Leland Joe

Although airpower capabilities have improved dramatically in the past decade, the joint warfighting potential offered by these capabilities is not being fully realized. After describing several alternative options for improving the effectiveness of air and ground fires and maneuver, the authors propose a new joint warfighting concept and demonstrate its potential to increase effectiveness during major combat.

The roles and responsibilities of defense acquisition officers and chief information officers are governed both by U. S. laws and by Department of Defense (DoD) policy. The authors identify policy governing the design, acquisition, and integration of information technology (IT) and national security systems (NSS) that could lead to potential conflicts among these executives when they exercise their duties in the defense acquisition system, and suggest changes to DoD policy that can resolve these conflicts.

How can the Army design its future communications network to meet competing demands at a time of rapidly changing user needs and technologies? As the Army migrates to a new force structure that is knowledge-based and network-centric, the issue of bandwidth, which facilitates communications capacity, has become increasingly critical. Increases in the number of network participants create shortages of bandwidth supply. The authors examine the ArmyOs projected demands for communications capacity and describe steps that can be taken to address the likely gap between demand and available supply.

This study examines the ability of the commercial marketplace to meet the future needs of the Army, and it identifies research areas for Army investment.