ABSTRACT
The.Command.and.Control.Environment...................................................................................... 349 Network-Centric.Operations........................................................................................................... 350 C2.Simulation.Research................................................................................................................. 351
U.S..Army.Future.Combat.Systems.(FCS).Program.......................................................... 352 U.S..Navy.C2.Human.Factors.Research.Programs............................................................. 353 U.S..Air.Force.C2.Human.Factors.Research.Programs...................................................... 356 Simulation.and.Its.Utility.for.C2.Systems........................................................................... 358 Technical.Challenges..........................................................................................................360 Collaboration.Technologies.and.C2.Simulation.Research.................................................. 361
Evaluations.of.Collaboration.Technologies.................................................................................... 365 References.......................................................................................................................................366
Command.and.control.(C2).is.defined.by.the.United.States.Department.of.Defense.(DoD,.2004). as.“the.exercise.of.authority.and.direction.by.a.properly.designated.commander.over.assigned.and. attached.forces.in.the.accomplishment.of.the.mission.”.The.lexicographers.note.further.that. this. exercise.and.direction.are.“performed.through.an.arrangement.of.personnel,.equipment,.communications,. facilities,. and. procedures. employed. by. [the]. commander. in. planning,. directing,. coordinating,. and. controlling. forces. and.operations”.designed. to. accomplish. that.mission..Although. this.definition.may.not.conjure.a.distinct.image.of.the.day-to-day.job.of.a.military.commander,.it. certainly.offers.at.least.a.hint.of.the.complexity.inherent.in.the.phrase.“command.and.control.”
