Knowledge Flow in Command and Control (C2)

A critical initiative within the Department of Defense is the migration to a network centric approach to warfare. This philosophy involves improving situational awareness within the Command Center by maximizing the utility and valid application of data via a construct of information flows and decision dependencies. This project illustrates the application of a network centric approach to C2 center information flow and the modeling of the interactions between physical, informational, and cognitive domains. All domains are represented in a modular physics based simulation program developed by the Sandia National Laboratory (UMBRA). Next steps associated with this initiative include the development of a completely modular C2 model that simulates communications between all internal and external domains from a data flow and management perspective.