Evaluating impacts of system integration on joint fires operations

Abstract

Advances in military information and systems technologies have greatly improved warfighters' situational awareness on the battlefield and ability to make critical decisions in a timely manner. System integration is an important enabler for improving planning and execution of operations via availability of timely, relevant information and synchronization of activity. The Coalition Attack Guidance Experiment (CAGE) aims to assess potential joint fires capabilities and the resulting operational impacts, which can be effective to meet challenges from new and evolving threats. This paper highlights results from a recent CAGE activity and key lessons learnt to improve future endeavours. Of primary importance is the need to consider the human dimension and extant processes for effective system integration.