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Book Synopsis Information Sharing in Military Operations by : Irina Goldenberg
Download or read book Information Sharing in Military Operations written by Irina Goldenberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the interpersonal, organizational, and technological enablers and barriers to information and intelligence sharing in multinational and multiagency military, humanitarian, and counterterrorism operations. To this end the contributions present case studies and other empirical research. UN and special operations headquarters are studied, along with multinational operations in Mali, Iraq, and Afghanistan by the UN and by U.S. Central Command. Perennial themes are the need for a holistic approach to information sharing—one that incorporates all the above enablers—and the importance of learning from experience, which should be the basis for operational planning. There is still considerable ground to be gained in enhancing the efficacy of information sharing in the context of defense and security, and the present book contributes to this goal.
Book Synopsis Information Sharing Among Military Headquarters. The Effects on Decisionmaking by : Walter L. Perry
Download or read book Information Sharing Among Military Headquarters. The Effects on Decisionmaking written by Walter L. Perry and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New information technologies introduced into military operations provide the impetus to explore alternative operating procedures and command structures. New concepts such as network-centric operations and distributed and decentralised command and control have been suggested as technologically enabled replacements for platform-centric operations and for centralised command and control. As attractive as these innovations seem, it is important that military planners responsibly test these concepts before their adoption. To do this, models, simulations, exercises, and experiments are necessary to allow proper scientific analysis based on the development of both theory and experiment. The primary objective of this work is to propose a theoretical method to assess the effects of information gathering and collaboration across an information network on a group of local decision-making elements (parts of, or a complete, headquarters). The effect is measured in terms of the reduction in uncertainty about the information elements deemed critical to the decisions to be taken.
Book Synopsis The Implementation of Network-Centric Warfare by :
Download or read book The Implementation of Network-Centric Warfare written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world enters a new millennium, the U.S. military simultaneously enters a new era in warfare -- an era in which warfare is affected by a changing strategic environment and rapid technological change. The United States and its multinational partners are experiencing a transition from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. Simultaneously, it is fully engaged in a global war on terrorism set in a new period of globalization. These changes, as well as the experiences gained during recent and ongoing military operations, have resulted in the current drive to transform the force with network-centric warfare (NCW) as the centerpiece of this effort. This document describes how the tenets and principles of NCW are providing the foundation for developing new warfighting concepts, organizations, and processes that will allow U.S. forces to maintain a competitive advantage over potential adversaries, now and in the future. In sum, the report provides an overview of the ongoing implementation of NCW in the Department of Defense (DoD). A brief description of NCW, including its origins, its central role in force transformation, its tenets and principles, and an implementation strategy, are provided in Chapter 1. An examination of NCW as an emerging theory of war, its relationship to the four domains of Information Age warfare, the growing evidence of its benefits, and the warfighting advantages it can provide are examined in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 focuses on network-centric operations (NCO), including the relationship of NCO to the overarching Joint Operations Concepts (JOpsC), the NCO experience in Afghanistan and Iraq, the development of the NCO Conceptual Framework, and the conduct of NCO case studies. An overview of Joint and Service plans and initiatives to develop and implement network-centric capabilities and the growing investment in these capabilities by our allies and multinational partners are provided in Chapter 4.
Book Synopsis Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: Overarching Guidance Is Needed to Advance Information Sharing by : Davi M. D'Agostino
Download or read book Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: Overarching Guidance Is Needed to Advance Information Sharing written by Davi M. D'Agostino and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DoD has numerous intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems ¿ including manned and unmanned airborne, space-borne, maritime, and terrestrial systems ¿ that play critical roles in support of current military operations. The demand for these capabilities has increased dramatically. This testimony addresses: (1) the challenges the military services and defense agencies face processing, exploiting, and disseminating the information collected by ISR systems; and (2) the extent to which the military services and defense agencies have developed the capabilities required to share ISR information. The auditor visited numerous commands, military units, and locations in Iraq and the U.S. Illustrations.
Book Synopsis Making IT Happen by : Joseph N. Mait
Download or read book Making IT Happen written by Joseph N. Mait and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Center for Technology and National Security Policy has investigated how the Department of Defense can enhance its engagement with the commercial market while meeting requirements for operations. A chief complaint from information technology companies is that they do not know what the services need. This report is a primer for commercial providers to gain some understanding of the military's thinking about military information technology and some of the programs it foresees for the future. Chapter 1 focuses on the development of critical technologies required for ground tactical operations. It presents the Army's efforts to enhance data and information exchange among systems of systems on the battlefield. Key among these is the development of mobile ad hoc networks and applications. The discussion in Chapter 2 emphasizes the technical objectives of the Navy's FORCEnet to meet its operational capabilities, characterized broadly as Sea Strike, Sea Shield, and Sea Basing. The chapter focuses on the functionalities that FORCEnet requires and the technologies needed to produce these functions. Chapter 3 discusses activities in the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Battle Labs that support the Joint Battlespace Infosphere. Chapter 4 provides a detailed overview of the issues and requirements necessary to insure that networking and information sharing occurs across the services. This chapter characterizes the nature of the interoperability problem, describes recent initiatives to ameliorate interoperability shortfalls, and identifies interoperability challenges. The unique problem of sharing information with allies and changing coalitions is addressed in Chapter 5 in the context of NATO operations. The chapter describes NATO's efforts to move into an age of information-intensive military operations with particular attention on political decision-making, and the command and control of distant multinational operations.
Book Synopsis The Implementation of Network-centric Warfare by :
Download or read book The Implementation of Network-centric Warfare written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sharing of Intelligence in Future Military Operations by :
Download or read book Sharing of Intelligence in Future Military Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective future military operations require distribution and sharing of intelligence across national lines and on the tactical level that far exceeds today's reality, and to make this happen, the military commander in the field should be given Operational Control (OPCON) of the multinational intelligence assets in his operations area. Intelligence can be shared in a networking fashion between units on all levels within a Multinational Joint Task Force. To effectively achieve unity of effort in a multinational operation, national intelligence cells have to be integrated in the task force. Secrecy of sensitive information can be maintained by separating the source and method from the intelligence product, and also by keeping highly sensitive intelligence separate from the rest by a national line directly to the commander. Raw data can be issued on lower levels without any analysis as the task force largely is developing its own intelligence. The national intelligence cells' main role will be to work for the CJTF commander, but will also need to continue to support their home authorities. The balance between secrecy and openness must in any case shift considerably toward openness from today's reality. Human intelligence will remain very important in the future and it will be done more and more by ordinary troops on the ground, a development which points to the need for multinational integration of intelligence since the operations area will be manned by troops from several nations. Furthermore, for analysis, multinational intelligence will be highly beneficial in the increasingly complex and diffuse environments of the future, where the need for knowledge and skills will exceed what any single nation can provide. The ability to network will be crucial, and this includes access and dissemination of intelligence. Specifically, it is obvious that the intelligence process will have to be pushed down to low-level units.
Book Synopsis Strategic Appraisal by : Zalmay Khalilzad
Download or read book Strategic Appraisal written by Zalmay Khalilzad and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 1999-05-11 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in information technology have led us to rely on easy communication and readily available information--both in our personal lives and in the life of our nation. For the most part, we have rightly welcomed these changes. But information that is readily available is available to friend and foe alike; a system that relies on communication can become useless if its ability to communicate is interfered with or destroyed. Because this reliance is so general, attacks on the information infrastructure can have widespread effects, both for the military and for society. And such attacks can come from a variety of sources, some difficult or impossible to identify. This, the third volume in the Strategic Appraisal series, draws on the expertise of researchers from across RAND to explore the opportunities and vulnerabilities inherent in the increasing reliance on information technology, looking both at its usefulness to the warrior and the need to protect its usefulness for everyone. The Strategic Appraisal series is intended to review, for a broad audience, issues bearing on national security and defense planning.
Book Synopsis Network Centric Warfare by : Paul T. Mitchell
Download or read book Network Centric Warfare written by Paul T. Mitchell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its emergence in 1998, the concept of Network Centric Warfare (NCW) has become a central driver behind America’s military ‘transformation’ and seems to offer the possibility of true integration between multinational military formations. Even though NCW, or variations on its themes, has been adopted by most armed services, it is a concept in operational and doctrinal development. It is shaping not only how militaries operate, but, just as importantly, what they are operating with, and potentially altering the strategic landscape. This paper examines how the current military dominance of the US over every other state means that only it has the capacity to sustain military activity on a global scale and that other states participating in US-led coalitions must be prepared to work in an ‘interoperable’ fashion. It explores the application of computer networks to military operations in conjunction with the need to secure a network’s information and to assure that it accurately represents situational reality. Drawing on an examination of how networks affected naval operations in the Persian Gulf during 2002 and 2003 as conducted by America’s Australian and Canadian coalition partners, the paper warns that in seeking allies with the requisite technological capabilities, but also those that it can trust with its information resources, the US may be heading towards a very secure digital trap.
Book Synopsis Information Technology and Military Power by : Jon R. Lindsay
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.
Book Synopsis Redefining Information Warfare Boundaries for an Army in a Wireless World by : Isaac Porche
Download or read book Redefining Information Warfare Boundaries for an Army in a Wireless World written by Isaac Porche and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the U.S. Army as elsewhere, transmission of digitized packets on Internet-protocol and space-based networks is rapidly supplanting the use of old technology (e.g., dedicated analog channels) when it comes to information sharing and media broadcasting. As the Army moves forward with these changes, it will be important to identify the implications and potential boundaries of cyberspace operations. An examination of network operations, information operations, and the more focused areas of electronic warfare, signals intelligence, electromagnetic spectrum operations, public affairs, and psychological operations in the U.S. military found significant overlap that could inform the development of future Army doctrine in these areas. In clarifying the prevailing boundaries between these areas of interest, it is possible to predict the progression of these boundaries in the near future. The investigation also entailed developing new definitions that better capture this overlap for such concepts as information warfare. This is important because the Army is now studying ways to apply its cyber power and is reconsidering doctrinally defined areas that are integral to operations in cyberspace. It will also be critical for the Army to approach information operations with a plan to organize and, if possible, consolidate its operations in two realms: the psychological, which is focused on message content and people, and the technological, which is focused on content delivery and machines."--Page 4 of cover.
Book Synopsis Realizing the Potential of C4I by : National Research Council
Download or read book Realizing the Potential of C4I written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-06-17 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid progress in information and communications technologies is dramatically enhancing the strategic role of information, positioning effective exploitation of these technology advances as a critical success factor in military affairs. These technology advances are drivers and enablers for the "nervous system" of the militaryâ€"its command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systemsâ€"to more effectively use the "muscle" side of the military. Authored by a committee of experts drawn equally from the military and commercial sectors, Realizing the Potential of C4I identifies three major areas as fundamental challenges to the full Department of Defense (DOD) exploitation of C4I technologyâ€"information systems security, interoperability, and various aspects of DOD process and culture. The book details principles by which to assess DOD efforts in these areas over the long term and provides specific, more immediately actionable recommendations. Although DOD is the focus of this book, the principles and issues presented are also relevant to interoperability, architecture, and security challenges faced by government as a whole and by large, complex public and private enterprises across the economy.
Book Synopsis Information Operations: Putting the "I" Back into DIME by :
Download or read book Information Operations: Putting the "I" Back into DIME written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance by : Davi M. D'Agostino
Download or read book Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance written by Davi M. D'Agostino and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DOD) has numerous intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, including manned and unmanned airborne, space-borne, maritime, and terrestrial systems, that play critical roles in support of current military operations. The demand for these capabilities has increased dramatically. Today's testimony addresses (1) the challenges the military services and defense agencies face processing, exploiting, and disseminating the information collected by ISR systems and (2) the extent to which the military services and defense agencies have developed the capabilities required to share ISR information. This testimony is based on GAO's January 2010 report on DOD's ISR data processing capabilities. GAO reviewed and analyzed documentation, guidance, and strategies of the military services and defense agencies in regard to processing, exploiting, and disseminating ISR data as well as information-sharing capabilities. GAO also visited numerous commands, military units, and locations in Iraq and the United States.
Book Synopsis The I3I Model ; Identifying Cultural Determinants of Information Sharing Via C2 Information Technologies by :
Download or read book The I3I Model ; Identifying Cultural Determinants of Information Sharing Via C2 Information Technologies written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowadays, information sharing is critical in and between organizations. However, there is no more critical need for information sharing than during modern military and civil-military operations when international coalitions dynamically form. Such coalitions can be characterized by their highly dynamic and information rich environments and the great diversity of entities involved, each representing its own national, organizational and professional culture. Differences in national, organizational and professional culture are increasingly recognized as key barriers to C2 information sharing. This, paper identifies three dimensions in which cultural determinants influence the behaviors central to information sharing and the use of information technologies for sharing; Identification; Inter-relation and Interchange. An integrative model for the assessment of these behaviors is advanced and expanded by utilizing qualitative data gathered during NATO Response Force Exercises in cooperation with the NATO C2 Centre of Excellence. Implications for information sharing in a multi-national environment are proposed. The proposed model enables a systematic identification of the highly complex and challenging process of C2 information sharing. This identification is a critical first step in developing a strategy and specific interventions to align cultures of different entities participating in dynamic coalitions in support of more effective information sharing, ultimately resulting in increased mission effectiveness.
Book Synopsis Information Sharing Among Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Other Federal, State, and Local Agencies by : Bruce H. Perry
Download or read book Information Sharing Among Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Other Federal, State, and Local Agencies written by Bruce H. Perry and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Without a doubt, the terrorist events of 9/11 have forever changed the security posture of the United States of America. In today's society, the need for improved information sharing of terrorist-related information across all levels of Federal, State, and local government is a critical challenge. Though the United States (U.S.) has made much progress in this area, there still remains a great deal of work to be performed in order to ensure the wide-spread and timely coordination and dissemination of terrorist-related information. On October 2007, the U.S. published the National Strategy for Information Sharing that emphasized the challenges in improving terrorist-related information sharing. As America grapples with the transformation and reshaping of its local law enforcement and military services to better deal with terrorist operations and threats being imposed on American civil liberties, so to most Americans adapt their way of thinking with regard to performing intelligence information sharing to avert terrorist-related threats directed at the U.S. homeland. As stressed within the U.S. National Strategy for Information Sharing, the success of an improved information sharing environment must be constructed upon a foundation of trusted partnerships among all levels of government, the private sector, and our allies based on a shared commitment to detect, prevent, disrupt, preempt, and mitigate the effects of terrorism."--Abstract from web site.
Book Synopsis The Civilian-Military Divide by : Louise Stanton
Download or read book The Civilian-Military Divide written by Louise Stanton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how U.S. domestic institutions stand up to global threats and whether intelligence sharing across military and civilian law enforcement barriers is legal. The U.S. Constitution is designed to distribute power in order to prevent its concentration, and in particular, it draws clear lines between the responsibilities of the military and those of civilian law enforcement. But the new global threat paradigm, requiring responses both abroad and at home, calls out for military and civilian intelligence gathering to work in tandem. The Civil-Military Divide: Obstacles to the Integration of Intelligence in the United States looks at historic and legal ramifications of such efforts. Louise Stanton's thought-provoking work sums up the current state of U.S. intelligence gathering at all levels of government. It then looks at the range of recommendations for overhauling our intelligence efforts in the context of the U.S. Constitution to assess what may or may not be constitutionally supportable. At issue are three long-established, often reaffirmed principles: the separation of powers, the federalist system that gives the U.S. government precedence over states, and the separation of the civilian and military sectors.
