In his chapter on military genius, Clausewitz writes about a commander’s coup d’oeil, an ability to make quick and correct decisions on the battle field as something that distinguishes a military genius from the rest of us. Clausewitz had little to say about the basis for this for the ability, however. The present study represents a first attempt to understand the commander’s coup d’oeil as an ...

Executive Views (EVs) are an emerging framework for command and control (C2) architectures that have shown utility in supporting investment decision making by senior defense leaders. These views provide a novel framework that facilitates collaboration between engineers and decision makers. Engineers traditionally responsible for system and operational views integrate data regarding force struct...

Command and Control operators rely heavily on radio communications to efficiently plan, direct, coordinate, and control assets to successfully complete their mission. This communication intensive environment imposes a high degree of workload on operators thus resulting in failures of detection or comprehension of communication. Multi‐Modal Communication (MMC) is a net‐centric communication ma...

Connectivity does not automatically provide NEC, but there is no NEC without connectivity. The integration of UAV Control Stations (UCSs) into a Command & Control (C2) network can significantly reduce the amount of voice communication needed to coordinate and synchronize events. The integration of UCSs into an Air Traffic Management (ATM) network provides the basis for UAV operations in future ...

The phenomenon of situational awareness (SA) has received considerable attention in recent years and significant theoretical advances have been made which establish that SA is an important component of teamwork. This is especially true in complex environments, such as in command and control, where the team is required to deal with decision-making problems under significant pressure. Two models ...

Threat evaluation in naval Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) operations is accompanied by an unprecedented level of stress and cognitive overload for the operators mainly because of the dynamic and time-constrained nature of the context and the important amount of variables involved. A mixed-initiative capability is proposed that provides the operator with the needed information at different steps of his ...