Information Age Metrics Working Group The Multilateral Interoperability

Information Age Metrics Working Group The Multilateral Interoperability Programme “The Nature of Things” (Part 1) COL Stuart A. Whitehead Director TRADOC Program Integration Office for Battle Command 1

Agenda n n n Background MIP Program JC 3 IEDM Configuration Management Leveraging MIP Battle Command Vision COL Whitehead Mr. Ulrich Mr. Simaitis COL Whitehead Ms. Wortman 2

Sun Tzu: The Art of War “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. ” 3

The Commander Washington's first successes at Boston. Lithograph by Turgis. 4

General Meade and His Staff 5

The Modern Division Staff FM 6 -0 AUG 2003 6

Army Battle Command System Overview GCCS-A (Global Command Control System - Army) ASAS (All Source Analysis System) GCCS -AA AMDPCS (Air and Missile Defense Planning and Control System AMDWS AMDPCS ASAS CSSCS AFATDS (Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System) CSSCS (Combat Service Support Control System) AFATDS MCS IMETS DTSS TAIS IMETS (Integrated Meteorological System) DTSS (Digital Topographic Support System) TAIS (Tactical Airspace Integration System) MCS (Maneuver Control System) FBCB 2 (Force XXI Battle Command BDE & Below) 7

Linearity in Theory Proportionality Additivity Y Input X Output 8

Non-Linearity “You think because you understand one you must understand two, because one and one makes two. But you must also understand and. ” Ancient Sufi text. 9

The Human Dimension of “AND” 10

The Linear Battlefield XXX X XX 1 US AR X V US 1 US AR XX X X XX 2 GE IN V US XXX X 11

The Non-Linear Battlefield 2 X X 1 3 X 12

Expeditionary Capability Full Spectrum: JIM Environment XXX JTF XX X DIV BCT XXX CORPS X X BCT UA MEU • Plug and Play Units with C 4 I • Asset Visibility Through Alerts and Deployments • Simultaneous deployment from several bases • Planning and Distributive Training • Modular Organization 13

Laying the Foundation for Effective Future Systems n n n Leader-centric network-enabled Battle Command Warfighter involvement from concept to employment New thinking – holistic context Governance/consensus in a JIM environment Interoperability 14

Operational View “Aggregation” X Corps View II Division View Brigade View I I II I I I “Look two down, order one down. ” 15

Simultaneous Multi-Echelon Operations X PLAN ASSESS PREPARE EXECUTE PLAN II ASSESS PREPARE EXECUTE PLAN I ASSESS PREPARE EXECUTE 16

Information Interoperability n n n Organizations (Military) n (Friendly, Enemy, Neutral, Unknown ) n Unit Location n Unit Holdings n Unit Status Establishment Info (TOE) Action/Activity n Action Task n Action Event Plan/Orders n Header n Commander’s Intent n Rules of Engagement Task Organization Messages: n Alerts (e. g. , NBC msgs) n Plans/Orders n n n Control Features (all types) n Control Feat Location n Control Feat Status n Geometry n Point, Line, Area and Volume Meteorology Features Facilities n (Bridge, Minefield, Obstacle, Airfield) n Facility Location n n Facility Status Communications Network Materiel n Equipment n Consumables Personnel (type only) n What’s Authorized Commander’s Assessment 17

INITIAL TYPEFILL E P Y T CBT E CSS P Y T CS T TY TY PE E P Y T T Leopard 2 A 5 E P Y PE E P Y T E P TY 18

ORGANISATION ESTABLISHMENT RE PO RT X 42 GE 421 423 422 424 O I L OF-2 OR-5 OR-4 OR-1 425 011000 Zmar 01 19

PERSONEL MATERIEL HOLDING 422 RE PO RT 011000 Zmar 01 20

ORDER OF BATTLE R E D OR 42 attachment X 422 5 5 PO RT 234 detachment directive to cooperate 423 4 421 424 4 422 423 4 421 5 423 424 4 422 5 424 425 RE directive to cooperate (-) 231 attachment 421 detachment 3 231 3 234 011000 Zmar 01 21

ORGANISATION LOCATION RE STATUS PO RT X 42 24 AHE 7980056400 = 0 50 100 Status 011000 Zmar 01 22

ACTIVITY REPORT RE PO RT X 42 ? 24 UHU 2350078400 011000 Zmar 01 23

CONTROL FEATURE REPORT RE PO RT SL FLOT 421 422 425 011000 Zmar 01 24

AD WEAPON CONTROL-FEATURE OR R E D RE HOLD FIRE 234 WEAPONS TIGHT NOT KNOWN PO RT WEAPONS FREE 011000 Zmar 01 25

FACILITY REPORT RE PO RT ASSEMBL AREA 011000 Zmar 01 26

MATERIEL LOCATION RE STATUS X PO RT 42 24 AHE 7980056400 24 AHE 7650053400 0 50 100 Status 011000 Zmar 01 27

COMMUNICATION STATUS RE PO RT Online 3 Offline 1 42 42 32 UTN 3240076500 32 UTM 2250045000 2 42 32 UTN 3040056500 011000 Zmar 01 28

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT RE PO RT 011000 Zmar 01 29

COMMANDERS ASSESSMENT /EXER/. . . . // RE PO RT /OPER/. . . . // /MESSID/. . . // /CONTXT/. . . // /CONTOIA/. . // /CONTASES/. . // COMMANDER 011000 Zmar 01 30

OPERATIONAL ORDER HEADING TASKING RULES OF ENGAGEMENT R E D OR X ? 42 24 UHU 2350078400 ROE 140530 Zapr 01 011000 Zmar 01 31

DOCUMENT REFERENCE OR R E D DOCREF /EXER/. . . . // /OPER/. . . . // /MSGID/. . . // /RFFNC/. . . // 011000 Zmar 01 32

OPERATIONS ORDER OR R E D ORDER /EXER/. . . . // /OPER/. . . . // /MSGID/. . . . // /ORDPLAN/. . // /MSGREF/. . . // /UNITORG/. . // COMMANDER 011000 Zmar 01 33

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR R E D ACK /EXER/. . . . // /OPER/. . . . // /MSGID/. . . . // /MSGREF/. . . // /DTG/. . . . . // /UNITORG/. . // OFFICER 011000 Zmar 01 34

Data Strategy Options Data Model Convergence Battle Command Data Model Mapping Simulations Geospatial Terrain …and others! 35

Information Exchange Standard Multi-National NATO JOINT C 2 IEDM JC 3 IEDM JBCIEDM Mission Capability Package Extensions 36

Questions? COL Stuart A. Whitehead Director TRADOC Program Integration Office for Battle Command 37