Understanding Command and Control

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UNDERSTANDINGCOMMAND AND CONTROLDavid S. AlbertsRichard E. HayesTHE FUTURE OF Command AND CONTROLAbout the CCRPThe Command and Control Research Program (CCRP) has themission of improving DoD s Understanding of the nationalsecurity implications of the Information Age. Focusing uponimproving both the state of the art and the state of the practice ofCommand and Control , the CCRP helps DoD take fulladvantage of the opportunities afforded by emergingtechnologies. The CCRP pursues a broad program of researchand analysis in information superiority, information operations, Command and Control theory, and associated operationalconcepts that enable us to leverage shared awareness to improvethe effectiveness and efficiency of assigned missions.

Command and Control was designed (and has evolved) to solve. It is only by changing the focus from what Command and Control is to why Command and Control is that we will place ourselves in a position to move on. Various CCRP Publications have foreshadowed this need to break with tradition. Coalition Command and Control (Mauer,

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