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MILITARY
FUTURES PROJECTS
EBR Support to DISA's End to End Architecture Division
(GE31)
Since early 2004, Evidence Based Research, Inc. (EBR)
has provided conceptual and analytical support to GE31
in the identification, framing, and exploration of key
end-to-end (E2E) issues associated with the development
and design of the Global Information Grid (GIG). EBR
has participated in DOD E2E system engineering activities
and leveraged its experience in and knowledge of activities
associated with network-centric operations concepts
and initiatives to ensure appropriate sharing of relevant
information and to facilitate DISA's effective application
of NCO/W concepts to GIG development.
EBR's leadership was critical in the multi-contractor
effort to develop and pilot a mission-oriented methodology
for framing E2E architectural issues; EBR also had a
leading role in a tiger team established to define a
strategy for developing tools for automated assessment
and exploration of E2E issues, which built on DISA's
existing NETWARS capability, and called for eventually
adding other tools for systems performance and systems
impact on C2 and mission effectiveness. Other associated
activities include (1) defining metrics to support implementation
of the Balanced Scorecard strategic management methodology
in DISA, (2) assisting DISA in the development and evolution
of high-level net centric engineering guidance, and
(3) supporting the development of a capability to conduct
end-to-end assessment of the ability of DISA GIG programs,
in conjunction with related Service and Agency efforts,
to enable E2E capabilities necessary for ensuring agile
and effective military operations in a net-centric environment.
Joint Functional Concepts
The Joint Command and Control Functional Concept (Version
1.0) was developed under contract to Joint Staff J-6A,
and it is one of a family of eight functional concepts
being developed.
Joint Command and Control Functional Concept
The Joint Command and Control Functional Concept describes
a vision of how Joint Command and Control (C2) will
be executed in 2015 in support of the Joint Force Commander.
Command and control is the ability to recognize what
needs to be done in a situation and to ensure that effective
actions are taken. At its core, command and control
is about decisionmaking and the individuals who make
decisions.
The central idea for future Joint C2 is that it will
be agile across the range of military operations. Joint
forces, interagency, multinational partners, and non-governmental
organizations will be able to rapidly respond and decisively
execute commander's intent in a complex, uncertain,
and dynamic operating environment. This will be achieved
through a collaborative information environment that
enables cohesive teams, regardless of location, to develop
a shared understanding of commander's intent and the
battlespace, thereby enabling superior decisionmaking.
The Joint C2 functional concept describes a future C2
system that possesses an effective means to rapidly
and seamlessly coordinate and synchronize these multiple
decisions and C2 processes thereby, ensuring that desired
effects as articulated in the commander's intent are
achieved.
Force Management Joint Functional Concept (in development)
The Force Management Joint Functional Concept is being
developed for Joint Staff J-8. The FM JFC will describe
how the future Joint Force will perform Force Management,
and in conjunction with other conceptual guidance, will
serve as the foundation for all future force management
related analyses and assessments. Specifically, it will
provide the conceptual framework for developing integrated
architectures used in analyzing joint capabilities and
a measurement framework for evaluating initiatives and
supporting the JCIDS process. The concept is currently
in development.
Joint Enabling Construct
In continued support of the Joint Staff J-6 and the
Net-Centric Functional Capabilities Board, EBR and the
Military Futures team is in the process of developing
the Knowledge Sharing Joint Enabling Construct (KS JEC).
The KS JEC builds upon the social and cognitive domain
methodologies identified during the Joint C2 and Net-Centric
Environment Joint Functional Concept development. Defined
by the Joint Concept Development and Revision Plan (July
2004), this Enabling Construct acts in a supporting
role to the Net-Centric Operating Environment Joint
Integrating Concept (NCOE JIC). The purpose of the NCOE
JIC is to describe how a Joint Force Commander 5-20
years in the future will integrate Net-Centric capabilities
to generate effects and achieve an objective. The KS
JEC serves as an appendix to the NCOE JIC.
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