Battlespace Electronics: Network -Enabled Electronic Warfare

523 Pages·2010·140.447 MB·English

by  Deakin, Richard S

Battlespace Technologies
Network-Enabled
Information Dominance
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Battlespace Technologies
Network-Enabled
Information Dominance
Richard S. Deakin
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
1
Introduction 1
The changing pace of warfare 2
Increasingly diverse challenges and threats in the information age 8
The strategic context 10
Information and influence: the new weapons of war 13
The role of electronic combat systems in supporting information
operations 17
From data to decision: the role of sensors in networked decision
making 20
Networked warfare: myth and reality 24
Adapting to networked warfare 26
2
Principles and Evolution of Network-Enabled Warfare 31
Setting the scene for network-enabled capabilities 34
The utility of network-enabled capability 45
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) 100
Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance
(ISTAR) 101
The impact of NEC on military doctrine and capabilities 147
The impact of NEC on sensor performance 180
3
NEC Concepts 195
Core NEC themes 195
NEC vulnerability 250
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4
NEC Techniques and Technologies 265
Data fusion 265
Applications of data and information fusion 285
Radio communications 291
Underwater data links and communications 328
Software-defined radios 337
Networked communications, broadcast systems, and data links 340
Data link principles 341
Tactical data links 375
Instant messaging and chat systems 419
Collaborative networks 420
Network broadcast systems 426
5
Future Trends in Network-Enabled Capabilities 437
Data collection and sensing 437
Data transportation and networking 440
Data analysis and interpretation 442
Networked decision making and C2 444
Effects systems 446
Platforms and hardware 448
Doctrinal aspects 451
A
Western Coalitions 457
European Union (EU) 457
Western Economic Union (WEU) 457
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council 458
Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) 458
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 458
United Nations (UN) 459
Other international alliance organizations 459
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B
Link-16 Network Message Sets and Network Participation
Groups 461
Link-16 network participation groups 462
C
Modulation Techniques 465
Analog modulation 465
Amplitude modulation (AM) 465
Frequency modulation (FM) 465
Phase modulation (PM) 466
Digital modulation 466
D
Frequency Classifications 469
Radio Society of Great Britain 470
E
The Kill Chain 473
F
The Defend Chain 477
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 481
About the Author 495
Index 497
BATTLESPACE TECHNOLOGIES: NETWORK-ENABLED INFORMATION DOMINANCE