Tactical Command and Control Systems and Network Centric Warfare

Abstract

One of the major requirements of a Command and Control (C2) system is to gather and distribute information. By bringing these systems under a network centric warfare architecture brings an integrated C2 system of systems. In this paper, information is given on current and near term air defence, fire support and battle management C2 systems. Capabilities for network centric warfare architecture are mentioned by applying of these capabilities to tactical C2 systems.