C2 Agility and Requisite Maturity Loughborough University Participation in NATO Task Group SAS-085

这项提议的目的是资助Michael Henshaw教授凭借其在网络使能能力(NEC)系统工程方面的专业知识，参加新的北约指挥与控制(C2)成熟度技术活动计划(TAP)。在从战斗到救灾的各种行动中，北约多国部队对灵活性的需求至关重要。特别是，需要与民事当局进行有效和灵活的合作是一个优先关注的问题。北约TAP的这项工作将使适当的C2更好地与行动环境和对其作出反应的组织的动态复杂性相匹配。有10个国家参加了TAP，由美国国防部的David Alberts博士担任主席。他被国际公认为C2的领先思想家，他在信息时代的战争方面的工作从根本上改变了西方军事行动的性质。北约在C2成熟度方面进行了一些研究，这些研究表明了将C2的复杂性与其部署的行动或事件的复杂性相匹配的重要性。2005年新奥尔良洪水和巴基斯坦地震等救灾研究表明，由于军事和民用C2的不匹配，以及在缺乏足够的技术和基础设施的情况下使用复杂的C2所带来的问题，救灾工作存在重大失误。此外，随着作战形势的动态变化，C2应该相应地改变；了解它应该如何改变是TAP的目标。北约TAP不仅将研究必要的C2成熟度，还将研究成果转化为核心文件和教育材料，以实现部队转型。在2006年8月至2009年4月期间，Henshaw教授指导了EPSRC-BAE Systems赞助的系统工程研究计划(称为NECTISE)，以支持行业应对NEC挑战。开发了实现敏捷性的模型，并创建了更敏捷的系统所需的系统工程工具和流程。产出必然集中在各行业将要开发的系统上。北约的TAP侧重于军事(和民事)决策，因此构成了整个利益体系的补充部分。Henshaw教授的参与将为工作组的工作提供系统工程方面的意见，并使系统工程界能够更好地了解C2，从而为未来的发展提供信息。因此，参与的高级目标可以概括为：-将系统工程社区在复杂、动态和灵活的系统领域开发的知识和方法传播到C2社区，以便在两个社区内加强新知识的利用。-扩大EPSRC赞助的NECTISE研究方案在国际舞台上的影响--创造机会，在复杂、动态的系统成功领域开发新的多学科和国际研究方案：-在SAS-085任务组产品中直接应用NECTISE模型和其他成果。-在C2的定义和必要的C2成熟度方面取得重大进展--在高质量系统期刊(IJSSE和IEEE Systems Journal)上发表至少两篇研究论文，汇集系统工程和C2的知识。-为军事和民用/工业C2领域的网络使能能力改进教材。-在敏捷中提交新的研究建议，复杂系统-拉夫堡大学参加关于C2敏捷性的系列讲座。

The purpose of this proposal is to fund the participation of Professor Michael Henshaw, with his expertise in systems engineering for Network Enabled Capability (NEC), in a new NATO Technical Activity Programme (TAP) on Command and Control (C2) maturity. The need for agility within the multinational forces of NATO is paramount in operations ranging from combat to disaster relief. In particular, the need for effective and agile interoperation with civil authorities is a priority concern. The work of this NATO TAP will lead to improved matching of appropriate C2 to the dynamic complexity of the operational context and the organisations that are responding to it. There are ten nations taking part in the TAP, which is chaired by Dr. David Alberts (of US Dept. Of Defense) who is recognised internationally as a leading thinker in C2 and whose work on Warfare in the Information Age has fundamentally changed the nature of western military operations.NATO has conducted a number of studies in C2 maturity and these have indicated the importance of matching the sophistication of the C2 to the complexity of the operation or event in which it is deployed. Studies of disaster relief, such as the New Orleans floods and Pakistani earthquake of 2005, have revealed significant failings in the relief effort due to the mismatch of the military and civilian C2 and the problems associated with using a sophisticated C2 in the absence of sufficient technology and infrastructure. Furthermore, as the operational situation changes dynamically, the C2 should change correspondingly; an understanding of how it should change is the objective of the TAP.The NATO TAP will not only research requisite C2 maturity, it will transform the research outputs into core documentation and educational materials to enable force transformation.Between Aug06 and Apr09, Prof. Henshaw directed an EPSRC-BAE Systems sponsored research programme in systems engineering (called NECTISE) to support industry's response to the NEC challenge. A model for achieving agility was developed and systems engineering tools and processes needed for more agile systems were created. The outputs were, necessarily, focused on the systems to be developed by industry. The NATO TAP focuses on the military (and civil) decision making and, thus, forms the complementary part of the overall system of interest. Prof. Henshaw's participation in the working group will provide a systems engineering input to the work of the group and enable a better understanding of C2 by the systems engineering community to inform the developments of the future. The high level objectives of participation can, therefore, be summarised as:- dissemination of knowledge and methods developed by the systems engineering community in the areas of complex, dynamic, and agile systems of systems into the C2 community in order to enhance the exploitability of new knowledge within both communities. - extend the impact of the EPSRC-sponsored NECTISE research programme on the international stage- create the opportunity to develop new multi-disciplinary and international research programmes in the area of complex, dynamic systems Success Would Look Like:- Direct application of NECTISE models and other outputs in the SAS-085 Task Group products.- Significant advances in the definition of C2 and requisite C2 maturity- At least two research papers published in high quality systems journals (IJSSE and IEEE Systems Journal) bringing together knowledge from systems engineering and C2.- Improved educational material for military and civilians/industry in the area of C2 for Network Enabled Capability.- Submission of new research proposals in agile, complex systems- Participation of Loughborough University in a lecture series on C2 agility.