Title: <title>Developing an operational architecture for the Australian Army enhanced combat force in the digitized network-centric battlespace</title>
Abstract:ABSTRACT The successful exploitation of the benefits of a digitised network-centric battlespace in a tactical Land Environment will addto the Knowledge Edge capability for the Australian Army. It will...ABSTRACT The successful exploitation of the benefits of a digitised network-centric battlespace in a tactical Land Environment will addto the Knowledge Edge capability for the Australian Army. It will advance decision-making, accelerate the flow ofinformation, more effectively synergise collection and processing within the intelligence system and speed up the targetingprocess, hence improving overall combat effectiveness. To make this a reality, a practical and feasible operationalarchitecture is essential. This paper describes the process of developing an operational architecture for the Australian ArmyEnhanced Combat Force (land force in 2015) based on US DoDs C4ISR architecture framework. The fundamental conceptdriving the architecture is the philosophy of mission command and the requirements of flexible command structures thatallow plug and play of capability elements. The architecture built on this command philosophy and the potential of adigitised network-centric battlespace aims to guide future capability development to increase the responsiveness andflexibility of military operations. The paper focuses on a scenario of an Australian led coalition operation to restoreterritorial integrity and re-establish sovereignty of local people on a hypothetical island within the inner arc of thearchipelagos of South East Asia and the South West Pacific. Operational architecture view products, depicting a brigadesized, highly mobile, hard hitting, low mass and austere fighting forces offensive operation, are presented in the paper.This work has shown that the operational architecture can facilitate defining and visualizing command and control systems,coalesce the threads of thought on the development of mission command in the information age and inform thecorresponding doctrine evolution.Keywords: Operational Architecture, Mission Command, Land Force in 2015, Offshore OperationRead More
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-08-29
Language: en
Type: article
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