The Multilateral Interoperability Programme

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The Multilateral Interoperability ProgrammeThe
Nature of Things(Part 1)
Information Age Metrics Working Group

• COL Stuart A. Whitehead
• Director
• TRADOC Program Integration Office for
• Battle Command

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Agenda

• Background COL Whitehead
• MIP Program Mr. Ulrich
• JC3IEDM Mr. Simaitis
• Configuration Management Mr. Simaitis
• Leveraging MIP COL Whitehead
• Battle Command Vision Ms. Wortman

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Sun Tzu The Art of War

• If you know the enemy and know yourself, you
  need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

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The Commander
Washington's first successes at Boston.
Lithograph by Turgis.
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General Meade and His Staff
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The Modern Division Staff
FM 6-0 AUG 2003
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Army Battle Command System Overview
GCCS-A (Global Command and Control System - Army)
GCCS
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A
GCCS
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A
AMDPCS (Air and Missile Defense Planning and
Control System
ASAS (All Source Analysis System)
AMDPCS
AMDWS
AMDWS
ASAS
ASAS
CSSCS (Combat Service Support Control System)
CSSCS
CSSCS
AFATDS (Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data
System)
AFATDS
AFATDS
DTSS (Digital Topographic Support System)
DTSS
DTSS
MCS
MCS
IMETS
IMETS
TAIS (Tactical Airspace Integration System)
TAIS
TAIS
IMETS (Integrated Meteorological System)
MCS (Maneuver Control System)
FBCB2
FBCB2
FBCB2 (Force XXI Battle Command BDE Below)
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Linearity in Theory
Proportionality
Additivity
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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.
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The Human Dimension of AND
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The Linear Battlefield
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The Non-Linear Battlefield
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X
1
X
3
X
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Expeditionary Capability
Full Spectrum JIM Environment
XXX

• JTF

XXX
XX
CORPS
X
BCT
X
X
MEU

• Plug and Play Units with C4I

• Asset Visibility Through Alerts and Deployments

• Simultaneous deployment from several bases

• Planning and Distributive Training

• Modular Organization

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Laying the Foundation for Effective Future Systems

• Leader-centric network-enabled Battle Command
• Warfighter involvement from concept to employment
• New thinking holistic context
• Governance/consensus in a JIM environment
• Interoperability

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Operational ViewAggregation
Corps View
Division View
Brigade View
Look two down, order one down.
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Simultaneous Multi-Echelon Operations
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Information Interoperability

• Organizations (Military)
• (Friendly, Enemy, Neutral, Unknown )
• Unit Location
• Unit Holdings
• Unit Status
• Establishment Info (TOE)
• Action/Activity
• Action Task
• Action Event
• Plan/Orders
• Header
• Commanders Intent
• Rules of Engagement
• Task Organization
• Messages
• Alerts (e.g.,NBC msgs)
• Plans/Orders

• Control Features (all types)
• Control Feat Location
• Control Feat Status
• Geometry
• Point, Line, Area and Volume
• Meteorology Features
• Facilities
• (Bridge, Minefield, Obstacle, Airfield)
• Facility Location
• Facility Status
• Communications Network
• Materiel
• Equipment
• Consumables
• Personnel (type only)
• Whats Authorized
• Commanders Assessment

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INITIAL TYPEFILL
TYPE
Leopard2 A 5
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ORGANISATION ESTABLISHMENT
42 GE
421
423
424
422
OF-2 OR-5 OR-4 OR-1
425
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PERSONEL MATERIEL HOLDING
422
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ORDER OF BATTLE
attachment
detachment
directive to cooperate
425
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ORGANISATION LOCATION
STATUS
X
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0 50
100
Status
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ACTIVITY REPORT
X
?
42
24UHU2350078400
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CONTROL FEATURE REPORT
SL
FLOT
421
422
422
425
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AD WEAPON CONTROL-FEATURE
HOLD FIRE
NOT KNOWN
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WEAPONSFREE
WEAPONSTIGHT
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FACILITY REPORT
ASSEMBL AREA
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ASSEMBL AREA
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MATERIEL LOCATION
STATUS
24AHE7980056400
24AHE7650053400
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COMMUNICATION STATUS
Online
3 42
Offline
1 42
32UTN3240076500
32UTM2250045000
2 42
32UTN3040056500
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT
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COMMANDERS ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT
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.// /MESSID/....../.......// /CONTXT/....../...../
/ /CONTOIA/...../.....// /CONTASES/..../...// COMM
ANDER
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OPERATIONAL ORDER HEADING TASKING RULES OF
ENGAGEMENT
X
?
42
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DOCUMENT REFERENCE
DOCREF
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OPERATIONS ORDER
ORDER
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/MSGID/......../.......// /ORDPLAN/...../....// /M
SGREF/....../......// /UNITORG/....../....// COMMA
NDER
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ACK
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/ /DTG/........./..........// /UNITORG/..../...../
/ OFFICER
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Data Strategy Options
Data Model Convergence
Data Model Mapping
Battle Command
Simulations
Geospatial Terrain
and others!
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Information Exchange Standard
Multi-National
NATO
JOINT
C2IEDM
JC3IEDM
JBCIEDM
Mission Capability Package Extensions
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Questions?

• COL Stuart A. Whitehead
• Director
• TRADOC Program Integration Office for
• Battle Command