SAVIE: Situational Awareness Visualization Intelligence Environment

The Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) is a very manual, task-driven process that takes place in an extremely fast-paced, dynamic environment. The greatest challenge to the MDMP is the time outlay associated with gathering and generating known data, at the expense of a commander's decision-making timeline. Based on SME recommendations from an Army Intelligence Officer, we propose the creation of a Situational Awareness Visualization Intelligence Environment (SAVIE) to address this problem. SAVIE will be a thin client, web based, Distributed Common Ground System Army (DCGS-A) backed information environment that will significantly lessen the duration of the MDMP and provide a commander with more flexibility in the decision making cycle. Through SAVIE Ozone widgets, a commander will be able to visualize decision points, see what information is feeding them, and predict when a decision will have to be rendered based on the information required to make that decision. SAVIE will allow the commander and staff to be aware of the same information simultaneously, reducing the need for manual staff updates that take time and introduce errors. This allows the commander to shorten the decision-making timeline for acting against an enemy force, and improve the quality of his decision making.