A Near Real-Time Tactical Land C4I Assessment Capability

The tactical land command, control, communications, computer and intelligence structure is essentially an array of complex and dynamic systems of systems. In this paper we address a capability deficiency in the identification and analysis of critical information requirements, flows and processes to support decision-making within this tactical structure. We accomplish this by incorporating modelling, simulation and wargame technology to create an environment whereby military users, analysts and developers can interact to provide near real-time analysis of tactical command control, communications, computer and intelligence systems, and combat tactics, techniques and procedures during command post exercise activities. The usefulness of the study environment stems from its ability to provide a controlled experiment setting to support the development and analysis of both current and future information management and dissemination technologies aimed at assisting the tactical commanders decision-making process. We demonstrate the environment via a battle group digitisation experiment.