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

该提案的目的是资助迈克尔·亨肖教授，利用他在网络启用能力（NEC）系统工程方面的专业知识，参与一项关于指挥与控制（C2）成熟度的新的北约技术活动计划（TAP）。从战斗到救灾，北约多国部队对敏捷性的需求是至关重要的。特别是需要与民政当局进行有效和灵活的相互操作，这是一个优先关注的问题。北约TAP的工作将导致改进适当的C2与行动环境的动态复杂性和响应它的组织的匹配。有10个国家参加了TAP，由David Alberts博士（美国国防部）主持，他是国际公认的C2领域的主要思想家，他在信息时代战争方面的工作从根本上改变了西方军事行动的性质。北约已经对C2成熟度进行了一系列研究，这些研究表明，将C2的复杂性与部署C2的行动或事件的复杂性相匹配是非常重要的。对救灾的研究，如新奥尔良洪水和2005年巴基斯坦地震，揭示了由于军事和民用C2的不匹配以及在缺乏足够技术和基础设施的情况下使用复杂的C2相关的问题，在救灾工作中存在重大失败。此外，随着作战形势的动态变化，C2也应相应变化；了解它应该如何改变是技援计划的目标。北约TAP不仅将研究必要的C2成熟度，还将把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系统公司赞助的系统工程研究项目（称为NECTISE），以支持工业对NEC挑战的响应。开发了实现敏捷性的模型，并创建了更敏捷系统所需的系统工程工具和过程。产出必然集中在工业将要发展的系统上。北约TAP侧重于军事（和民事）决策，因此形成了整个利益系统的补充部分。Henshaw教授参与工作小组，将为小组的工作提供系统工程方面的意见，并使系统工程界对C2有更深入的了解，从而为未来的发展提供资讯。因此，参与的高层目标可以概括为：-将系统工程社区在复杂、动态和敏捷系统领域开发的知识和方法传播到C2社区，以增强两个社区对新知识的利用。-扩大epsrc赞助的NECTISE研究项目在国际舞台上的影响-创造机会，在复杂、动态系统领域开发新的多学科和国际研究项目。成功将是：-在SAS-085任务组产品中直接应用NECTISE模型和其他产出。-在C2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，汇集了系统工程和C2的知识。-改进网络能力C2领域的军事和民用/工业教育材料。-提交敏捷、复杂系统的新研究建议-拉夫堡大学参与C2敏捷系列讲座。

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.