Integrated C4ISR Assessment Tool (ICAT)

ICAT integrates the JAOC C4ISR system of people, processes, and technical; the set of air, space, information, and cyberspace missions conducted by a JAOC; and the analysis, monitoring, assessment, planning, execution, and support functions done in the JAOC and provides commanders and their staffs an integrated assessment of how well the JAOC is operating in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and flexibility based on the cognitive tasks and decision-quality information requirements of the JAOC. BENEFIT: Commanders use C4ISR as the means of employing air, space, information, and cyberspace operations in order to accomplish assigned objectives and achieved desired effects. They need to know how well their C4ISR is operating and where are the bottlenecks. ICAT provides this capability. This need exist in many commercial firms who need to share information and know how weel their information sharing systems are operating.