WarNet - The Network Centric Warfare Report 2005

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

• 1.1 The focus of the report
• 1.2 The growth and importance of the civilian Internet market
  • 1.2.1 Non-US market
• 1.3 Network Centric Warfare: A background
  • 1.3.1 Technological change
  • 1.3.2 Asymmetric Warfare
  • 1.3.3 The Military Response
  • 1.3.4 A Network Centric Force
• 1.4 Network Centric Programs
  • 1.4.1 United States Network Centric Warfare (NCW)
  • 1.4.2. United Kingdom Network Enabled Capability (NEC)
  • 1.4.2.1 Importance of the UK program
  • 1.4.3 Australian Network Enabled Operations(NAO)
  • 1.4.4 Other States Network Centric programs
• 1.5 Limitations to NCW
  • 1.5.1 Summary of risks
• 1.6 Network Centricity: The Wal-Mart example

Chapter 2. C4ISR battlefield programs

• 2.1 Policies behind C4ISR: Transformation and Horizontal Fusion
  • 2.1.1 Transformation
    • 2.1.1.1 The Pentagon and procurement changes
    • 2.1.1.2 The Transformation Advisory Group
    • Table 1: Members of the Transformation Advisory Group
  • 2.1.2 Horizontal Fusion
• 2.2 United States C4ISR Battlefield programs
  • 2.2.1 Joint Vision 2010
  • 2.2.2 Future Combat System (FCS)
  • 2.2.3 Objective Force Warrior/Future Force Warrior (OFW/FFW)
    • 2.2.3.1 Land Warrior
    • 2.2.3.2 FFW Specifications
  • 2.2.4 Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T)
    • 2.2.4.1 WARNET: The Global Information Grid (GIG)
    • 2.2.4.2 Command and Control on the move (C2OTM)
    • 2.2.4.3 Change in WIN-T acquisition
• 2.3 US Defense Budget overview
  • Chart 1: US Defense Budget 2002-2015
  • Table 2: US Defense Budget Figures 2002-15
  • 2.3.1 Opportunities in the C4ISR market
  • 2.3.1.1 Market competition in C4ISR
  • Chart 2: C4ISR company market share 2005-2015
  • 2.3.1.2 C4ISR and the Joint Strike Fighter
• 2.4 Summary recommendations
  • Chart 3: C4ISR percentage market revenues 2005-2015
  • Table 3: C4ISR company share and revenues 2005-2015
  • 2.3.1.2 Breakdown of funding
  • Table 4: Transformation spending 2004-10
  • Chart 4: Transformation spending level 2004-2010

Chapter 3. War Net - The Global Information Grid

• 3.1 The "Internet in the Sky"
  • Diagram 1: Global Information Grid Structure
  • 3.1.1 War Net programs
  • 3.1.2 Why a Grid is needed
  • 3.1.3 Critique of GIG
• 3.2 The initial GIG price tag
  • 3.2.1 "System of Systems"
  • 3.2.1.1 US Army LandWarNet
  • 3.2.1.2 USAF C2 Constellation
  • 3.2.1.3 USN Forcenet digitisation
• 3.3 Information Assurance market
• 3.4 The GIG Bandwidth Expansion Programme
  • 3.4.1 DISA funding
  • 3.4.1.1 GIG contracts
  • 3.4.1.2 Satellite Program
• 3.5 Company developments
  • 3.5.1 NCOIC established
  • 3.5.2 IBM and defence
  • 3.5.3 Other developments
  • 3.5.4 Estimated GIG-BE contract revenues
• 3.6 Summary recommendations

Chapter 4. Non-US network programs

• 4.1 Network Centricity outside the United States
  • Table 5: International networking doctrines
  • 4.1.1 European War Net
  • Table 6: European C4ISR programs
• 4.2 NATO networking
  • 4.2.1 TIPS and the AGS
• 4.3 The United Kingdom and C4ISR
  • 4.3.1 NITEworks
  • 4.3.2 Network Enabled Capability
    • 4.3.2.1 Aim of the NEC program
  • 4.3.3 Land Digitisation program
    • 4.3.3.1 Future Rapid Effects System (FRES)
    • 4.3.3.2 Future Integrated Soldier Technology (FIST)
    • 4.3.3.3 BOWMAN
    • 4.3.3.4 Combat Battlefield Management (Land) Initiative (CIP)
    • 4.3.3.5 Watchkeeper
    • 4.3.3.6 Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR)
    • 4.3.3.7 Joint Effects Tactical Targeting System (JETTS)
  • 4.3.4 UK market overview
• 4.4 France and C4ISR
  • 4.4.1 Fantassins a Equipements et LIaisons Integres (FELIN)
    • 4.4.1.1 FELIN communications
    • 4.4.1.2 Information System Terminals (SIT)
  • 4.4.2 MOIE SIC Terre program
  • 4.4.3 Syracuse Satellite network
  • 4.4.4 EuroMALE UAVs
  • 4.4.5 French market overview
• 4.5 Australian NEW
  • 4.5.1 Battlespace Communications System (BCS) Land (L)
  • 4.5.2 Wundurra Land 125 Soldier Combat System (SCS)
  • 4.5.3 Airborne Surveillance for Land Operations (JP129)
  • 4.5.4 Australian market overview
• 4.6 German networking problems
  • 4.6.1 Defence Policy changes
  • 4.6.2 Defence cuts and modernisation
  • Table 7: Germany military personnel
  • Chart 5: German military manpower 1990-2010
  • 4.6.3 Digitisation progress
    • 4.6.3.1 Infanterist der Zunkunft
    • 4.6.3.2 Eurohawk UAV
  • 4.6.4 German C4ISR efforts
  • 4.6.5 The German Market
• 4.7 Japanese resurgence
  • 4.7.1 Changes in Japans approach
  • 4.7.2 The Vision for Future Security and Defense Capabilities
  • 4.7.3 National Defense Program Outlines(NDPO)
  • Table 8: Japanese military personnel
  • Chart 6: Japanese military manpower
  • 4.7.4 The Defense Budget
  • Table 9: Japanese defence budget 2003
  • Chart 7: Japanese share of defence budget 2003
  • Table 10: Predicted defence budget 2009
  • Chart 8: Predicted share of Japanese defence budget 2009
  • 4.7.5 Japanese Market potential
• 4.8 Canadian developments
  • 4.8.1 Integrated Soldier System Platform (ISSP)
  • 4.8.2 Improved Radio Ionospheric Sounder (IRIS)
• 4.9 Other States
  • Table 11: Other countries C4ISR programs
  • 4.9.1 Summary market analysis
  • 4.9.2 Chinese countermeasures
  • Table 12: Top world spenders
  • Chart 9: Top defence spenders 2003
  • Chart 10: Top defence spenders share 2003

Chapter 5. Communications Systems and Soldiers Handheld Devices

• 5.1 Handheld Net-Centricity: Power in the palm of your hand
• 5.2 The Software Defined Radio (SDR)
  • 5.2.1 Software Defined Radio Market
• 5.3 The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
  • Chart 11: JTRS spending and predictions 2003-2011
  • Table 13: JTRS spending 2003-2011 ($m)
  • 5.3.1 Software Communications Architecture (SCA)
  • 5.3.2 JTRS Clusters
  • Table 14: JTRS Clusters
    • 5.3.2.1 Cluster 5 Handheld and Manpack Units
    • 5.3.2.2 JTRS Contracts
• 5.4 BOWMAN digitisation programme
  • 5.4.1 BISA developments
  • 5.4.2 Bowman digital radios
    • 5.4.2.1 The Personal Role Radio (PRR)
    • 5.4.2.2 ITT ADR+ VHF
    • 5.4.2.3 Harris Falcon II HF radio
    • 5.4.2.4 Rockwell Collins GPS
  • 5.4.3 Outsourcing Trends
  • 5.4.4 Bowman Problems
• 5.5 Other European radio programs
  • 5.5.1 French RITA 2000 and PR4G
  • 5.5.2 German Brietbandiges, integriertes Gefechtsstand-Fermeldesystem (BIGSTAF)
  • 5.5.3 Italian networking
  • 5.5.4 Netherlands ZODIAC (Zone Digital Automated enCrypted Communications)
  • 5.5.5 Spain ARGOS
  • 5.5.6 Sweden TS9000
  • 5.5.7 Norwegian TADKOM
• 5.6 Eastern European radios
• 5.7 Recent Rugged Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
  • 5.7.1 Commanders Digital Assistant (CDA)
  • 5.7.2 CHS-2 contract
  • 5.7.3 PDA Land Warrior waivers
  • 5.7.4 Pocket-sized Forward Entry Device (PFED)
• 5.8 Market overview

Chapter 6. Conclusion

• 6.1 NCW outlook
• 6.2 NCW programs and the GIG
• 6.3 Non-US networking
• 6.4 Ground and handheld system potential in the civilian industries
• 6.5 Future market overview

Appendices

• Appendix 1 About visiongain
• Appendix 2 Report feedback form