How the C4ISR network supports the objective force

Introduction

In the "Speaking Out" section of the November-December 2002 issue of Army AL&T magazine, I was asked how the Program Executive Office, Command, Control and Communications Tactical (PEO, C3T) was directly helping the Army's combat capabilities. In this article, I will try to explain how the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) network supports the Objective Force. The C4ISR network will consist of communications and computer networks linking remote unmanned sensors to manned sensors, which will provide information to widely separated commanders who manage both manned and unmanned weapons systems. This …