Engineering in the Network Dimension to Enhance the Human Dimension – A Framework for Analysis and Design

摘要

The way that warfighters share awareness and fight as a team is substantially influenced by choices in networking technologies and interface standards. There is a need for techniques and tools for analysing these choices, to improve Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) systems-of-systems from human-centred design principles. This paper proposes a framework with three features: first, it identifies opportunities for enhanced sharing of situation awareness across warfighters; second, it clarifies the nature of the requisite technologies and systems; and third, it starts to quantify the relative warfighting advantages that should arise. The framework is illustrated by case studies in maritime air defence and naval surface fire support.