| What is C4I? C4I stands for Command, Control, | | | | National intelligence - It is the greater thing |
| Communications, Computers and military | | | | happened so far after the cold war cratered a |
| Intelligence. These days C4I is famous throughout | | | | place to provide national intelligence support to US |
| the civilian and military world. This system allows | | | | defense strategy. The intelligence examined |
| the commanders or executive officers to control | | | | themselves with their intelligence capabilities every |
| resources such as personnel, equipment and | | | | year. The assessment showed the technologies |
| money. C4I is very much necessary for military | | | | available with the national intelligence moreover it |
| decision making and force management. C4I | | | | help them to understand, where they are standing |
| segment of military market is receiving an | | | | in current technologies. National intelligence |
| increased share of overall spending from the US | | | | capabilities. |
| department of defense (Dod). It covers a wide | | | | Joint military intelligence program try to improve |
| range of companies and contracts and highly | | | | their efficiencies in technologies as well as the |
| important issues. | | | | current intelligence services. This help to prove |
| Civilian government includes the air traffic control | | | | their information to the desiered bodies. |
| systems, drug enforcement, law enforcement | | | | Defense foreign material program - The |
| agency systems and various emergency | | | | Department of defense foreign material program |
| systems. Military systems include national level | | | | has specific set of goal they have to achieve. The |
| crisis management systems. These systems | | | | department has joined the intelligence community |
| basically include the equipment, people and | | | | management staff to conduct a revision of US |
| procedures necessary to accomplish the mission. | | | | foreign material and technology upgrading process |
| C4I mainly focuses on theory and practice of C4I | | | | There are many C4I related defense agencies. |
| and prepares students for careers in research, | | | | Central Imagery office - They support responsive |
| design and development of C4I systems. | | | | and imagery support to war fighter and policy |
| Developing C4I architecture is critical to ensure | | | | makers. They are independent entity and are |
| consistent implementation. | | | | focused on ensuring that providers of imagery |
| Main focus of C2 is decision making. C2 systems | | | | services meet the needs of imagery customers. |
| provide decision makers facilities, ultra modern | | | | CIO has demonstrated its leadership skills in highly |
| weapons available with them. Around 100 to 200 | | | | successful community actions in the past years. |
| billion value of money has been spending each | | | | CIO has great challenges to overcome in the |
| year to upgrade their weapons. C2 systems have | | | | future. CIO's take care more about in technologies |
| been the main important in researching nuclear | | | | as well as security concern. Cio is considered as |
| weapon also. The department's emphasis on the | | | | best department |
| ability to respond the regional crises and tactical | | | | Defense intelligence agency - DIA has taken |
| C2 are critical especially during decrease in their | | | | many new steps to support the present situation. |
| force. For this dud trying to upragre them self | | | | Following are some of the initiatives taken. |
| each and every year with technologies available | | | | Support to peace operations: in past decade's |
| for example for this is that the airborne helping | | | | years the president has directed intelligence |
| system is improving detection and guiding to | | | | community to protect their country as much |
| ensure that the location which will be responsive | | | | possible and also ask to upgrade their technologies |
| to the needs in future. Global positioning system is | | | | to fight against the attackers. |
| another example. It is a help to navigate the | | | | Communications: communication lay a major role |
| person to reach their desire red placve through | | | | in any community bodies. Even military or navy, |
| navigation. Its usage is increasing at a rapid pace | | | | what ever it may be, without proper |
| as national positioning, navigation and timing utility. | | | | communication they cant able to achieve their |
| But Dod has certain concerns that it includes strict | | | | desire target as well as government spending |
| security concern and department of | | | | billion and billion of money to research in |
| transportation to solve the issues. | | | | communication |
| Communications: | | | | Defense Investigative Service |
| DISN consists of information services and | | | | They are primarily into conduction of personal |
| transfer systems. Information services provide | | | | security investigations for granting security |
| service to users or interfaces with user owned | | | | clearance. Under its second mission DIS is |
| equipment. Secured, unsecured voice, data | | | | responsible for ensuring cleared contractor |
| electronic mail, video teleconferencing, imagery or | | | | employees working on classified defense |
| directory services are some of the examples. | | | | programs to safeguard government secrets with |
| The department has embarked the | | | | established laws |
| implementation of global business quality electronic | | | | Defense information systems agency |
| mail system called DMS the Defense management | | | | DISA is the support agency responsible for |
| system which will replace the existing automatic | | | | planning, developing, and providing information |
| digital network message system. All Dod activities | | | | services to support the National Command |
| depend on telecommunications and computing | | | | Authorities and the war fighter. |
| support. | | | | DISA is also pursuing the Commercial Satellite |
| Intelligence | | | | Communications Initiative, a congressionally |
| There is a tremendous rise in threats happening | | | | mandated effort to apply similar strategies to |
| around the world; every country in their position | | | | leased SATCOM services. |
| to safe guard their region, in order to do that the | | | | Defense mapping agency, National Security |
| military system should be maintained in secured | | | | agency are some of the other agencies which are |
| manner. In the past years major moves have | | | | based on C4I. The Dod is focusing its C4I |
| been made to align there are various researches | | | | programs to maximize the benefits for the war |
| going around the world to increase military | | | | fighter in this changing environment. With C4I |
| technologies strength as well as safe guard from | | | | programs the department wants to address most |
| the unknown attackers even from the enemy. | | | | of the defense related issues being faced |
| Example: NI is expanded as network intelligence | | | | currently and to avoid any issues in future. C4I |
| which needs Process: Department is other | | | | interoperability successes have been abundant |
| members of intelligence bodies established to | | | | from 2000 but it is evident from the current |
| implement various technologies in to their system | | | | operations that its allies and coalition partners need |
| in much more valuable way and useable to every | | | | further improvements to master the |
| one. | | | | interoperability. |