Command and control method review in information age

Abstract

The command control (C2) is the most important part of the war for all dynasties. In information age, the future battlefield poses new challenges for C2. By analyzing the characteristics of network enabled command and control in the information age, this paper studies the C2 function and approach space, defines five C2 archetype, discriminates in detail the objectives and requirements of each archetype, analyzes its maturity level and maturity migration model, and finally discusses the challenges to C2 in the future battlefield. It is important to help the combatant analyze the problems existing in current C2, to improve the C2 ability of the current and future, to improve the control of the commanders, and to improve the manage ability of complex, dynamic and uncertain combat missions.

Keywords

• command and control (c2)|c2 approach space|c2 approach archetype|c2 maturity model