RMA defence

information system (CCIS) will be an integrated, networked information communication and processing system interconnecting human operators, intelligent computing systems, distributed sensor systems, and piloted and autonomous platforms. Military units, sensors, weapons and communications will have to be capable of rapid force projection to counter various threats, as well as of performing surprise or improvised attacks. In a twenty-year perspective, this will have to be carried out in such a way that information transfer, information correlation, situation analysis, tactical decision making, and weapons projection can be performed with much less delay than is necessary today. The CCIS will become an increasingly important vehicle to improve endurance, reduce resource consumption and obtain shorter reaction times. The organization will be built around distributed, high endurance command posts, while allowing for higher echelons to assume command in critical situations which require maximal coordination. The future CCIS will also have to offer greatly improved facilities for realistic training in new scenarios. Decision support systems, based on data and information fusion and war-gaming technology and employing advanced presentation modes will have to be developed to meet requirements for faster access to information adequate for decision making, in particular consistent situHow can we get a true picture of the battlespace, when we have to combine reliable information with incomplete, unreliable and even misleading information? Information fusion may be the answer.