Network-Centric Warfare
Research Project
- Start Date:
- 1 September, 2007
- Project Status:
- Active
A network-centric approach to warfighting was officially launched by the Defence Minister and the Chief of the Defence Force in May 2003.
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- The concept of network-centric warfare
DSTO is playing a key role in the implementation of Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), providing essential scientific and technological support in the areas of:
- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
- Communications
- Human computer interfaces
- Decision support tools
Through its research, DSTO will maximise the ADF's NCW capability by providing the ADF with access to superior, real-time situation awareness; ensuring the secure sharing of information across organisational and geographic boundaries; and enabling the synchronisation of ADF actions.
DSTO has an extensive list of publications concerning network-centric warfare. For NCW-related papers by DSTO, search the Publications Pages on this website using key words of "network", "centric", "ncw", "enabled", "C4ISR" and "interoperability".
Related Links
The NCW Roadmap 2007 can be found at: http://www.defence.gov.au/capability/_home/Default.asp
Australian NCW Concept - http://www.defence.gov.au/strategy/fwc/documents/NCW_Concept.pdf
Joint Operations for the 21st Century - http://www.defence.gov.au/publications/FJOC.pdf
S&T Support to NCW - see 'Science & Technology for Australian Network-Centric Warfare: Function, Form and Fit' in ADF Journal No. 170 at: http://www.defence.gov.au/publications/dfj/index.cfm
ARC Complex Open Systems Research Network - http://www.complexsystems.net.au/index.php?page=home