Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force Volume 3: Information in Warfare (1997) / Chapter Skim
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1 IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON FUTURE NAVAL FORCES AND MISSIONS
1 IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON FUTURE NAVAL FORCES AND MISSIONS
Pages 7-16
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Subsequent chapters focus on the information infrastructure, information content, sensors, and information warfare, and on an action plan for attaining and maintaining information superiority. NAVAL FORCES COMMAND AND CONTROL The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
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focused logistics. · Dominant maneuver embodies the multidimensional application of information, engagement, and mobility capabilities to position and employ widely dispersed joint air, land, and sea forces to control the battle space and attack critical enemy locations in a sustained and synchronized manner.
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Many of these missions will focus on the primary task to deter conflict and will involve both strategic and tactical forces operating as a deterrent to aggression by hostile forces, to provide a forward presence and project military power on a global basis. In addition to the role of naval forces as a component of the strategic nuclear deterrent, it is expected that the main emphasis will continue to be on littoral warfare environments, where the full range of tactical operations will be conducted, including: Precision strike.
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The addition of high-data-rate communications through emerging advances in submarine antenna technology is a particularly promising approach that would allow the submarine to share data with the battle group and effectively employ its complement of smart weapons.
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Using hybrid environments for training joint and combined forces will help in the fielding of superior forces while controlling training and manpower costs. Sensors Sensing systems grant an advantage over an adversary by providing an upto-date picture of the battle space.
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Sensor systems will also transport raw and processed sensor data over these communications channels. Links to shore-based networks will be available through RF LOS, geosynchronous satellite, or surrogate satellite links.
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Unmanned sensor systems will be launched and recovered from naval platforms at sea to provide near-real-time multispectral surveillance products fused into a common operational picture. This picture will be used by commanders throughout the joint task force to monitor the tactical situation, redirect forces and sensor systems, and provide battle damage and kill assessments.
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The resolution of multiple tracks on the same object into a single track will be enabled by a world grid referencing system and the ability to provide highly accurate positioning data via the GPS or its derivatives. Through multisensor fusion of tracks and a common information model, databases of tracks will be synchronized and a common operational picture will be available to naval forces worldwide.
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Simply put, information technologies will allow naval forces to fight smarter and dominate the battle space more rapidly than ever before. ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT In Chapter 2 the panel discusses the evolving global information infrastructure and how the Navy should use it.
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A robust commercial airborne and space-based electro-optic sensing capability, described in some detail in Appendix C, is emerging. With future naval operations becoming critically dependent on information, assurance of the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of that information is vital.
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