Introduction

摘要

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has almost a 20 year track record of applying science and technology to command and control. The rapid development of desktop-based information technology in the 1980s heralded the advent of the command and control information age. Many saw the potential for information technology to have a remarkable impact on command and control and the way in which military headquarters might operate. Large requirement specifications were drawn up, but became shelf-ware as technology raced ahead and organisations adapted to a whole host of external imperatives.