Strategy for an Army Center for Network Science, Technology, and Experimentation (2007) / Chapter Skim
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3 Network Science, Technology, and Experimentation Across the Army Today
3 Network Science, Technology, and Experimentation Across the Army Today
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to determine which organizational elements of the Army are currently engaged in NSTE efforts: Network science, technology, and experimentation (NSTE) encompasses all information and information exchange, visualization, collaboration, manipulation, protection, restoration, transport, services, data storage, and application layers.
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Figure 3-1 depicts the principal Army organizations currently engaged in NSTE, and Table 3-1 summarizes the present physical locations for ongoing work in each of the priority network areas. Specific organizations and their work are discussed below.
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A rmy R esearch U.S. A rmy R esearch I nstitute of R esearch I nstitute of I nstitute for the E nvironmental B ehavioral and Social Medicine Sciences E ngineer R esearch and Development Center I nstitute for Creative I nstitute for T echnologies Collaborative T raining and Doctrine B iotechnologies Command A nalysis Center Support to Program E xecutive Officer/ Central T echnical Program Managers Natick Support Facility Soldier Center FIGURE 3-1 Current Army organizations engaged in NSTE.
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Knox, KY Behavioral and Social Sciences Field Unit Natick Soldier Center Natick, MA U.S. Army Research Institute of Natick, MA Environmental Medicine Army Engineer Research and Vicksburg, MS Development Center Adversary Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground, understanding Human Research and Engineering MD Directorate Other network Institute for Collaborative Santa Barbara, CA areas Biotechnologies (University-Affiliated Research Center)
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It competitively selects and funds basic research proposals from educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and private industry. The ARO research program consists principally of extramural academic research conducted through single investigator efforts, university-affiliated research centers, and specially tailored outreach programs.
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The battle command area has two components concerned with NSTE: (1) the command and control component, which develops enabling technologies to support and advance the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of a mission; and (2)
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operations; nearby naval and supersonic air operations; Warren Grove Bombing Range 20 miles south; access to USAF/USN runways, hangars, test facilities and firing ranges; and access to materiel, military vehicles, personnel, and National Guard and Army Reserve units. Although the committee did not include research on sensors in its NSTE definition, the interfaces of sensors to physical networks are fundamental to Army NSTE efforts.
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One of its major functions is enabling the individual soldier, crew, and battle staff to comprehend and manage the vast quantities of data expected to flow across the digitized battlefield in both automated and degraded support modes. HRED has ongoing research in network science and technology in such areas as social networks, control of robotic elements in network environments, human behavior representation in models and simulations, and technology development to improve human-computer interactions.
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Adversary Understanding Recognition of the importance of adversary understanding to successful military operations is rapidly increasing, but there is relatively little work ongoing other than efforts associated with the immediate training and sensitization of forces deploying to the Middle East. Research in dynamic network analysis, which involves developing mathematical and behavioral technologies to better understand social networks in organizations, including terrorist networks, is funded through ARL cooperative technology agreements (CTAs)
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The developmental basis for these operations is ongoing work in network science, technology, and experimentation at ARL, CERDEC, ARI, and multiple other Army organizations. Conclusion 2: Current responsibility for NSTE is fragmented across several organizations.
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