An Introduction to Network Centric Warfare

Author

A. Gastelum
Ann K. Miller, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

This paper gives a short explanation of Network Centric Warfare, some background information and technology that makes this a reality. It also provides an example of how network centric solutions can be used to do a kill Chain and its advantages over platform centric scenarios. NCW faces a lot of challenges to System Engineers interoperability, increased complexity, fault tolerance, distributed computing are all needed to be understood to make NCW a reality. The nature of network centric makes us focus also on wireless networks and how they can be used, its advantages, protocols, and later on two frameworks implemented by Sun, Jini an Jxta. Each has its own set of protocols, procedures and ideology, and both are being used to create very reliable networks with changing topology.

Recommended Citation

A. Gastelum et al., "An Introduction to Network Centric Warfare," Proceedings of the 2006 INCOSE International Symposium, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Jan 2006.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Second Department

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Network Centric Warfare; Kill Chain; Platform Centric Scenarios

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2006 International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2006