network centric warfare
newtwork centric warfare is the need of modern warfare .
network centric warfare
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OVERVIEW • THE NEED • ORIGIN • WHAT IS NCW? • KEY CONCEPTS • OODA LOOP • REQUIREMENTS • ELEMENTS • PROBLEMS
THE NEED • MODERN AGE-TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION • NUMERICAL STRENGTH DOES NOT MATTER • LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT AND SUPERIORITY MATTERS • FUTURE WARS WOULD BE LIMITED, SWIFT AND QUICK
ORIGIN OF NCW • 1996 BY ADMIRAL WILLIAM OWENS • JOINT VISION 2010- CONCEPT OF FULL-SPECTRUM DOMINANCE THROUGH ADVANTAGES OF RAPIDNESS AND INFORMATION SUPERIORITY
NETWORK CENTRIC WARFARE? • NCW IS AN INFORMATION SUPERIORITY-ENABLED CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS THAT GENERATES INCREASED COMBAT POWER BY NETWORKING SENSORS, DECISION MAKERS, AND SHOOTERS TO ACHIEVE • SHARED AWARENESS • INCREASED SPEED OF COMMAND • GREATER LETHALITY • INCREASED SURVIVABILITY • INCREASED DEGREE OF SELF SYNCHRONIZATION
KEY CONCEPTS OF NCW • USE OF GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED FORCES • A KNOWLEDGEABLE FORCE • EFFECTIVE LINKING AMONG ENTITIES
OBSERVE ORIENT DECIDE ACT OODA LOOP
REQUIREMENTS OF NCW NCW REQUIRES • ROBUST AND SECURE COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS • SWIFT INFORMATION GATHERING MECHANISM • MULTI-SENSOR TRACKING SYSTEMS • SATELLITES • BATTLEFIELD SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS
ELEMENTS OF NETWORK WARFARE • BASIC ELEMENTS NECESSARY TO GENERATE NECESSARY SHARED BATTLE SPACE AWARENESS THAT CAN BE EXPLOITED VIA SELF SYNCHRONIZATION TO ACHIEVE THE COMMANDER’S INTEREST ARE :- • SURVEILLANCE GRID • COMMUNICATION GRID • TACTICAL GRID
ELEMENTS OF NETCENTRIC WARFARE SURVEILLANCE GRID
ELEMENTS OF NETCENTRIC WARFARE COMMUNICATION GRID
ELEMENTS OF NETCENTRIC WARFARE TACTICAL GRID
PROBLEMS FACED IN IMPLEMENTING NCW ROBUSTNESS OF TRANSMISSION • TRANSMISSION IMPAIRMENTS SUCH AS SOLAR FLARES, BAD WEATHER AND HOSTILE JAMMING, NETWORKS MUST CONTINUE TO FUNCTION TRANSMISSION CAPACITY • HOW FAST DATA CAN BE TRANSMITTED IS VITAL, ESPECIALLY WHERE DIGITISED IMAGERY MUST BE SENT SECURITY OF TRANSMISSION • DIGITAL LINKS HAVE TO BE DIFFICULT TO EAVESDROP, AND ROBUSTLY ENCRYPTED TO DEFEAT ANY EAVESDROPPING WHICH MIGHT SUCCEED
PROBLEMS FACED IN IMPLEMENTING NCW SIGNAL FORMAT AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL COMPATIBILITY • IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT DISSIMILAR PLATFORMS AND SYSTEMS CAN COMMUNICATE IN AN NCW ENVIRONMENT
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