COURSE # ROO-410
C4ISR PRINCIPLES, REQUIREMENTS, AND SYSTEMS
October 15-17, 2008, in Washington, DC.
Most comprehensive treatment of C4ISR, from basic scientific principles through to the network-centric vision and the digital battlefield.
Modern warfare is conducted at longer ranges and with greater precision than ever before. Overall mission effectiveness increasingly depends upon systems and services external to a weapon system. Those systems and services fall in the domain of "C4ISR".
This course presents C4ISR from the ground up. It begins with fundamental scientific principles, shows how those principles are exploited in various technologies, describes current systems that take the technology into the theater of war, and concludes with a look at the vision of the future "network-centric" battlespace.
Applications and benefits:
You will benefit by enhancing your understanding of the:
- Role of C4ISR in the modern military and how to measure its effectiveness.
- Theory and operations of command, control and communications (C3) systems.
- Physics of materials signatures, sensors, and detection mechanisms.
- Technologies and systems used to collect, fuse, and disseminate information.
- DoD vision for networking a system of systems to support Joint Vision 2010.
Who should attend:
This course is intended for engineers, analysts, and operators who are involved in one or more aspects of C4ISR and desire a broader view, as well as for all those who are entering the field. For maximum benefit, a scientific or engineering background is helpful but not required.
Course Outline:
Part I describes current and future C4ISR systems and technology. Part II establishes the principles and requirements for building an interoperable architecture with these systems using the most recent DoD specifications.
Part I: C4ISR Systems and Technology
- Definitions and Overview
- Linking Successful Warfighting, Interoperability and Well Crafted Architectures
- Command and Control
- Battle Management
- C2 Hierarchy:
- Systems and Commands
- Sensor-to-Shooter, Time Critical Targeting (TCT) Approaches and Lessons Learned
- JFCOM's Joint Battle Management Command and Control (JBMC2) Portfolio
- Computers
- The Global Information Grid (GIG), Net-Centric Warfare, and The Distributed Common Ground Station (DCGS)
- Communications
- Overview
- Fundamentals and definitions
- Networks
- Jamming and Low Probability of Intercept / Detection (LPI/LPD) techniques
- Military Communication Channels - TADILs (Tactical Data and Information Links): Link 11, Link-16
- Challenges
- Interoperability Bandwidth
- Coordinate Alignment
- Coordination in Theater
- Next generation TADIL systems and the Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP)
- Satellite Communications
- Overview
- Definitions
- Benefits
- Trade-offs
- Link Analysis
- SATCOM Systems
- Current and future
- The 2020 Transformational Communications Architecture (TCA)
- SATCOM and C4ISR Architecture Evolution
- Observables and Sensors
- Fundamentals
- Current and Future Systems
- Electronics Intelligence (ELINT)
- Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
- Image Intelligence (IMINT)
- Sensor Fusion
- Passive Sensors
- Antennas
- Signals Intercept
- Direction Finding
- Active sensors
- High Range Resolution (HRR)
- Moving Target Indicator (AMTI)
- Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI)
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
- I(Inverse)SAR
- InterFerometric (IFSAR)
- Platforms and Sensors - National
- Services
- Space Based Radar (SBR) and Infrared (SBIR)
- UAVs
- Net-Centric Operations
- Precision Targeting: Target Location
- Methods of Geolocation
- Errors in Target Location
- Implications for Battle Management
Part II: C4ISR Architecture Requirements and Principles
- DoD C4ISR Requirements
- Overview of the JCIDS process for C4ISR systems
- Building the Information Support Plan
- C4ISR Architectures and the Interoperability Problem
- Foundations of Architecture Development: Structured Analysis, Static and Executable Models
- DoD Architecture Definition - Operational, Systems, Technical Views
- The role of Architectures in JCIDS
- Building the Required DoD C4ISR products
- The Operational Concept Matrix - framework for crafting C4ISR products
- Information Exchange Requirements (IERs)
- Key Performance Parameters (KPPs)
- Isolating a new system's performance and defining MOP's and MOE's
- Field Exercises, Simulations, and Architecture Development
- Review of software tools for building architectures and executable models
- Wrap-Up: Designing a C4ISR System
- Students explore the process and trades of developing a system to meet interoperability and user requirements
- Construct an Operational Concept Matrix, Operational View, System View, KPPs, and IERs
About the Instructor
William J. Geckle is with Johns Hopkins University where he is a Principal Staff Physicist in the Power Projection Systems Department, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), and a part-time faculty member at the Whiting School of Engineering, JHU and at OEI. During his 25 year career as a scientist in Defense Technology he led the Fires and Targeting team for the ONR “Extending the Littoral Battlespace” ACTD, served as technical lead for several Real Time Into / Out of the Cockpit (RTIC/RTOC) programs, gained extensive experience in the development of solutions for Joint TADIL communications, and was a designer of the JSF C4ISR architecture. He also led the C4ISR architecture development for both NGA’s Global Network Centric and Targeting (GNCST) program that will provide tailored products in support of Time Critical Targeting around the world and for Long Range Strike (LRS), the Air Force future strike platform for penetration of denied air space. He is currently leading a transformational, JBMC2 effort to improve the Ground Picture by heavily leveraging upstream data fusion. Mr. Geckle has extensive technical experience in C4ISR in the support of Air Force, Navy, Marine, Army and national agency operations.
Mr. Geckle has authored over two dozen technical publications in the areas of C4ISR and RTIC. He also holds a pending patent for a new, fused GMTI/VMTI/EO tracking technology. He holds a M.S. degree in Physics from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Details:
Course: ROO-410 Duration: 3 Days FEE: $1,499 CEUs: 2.16
Please direct any additional inquiries regarding our courses to Zygmond Turski, Program Director, by e-mail, FAX: (636) 273-4955 or TELEPHONE: (636) 273-9608.
Call toll free 1-800-683-7267 from anywhere in the Continental U.S. or CANADA.
Last modified May 16, 2008.
