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C 4 I for the Objective Force

C 4 I for the Objective Force. Organic & Inorganic RSTA. Indirect Fire Function. Network Centric. Sensor Function. Direct Fire Function. Infantry Carrier Function. Dr. John W. Gowens II. The Army Research Laboratory. 2800 Powder Mill Rd Adelphi, MD 20783 301.394.1722

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C 4 I for the Objective Force

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  1. C4I for the Objective Force Organic & Inorganic RSTA Indirect Fire Function Network Centric Sensor Function Direct Fire Function Infantry Carrier Function Dr. John W. Gowens II The Army Research Laboratory 2800 Powder Mill Rd Adelphi, MD 20783 301.394.1722 Gowens@arl.army.mil

  2. The Vision Battlespace Dominance through Information Superiority “The area with the greatest potential payoff...is in C4ISR... (to) ensure our commanders have the best information for rapid battlefield decision-making” ---- Gen Richard B. Meyers, CJCS, SASC testimony, 5 Feb 02 “Command and control systems-based on information and communications technology - and precision-guided munitions are be critical to all stages of the Pentagon's efforts to transform itself to deal with 21st century threats. ---- Paul Wolfowitz, DSECDEF at AIAA lunch,19 Feb 02.

  3. C4I for the Objective Force Objective: A fully mobile and lightweight force with internetted C4I with • Communications on-the-move for the mobile commander • Tactical network security • High bandwidth for burst communications • Energy efficient networking for sensor networks • Decision support tools for Unit of Action

  4. Array Transmitter Array Receiver Scattering Channel Communications On-The-Move Fully-mobile, fully-communicating, situation-aware force operating in a highly dynamic, mobile networking environment Challenges: • Scalability to thousands of nodes • Operate over wireless channels with high levels of interference, jamming, and EW threats • Operate on-the-move with highly mobile nodes AND infrastructure • Severe energy, bandwidth, spectrum, and computational constraints • QoS, LPI, LPD, and security requirements • Seamless interoperability Projects: • Self-Configuring Wireless Networks • Efficient End-to-End Networking • Comms Signal Processing • Tactical Network Security • Free-Space Optical Communications

  5. Energy-Efficient Networking Energy-efficient communications for heterogeneous, distributed unattended networked microsensors and robotics Challenges: • Robust communications in highly energy and bandwidth-constrained environment • Self-organizing ad hoc networks adapting to: • Various delivery mechanisms • Node failures • Intermittent connectivity • Mobility • Operate over noisy wireless channels with: • Severe near-earth propagation effects (1/R4 versus 1/R2) • Limits on antenna gain at low launch angles • Multipath, fading, and multi-access interference • Protection of sensor information while forward-deployed Projects: • Highly-Efficient Media Access and Topology Control • Energy-Efficient Miniature Radios • Energy-Efficient Sensor Networking

  6. Decision Support Tools Decision support for the commander-on-the-move Challenges: • Automated tools to support the flow and synchronization of data/information among humans and computers • Conventional user interface (mouse and keyboard) distracts cognitive process • An automated way to integrate & visualize the complexity of battle space • Transformation of data to information and information into knowledge • Seamless information access of legacy data sources • Distributed/remote processing Projects: • Collaboration Technologies • Battlefield Visualization • Multilingual Computing • Global Enterprise Integration

  7. Software Agents Physical Agents Soldiers Battlefield Visualization Integrated C4I Soldier/Agent Collaboration Unattended Ground Sensors Communications Intuitive Visualization Multimodal Interaction

  8. “Heavy forces must be more strategically deployable and more agile with a smaller logistical footprint, and light forces must be more lethal, survivable and tactically mobile. " ". . . provide survivability through . . . long-range acquisition, deep targeting, early attack, and first round kill . . . ”

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