to understand the micro-foundations of military power in the information age, and this is exactly what Jon R. Lindsay's Information Technology and Military Power gives us. As Lindsay shows, digital systems now mediate almost every effort to gather, store, display, analyze, and communicate information in military organizations. He highlights how personnel now struggle with their own information systems as much as with the enemy. Throughout this foray into networked technology in military operations, we see how information practice—the ways in which practitioners use technology in actual operations—shapes the effectiveness of military performance. The quality of information practice depends on the interaction between strategic problems and organizational solutions. Information Technology and Military Power explores information practice through a series of detailed historical cases and ethnographic studies of military organizations at war. Lindsay explains why the US military, despite all its technological advantages, has struggled for so long in unconventional conflicts against weaker adversaries. This same perspective suggests that the US retains important advantages against advanced competitors like China that are less prepared to cope with the complexity of information systems in wartime. Lindsay argues convincingly that a better understanding of how personnel actually use technology can inform the design of command and control, improve the net assessment of military power, and promote reforms to improve military performance. Warfighting problems and technical solutions keep on changing, but information practice is always stuck in between.

Download or read book Command and Control in the Information Age written by James Moffat and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'command and control' relates to the activities associated with the military command process, including intelligence gathering and decision-making. In the post-Cold War era and with developments in information technologies, military command and control is now seen as central to the understanding of modern conflict and warfare. This book considers developments in computer simulation models of conflict and the implications for operational analysis techniques and the development of future UK defence capability and policy.

Download or read book The Unintended Consequence of Information Age Technologies written by David S. Alberts and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the potential benefits of information technologies in the military and the potential costs associated with unintended consequences regarding the deleterious effects of excessive information access. These technologies include collection, display, communications, and processing technologies of data fusion and analysis as well as support for decision making. Advocates and makes recommendations for the adoption of a comprehensive and systematic technological insertion approach for introducing and using emerging technologies and for the testing and refinement of new mission capability packages.

Download or read book Power to the Edge written by David Stephen Alberts and published by Cforty Onesr Cooperative Research. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bogens formål er at præsentere ny forskning og ideer indenfor udviklingen af informationsteknologi, Network-Centric Warfare og Command and Control.

Download or read book Network Topology in Command and Control Organization Operation and Evolution written by Grant, T. J. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the Command and Control (C2) field has been making a transformation from top-down, directive command to Network Centric Operations (NCO), peer-to-peer negation, self-synchronization, and agility. As the terms NCO and NEC suggest, C2 systems are regarded as networks, rather than a hierarchy. Accordingly, it is appropriate to view the C2 process and C2 systems through the lens of network theory. Network Topology in Command and Control: Organization, Operation, and Evolution aims to connect the fields of C2 and network science. Featuring timely research on topics pertaining to the C2 network evolution, security, and modeling, this publication is ideal for reference use by students, academicians, and security professionals in the fields of C2 and network science.

Download or read book The Unintended Consequences of Information Age Technologies written by David S. Alberts and published by University Press of the Pacific. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military organizations are, by their very nature, resistant to change. This is, in no small part, due to the fact that the cost of error is exceedingly high. Change, particularly change that may affect the relationships among organizations and between commanders and their subordinates presents significant risks and generates considerable concern.The explosion of information technologies has set in motion a virtual tidal wave of change that is in the process of profoundly affecting organizations and individuals in multiple dimensions. The military is no exception. The military is now on the road to becoming an information age organization. The transformation involved is fraught with both risks and opportunities because it will affect the nature of the information provided as well as the manner in which it is provided.Dr. David S. Alberts is currently Director of Advanced Concepts, Technologies, and Information Strategies at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. He has held senior positions in government, industry, and academia over a twenty-five-year career and has been a leader in helping organizations take advantage of the opportunities offered by technology.

Download or read book Information Age Transformation written by David Stephen Alberts and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Command and Control written by Eric Schlosser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of America's nuclear aresenal. “A devastatingly lucid and detailed new history of nuclear weapons in the U.S. Fascinating.” —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine “Perilous and gripping . . . Schlosser skillfully weaves together an engrossing account of both the science and the politics of nuclear weapons safety.” —San Francisco Chronicle A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: How do you deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved—and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind. While the harms of global warming increasingly dominate the news, the equally dangerous yet more immediate threat of nuclear weapons has been largely forgotten. Written with the vibrancy of a first-rate thriller, Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a nuclear missile silo in rural Arkansas with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. It depicts the urgent effort by American scientists, policy makers, and military officers to ensure that nuclear weapons can’t be stolen, sabotaged, used without permission, or detonated inadvertently. Schlosser also looks at the Cold War from a new perspective, offering history from the ground up, telling the stories of bomber pilots, missile commanders, maintenance crews, and other ordinary servicemen who risked their lives to avert a nuclear holocaust. At the heart of the book lies the struggle, amid the rolling hills and small farms of Damascus, Arkansas, to prevent the explosion of a ballistic missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States. Drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with people who designed and routinely handled nuclear weapons, Command and Control takes readers into a terrifying but fascinating world that, until now, has been largely hidden from view. Through the details of a single accident, Schlosser illustrates how an unlikely event can become unavoidable, how small risks can have terrible consequences, and how the most brilliant minds in the nation can only provide us with an illusion of control. Audacious, gripping, and unforgettable, Command and Control is a tour de force of investigative journalism, an eye-opening look at the dangers of America’s nuclear age.

Download or read book Understanding Command and Control written by David Stephen Alberts and published by Ccrp Publication Series. This book was released on 2006 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Understanding Command and Control is the first in a new series of CCRP Publications that will explore the future of Command and Control ... This book begins at the beginning: focusing on the problem(s) Command and Control was designed (and has evolved) to solve. It is only by changing the focus from what Command and Control is to why Command and Control is that we will place ourselves in a position to move on"--Preface.

Download or read book War in the Information Age written by Robert L. Pfaltzgraff (Jr.) and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics include the emerging information-age security environment; assembly, analysis, and distribution of war information; and operational issues of maneuver, precision-strike and joint/combined operations.

Download or read book The Big Issue Command and Combat in the Information Age written by David Potts and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Occasional Paper considers command and combat in the information age. A small team in the British Army's conceptual "think tank," the Directorate General Development and Doctrine, worked together on this issue for 18 months. While nobody has any certain answers, their views represent some of the current forward thinking within the British Army. They argue that the information age will be defined as much by the blossoming of regional conflict and global terrorism as by technology. However, the technology offers Britain the potential to change the way it chooses to fight and this notion lies at the core of the so-called Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). The facts are inescapable -- the age we live in demands Armed Forces characterized by new thinking, new concepts, new doctrine, new tactics, and new organizations fired by committed leadership and enabled by state-of-the-art information age technology. Topics addressed include the nature of future warfare; the nature of the Revolution in Military Affairs and the innate British reluctance to embrace it; the potential benefits of a fully digitized and networked command and control system; mission command as a prerequisite for the successful exploitation of information age command systems; the Commander as expert decision maker; a commander-centric approach to future command structures; future disparities between digitized and nondigitized forces and the inherent frictions of multinationality; information-sharing post-9/11 at the strategic intergovernmental level; intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance; aerial surveillance systems; the need for manned reconnaissance; vulnerabilities of digital systems; tactical combat with the new C4ISTAR; the end of the close battle as we know it; asymmetric warfare, the new face of warfare in the 21st century; and a fictional account of a possible future conflict.

Download or read book The Unintended Consequences of Information Age Technologies written by David Stephen Alberts and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: