Multiple dilemmas : challenges and options for all-domain command and control / Miranda Priebe, Douglas C. Ligor, Bruce McClintock, Michael Spirtas, Karen Schwindt, Caitlin Lee, Ashley L. Rhoades, Derek Eaton, Quentin E. Hodgson, Bryan Rooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Priebe, Miranda, author.

Ligor, Douglas C., author.

McClintock, Bruce H., author.

Spirtas, Michael, author.

Schwindt, Karen, author.

Lee, Caitlin, author.

Rhoades, Ashley L., author.

Eaton, Derek, 1963- author.

Hodgson, Quentin E., author.

Rooney, Bryan, author.

Contributor:

Project Air Force (U.S.). Strategy and Doctrine Program.

Rand Corporation.

United States. Air Force.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Command and control systems--United States.

Command and control systems.

Military doctrine--United States.

Military doctrine.

Strategy.

Unified operations (Military science).

United States.

Other Title:

Multiple Dilemmas

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation 2020

Summary:

To counter increasingly capable near-peer competitors, the U.S. military services have been developing new concepts for multidomain operations (MDOs), which aim to more fully integrate operations in the air, land, maritime, space, and cyber domains, as well as the electromagnetic spectrum and information environment. Although the joint force already conducts some MDOs, current initiatives aim to expand the scope and scale of such operations and to change command-and-control (C2) constructs to better enable MDOs. To identify potential impediments to MDOs, the authors reviewed joint warfighting principles; current laws, regulations, and doctrine; and interview responses. The authors identified aspects of the current C2 construct for joint operations that could prevent multidomain options from being considered, make MDOs too time consuming to plan, or create too much planning uncertainty. The authors propose four alternative approaches to joint all-domain command and control (JADC2) and provide criteria for assessing alternative constructs.

Contents:

Introduction

Potential Command-and-Control Impediments to Multidomain Operations

Potential Legal and Regulatory Impediments to Multidomain Operations

Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses: Challenges to Planning and Executing Multidomain Operations

Integrating Offensive Cyber Operations into Multidomain Operations

Integrating Offensive Space Control Operations into Multidomain Operations

Air and Missile Defense: Command-and-Control Enablers of Multidomain Operations

Summary of Findings on Potential Command-and-Control Impediments to Multidomain Operations

Alternative Joint All-Domain Command-and-Control Constructs

A Framework for Assessing Alternative Joint All-Domain Command-and-Control Concepts

Conclusion.

Notes:

See also RAND/RB-A381-1.