Information Age Military Transformation and Command and Control

Author: (USA) Albert
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: "Transformations in the Information Age" primarily elaborates on the nature and process of military transformation, identifies key path projects, including creating conditions for leapfrogging innovation and various experimental activities, and focuses on critical areas related to information technology, such as the distribution of information and information quality. "Strength in Numbers" emphasizes the exposition of the transformation concept and implementation approaches of the U.S. Department of Defense, aiming to develop a set of principles that can facilitate understanding and be applied to CISR investment policies and decision-making. It highlights noteworthy points for the ongoing transformation of the U.S. Department of Defense, contributing to the foundation of network-centric warfare, the continuous development and refinement of the network-centric warfare principles framework, and the comprehensive implementation of this conceptual framework. The book includes: Introduction; Background and Objectives; Addressing the Challenges of Transformation; Information Technology in Warfare; The Nature of Future Warfare; Military in the Information Age; Transformation Strategy; Measuring the Value of Transformation; Introduction; Command and Control; Command and Control in the Industrial Age; The Destruction of Industrial Age Organizational Principles and Processes; The Information Age; Characteristics of Forces in the Information Age; Interoperability; Flexibility.