Network Centric Warfare: Developing and Leveraging Information Superiority

by David S. Alberts, John J. Garstka, Frederick P. Stein

Overview

This book articulates the nature of the characteristics of Network Centric Warfare, and suggests a process for developing mission capability packages designed to transform NCW concepts into operational capabilities.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012235596
Publisher:	CCRP
Publication date:	05/01/1999
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dr. David S. Alberts is currently the Director of Research for OASD (NII) / DoD CIO. Prior to this he was the Director, Advanced Concepts, Technologies, and Information Strategies (ACTIS), Deputy Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies, and the executive agent for DoD’s Command and Control Research Program. This included responsibility for the Center for Advanced Concepts and Technology (ACT) and the School of Information Warfare and Strategy (SIWS) at the National Defense University. He has more than 25 years of experience developing and introducing leading-edge technology into private and public sector organizations. This extensive applied experience is augmented by a distinguished academic career in computer science, operations research, and Government service in senior policy and management positions. Dr. Alberts’ experience includes serving as a CEO for a high-technology firm specializing in the design and development of large, state-of-the-art computer systems (including expert, investigative, intelligence, information, and command and control systems) in both Government and industry. He has also led organizations engaged in research and analysis of command and control system performance and related contributions to operational missions. Dr. Alberts has had policy responsibility for corporate computer and telecommunications capabilities, facilities, and experimental laboratories. His responsibilities have also included management of research aimed at enhancing the usefulness of systems, extending their productive life, and the development of improved methods for evaluating the contributions that systems make to organizational functions. Dr. Alberts frequently contributes to Government task forces and workshops on systems acquisition, command and control, and systems evaluation.

John J. Garstka is currently the Assistant Director, Concepts and Operations, Office of Force Transformation, Office of the Secretary of Defense. Mr. Garstka is a recognized thought leader and globally respected international speaker in the area of Network Centric Warfare. In addition to coauthoring Network Centric Warfare: Its Origin and Future, which appeared in proceedings of the Naval Institute in January 1998, he is also the coauthor of Network Centric Warfare: Developing and Leveraging Information Superiority, which was first published in May 1999. This book has been reprinted by leading IT companies and translated into three ...

Editorial Reviews

Network Centric Warfare (NCW) is kind of like the theory of relativity ... all of us have heard of it, but few of us can define it. Unlike the theory of relativity, it is quite likely that in the very near future NCW is a concept that many warfighters will have to wrestle with. If Naval Aviation is to continue to maintain its heritage as a dominant warfighting force, it must have a clear understanding of the implications of NCW for the future. What follows is a "Reader's Digest" summary of ...

Thomas Carroll