Download or read book A Strategies to tasks Framework for Planning and Executing Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance ISR Operations written by Carl Rhodes and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To assist in moving intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) planning and execution forward from a fixed target and deliberate planning focus to one centered on emerging targets, the authors propose enhancing the collection management process with a strategies-to-tasks and utility framework. By linking collection targets to operational tasks, objectives, and the top-level commander's guidance with relative utilities, planning for the daily intelligence collections and real-time retasking for ad hoc ISR targets could be enhanced. When current tools are modified to provide this information, planners will be able to link collection targets to top-level objectives for better decision making and optimization of low-density, high-demand collection assets. Similarly, on the Air Operations Center (AOC) floor, intelligence officers will be better able to deal with time-sensitive, emerging targets by rapidly comparing the value of collecting an ad hoc collection with the value of collecting opportunities already planned. To handle the ISR demands posed by the rapidly changing battlefield of the future, this new, more-capable framework may be needed for making the best use of intelligence capabilities against emerging collection opportunities. Future research will focus on quantifying the advantages of this approach in comparison with the current process.
Download or read book Strategy for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance written by Jason M. Brown (Col.) and published by . This book was released on 2014-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategy for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance written by Jason M. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper proposes the purpose of ISR is to increase decision makers' understanding of and ability to influence an environment and the relationships that exist within it; ISR helps decision makers anticipate change, mitigate risk, and shape outcomes. ISR strategy, therefore, is a set of ideas that integrates organizations and balances ends, ways, and means in pursuit of that purpose. This paper will define the problem current collection management doctrine creates for implementing ISR strategy. It will then propose an alternative framework for ISR strategy using a commander's intent for ISR as a method to balance ends, ways, and means. Finally, the paper will offer practical recommendations for commanders and staffs on how to organize and operate to effectively execute ISR strategy."--Abstract.
Download or read book Strategy for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance ISR Experience with U 2 Spy Aircraft in Iraq Searching for IEDs Afghanistan War Obstacles to ISR Integration Battlefield Impact written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative paper draws upon the U.S. experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan to highlight key lessons for integrating intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations into military campaigns and major operations. The U.S. military's adherence to a Cold War-era collection management doctrine creates obstacles for ISR integration. This system of managing competing requirements as a basis for ISR operations has proven ineffective repeatedly in military operations due to the emphasis on collection statistics that do not account for operational realities. In the Information Age, strategy has never been more difficult or more important. Military campaigning is now a struggle among multiple hyper-connected groups to learn and influence faster than others. Because tactical actions increasingly have strategic consequences, military forces must anticipate how their actions could influence groups and how the actions of others could influence those same groups. Generating relevant intelligence has become increasingly difficult, as the demands for both precise action and force protection multiply. Modern technology simultaneously challenges and enables intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations. It provides a direct connection between analysts and consumers separated by thousands of miles but leads to ever-changing sources and methods for coping with complex operating environments and compressed decision cycles. In the last 10 years, numerous reports have highlighted many obstacles to the integration of ISR in military campaigns and major operations. The root cause of these difficulties is adherence to a centralized Cold War collection management doctrine focused on production rather than goals and objec-tives.4 This Industrial Age paradigm is not agile enough to meet the challenges of military operations in the Information Age. A strategy-oriented approach that balances ISR ends, ways, and means will more effectively meet commanders' needs and expectations.
Download or read book Methodology for Improving the Planning Execution and Assessment of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations written by Sherrill Lee Lingel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lingel et al. present alternative methods to approach U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) tasking and the command and control processes and assess the outcome of different information-collection strategies. They develop new assessment techniques and operational strategies to improve the use of ISR assets in dynamic environments.
Download or read book Wanderer in the Mist written by Ryan D. Skaggs and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study comprises a qualitative analysis with a within-case and across-case methodology that seeks to understand the significance of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) strategy at the operational level of war. The study accomplishes three tasks: first, it develops a taxonomy for evaluating ISR strategy within the Clausewitzian tradition; second, it applies the taxonomy to three historical cases within the Mediterranean Theater in the Second World War; and third, it contributes to the education of ISR professionals by providing examples of how operational leaders orchestrated a vast intelligence machine to achieve operational results. The study concludes that successful ISR strategies, balanced and effectively integrated with the overall operational plan through the commander’s intent, are integral to the overall success or failure of an operational plan. Successful ISR strategy acts as a general force multiplier by increasing a nation’s military effectiveness that can hasten victory or forestall defeat. Conversely, unsuccessful ISR strategy generally reduces operational effectiveness that can thwart victory or hasten defeat. The study fills a gap in the body of knowledge by providing a framework to understand why ISR strategies succeed or fail, explains the fundamental principles underpinning the development of ISR strategy, and explains how ISR strategists can best set the conditions for future success at the operational level of war"--Abstract.
Download or read book Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance ISR Acquisition written by Richard A. Best and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ISR systems are integral components of both national policymaking and military operations, including counterterrorism operations, but they are costly and complicated and they must be linked in order to provide users with a comprehensive understanding of issues based on info. from all sources. Relationships among org. responsible for designing, acquiring, and operating these systems are also complicated as are oversight arrangements in Congress. Contents of this report: Evolving Requirements for ISR Systems; ISR Acquisition Processes: ¿National¿ Space; ¿Tactical¿ Space; Unmanned Aerial Systems; Manned Airborne Systems; Assessments of ISR Acquisition Processes. Conclusion.
Download or read book Collecting to Win written by U S Military and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-10 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the U.S. rebalances towards the Asia-Pacific, strategists and force planners will grapple with how to best pursue American policy objectives in the region. Financial constraints will limit their available means, placing additional importance on the creative use of existing resources. However, concepts rooted in years of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations-if unquestioningly transferred to the Asia-Pacific-risk becoming cognitive strictures that limit strategic imagination. This monograph aims to broaden joint force thinking on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). It begins by defining ISR and differentiating it from intelligence writ large. Next, borrowing from airpower theory, it explores the relationship between ISR and strategy, concluding that ISR is an astrategic activity that may bring about strategic effects in three fundamental ways-by informing strategy-making, by enabling necessary tactics, and by favorably shaping the operational environment. The paper then examines each ISR way against available historical evidence. Recommendations to improve the efficacy of ISR in the Asia-Pacific and beyond complete the essay. The project introduces several novel concepts, including ISR's astrategic character, ISR's three ways to cause strategic effect, ISR diplomacy, and ISR's observer-effect.This compilation includes a reproduction of the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.Collecting to Win: ISR for Strategic Effect * 1. Introduction * 2. Intelligence and ISR * 3. Strategy and ISR * 4. ISR for Strategic Effect * 5. ISR to Enable - Collection, Tactics, and Strategy * 6. ISR to Shape - ISR Diplomacy and the Observer-Effect * 7. RecommendationsThis monograph examines the ways of ISR in the context of the Asia-Pacific rebalance. It begins by defining relevant terms and differentiating ISR from intelligence writ large. Next, borrowing from airpower theory, it explores the relationship between ISR and strategy, identifying three fundamental ways that ISR activities may cause strategic effect. The essay sketches each ISR way in some detail and surveys historical evidence to refine the concepts. The penultimate section recommends improvements to U.S. military doctrine and ISR employment in the Asia-Pacific. A summary concludes the paper. In the final analysis, ISR may cause strategic effects in three ways-by collecting to inform strategy-making; by collecting to enable the execution of strategy; and, by favorably shaping the operational environment directly. If this essay adds modestly to a more expansive and nuanced understanding of ISR, it will have succeeded.
Download or read book Operations Research Applications for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Defense Science Board (DSB) Advisory Group was asked to examine the use of operations research (OR) methods to support Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) decision making within the DoD. The DSB was asked to survey the departments and agencies to determine how much OR is being performed; assess how the results of OR are being used in decision making; recommend a test cases(s) for using OR methodologies; and recommend steps DoD can take to institutionalize the use of OR in future DoD decision making. Illustrations.
Download or read book Lead Turning the Future The 2008 Strategy for United States Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new document that specifies why and how our Air Force will provide the capacity and capability for full spectrum Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). It provides the foundation for enabling our air components to joint forces to "out smart" any adversary. This is our overarching plan for integrating people, equipment, processes, and investments to achieve Global Vigilance, Global Reach, and Global Power through cross domain integration of air, space and cyberspace ISR. This strategy sets the conditions to achieve persistent surveillance and improves the integration of information to facilitate decision superiority. It advances Air Force ISR simultaneously as an enabler of tactical forces, as the provider of theater-wide operational level perspectives for joint commanders, and as a strategic lever for national decision makers. It combines our historical advantage of an elevated perspective with the means to achieve insight and foresight to yield a decisive advantage in National Security operations. This strategy charts how USAF ISR can produce desired security effects today and in the future. Pulling the trigger is but one way to defeat our adversaries USAF ISR, while enabling trigger pullers also provides a multitude of additional ways to achieve National Security objectives.
Download or read book Lead Turning the Future written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a new document that specifies why and how our Air Force will provide the capacity and capability for full spectrum ISR. It provides the foundation for enabling our air components to joint forces to 'out smart' any adversary. This is our overarching plan for integrating people, equipment, processes, and investments to achieve Global Vigilance, Global Reach, and Global Power through cross domain integration of air, space and cyberspace ISR systems."--P. 1.
Download or read book C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-05-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy has put forth a new construct for its strike forces that enables more effective forward deterrence and rapid response. A key aspect of this construct is the need for flexible, adaptive command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. To assist development of this capability, the Navy asked the NRC to examine C4ISR for carrier, expeditionary, and strike and missile defense strike groups, and for expeditionary strike forces. This report provides an assessment of C4ISR capabilities for each type of strike group; recommendations for C4ISR architecture for use in major combat operations; promising technology trends; and an examination of organizational improvements that can enable the recommended architecture.
Download or read book United States Army Airborne Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance written by Jack L. Kimberly and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of the U.S. Army could provide the Joint Commands their essential tools to support battlefield interdiction in the 21st Century. Various sensor packages are available today to provide the intelligence and/or information needed to project multiple modes of firepower on target. The U.S. Army has been adding to its existing ISR fleet by fielding unique sensor-integrated Quick Reaction Capabilities (QRC) to answer the short term ISR needs of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). These ISR QRC assets have helped increase the density of ISR capabilities across the battlefield, but they have been operationally integrated without meeting the persistent "unblinking eye" requirement. These assets were procured using un-forecasted supplemental funding, and more importantly, they were acquired without a guiding strategy to help identify the requirements and develop an integrated master plan to sustain the U.S. Army's ISR capabilities into the future. The purpose of this paper is to review and discuss the past and present issues that have impacted development of today's combat ISR capabilities within the U.S. Army, and to recommend an affordable ISR strategy to support the long term ISR needs of the GWOT.
Download or read book Global Integrated Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations written by United States Air Force and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AFDD 2-0 (formerly 2-9) provides fundamental principles and operational-level Air Force doctrine for ISR operations. Discusses goal and roles of ISR operations across the range of military operations. Provides guidance for planning, coordination, and execution of ISR operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels.
Download or read book Developing a United States European Command Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Strategy for Fiscal Years 2010 Thru 2015 written by Kevin M. Coyne and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper proposes a possible ISR strategy for USEUCOM for the time-frame of FY10-15, by utilizing existing and planned NATO and allied ISR capabilities. It also proposes enhanced information sharing. Both efforts are designed to help mitigate USEUCOM ISR collection gaps."--Abstract from web site.
Download or read book Capturing the Essential Factors in Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force Sizing and Mix written by David Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This documented briefing describes research in the Project AIR FORCE Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Targeting project; it includes work relating to intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission analysis, technology assessment, and methodology/model development. The briefing also describes RAND's Reconnaissance and Surveillance Allocation Model (RSAM) that has been developed as part of the project. The model will be used in conjunction with a weapon allocation model to determine reconnaissance and surveillance requirements for attacking ground targets through an entire campaign. By varying the campaign plan and the ISR option packages in RSAM, tradeoff studies can determine the best types and required numbers of sensors and platforms. The project is conducted within the Force Modernization and Employment Program of Project AIR FORCE. It is sponsored by the Directorate of Operational Requirements.
Download or read book Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance written by Johanna A. Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
