ICT IN MILITARY

ICT Driven Revolution to SocietyITS3243

Introduction

• Defense industry is one of the many industries which are strongly impacted by Information and Communication Technology.

• ICT had transformed the industry from :

– producing dumb bombs to smart weapons, – people-centric to network-centric battlefields management,– aftermath combat review to real-time combat surveillance, – land and sea to air and outer space superiority, – hardware-based to software-based force multipliers.

Dumb Bombs to Smart Weapons

• Before ICT era

– Inabilities to choose or select proper targets.

– unable to differentiate between high-value targets from unimportant ones.

• After ICT era

– highly efficient and sharply accurate.

– could communicate with weapons under their command.

– destroy very specific targets without destructing the surrounding area.

People-centric to Network-centric Battlefields Management

• Before ICT era

– required large number of peoples, weapons and equipments to:

• create winning situation

• to control the front-line and cover their left and right flanks.

• After ICT era

– could monitor troops advancement to enemy’s line, their position in the battlefield, the number of casualties, as well as the level of ammunition supply (when to replenish them).

– intra-troops communication is also improved with network-centric devices.

Aftermath Combat Review to Real-time Combat Surveillance

• Before ICT era

– no devices being invented to assist the military personnel review their actions in combat.

– depended on their own accounts and memories.

– was done by using maps, models of the combat areas, and direct investigation by higher rank officers.

• After ICT era

– combat events are feed at real-time from the battlefield to the command center.

– calculate precisely the range between target and their position, measure time will take to travel from one point to another accurately.

Land and Sea to Air and Outer Space Superiority

• Before ICT era

– focus of military activities was towards land and sea superiority.

– lots of equipment and devices to support the focus.

– conflict will be on land because unable check enemy at sea before they reach to the soil.

• After ICT era

– unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV) that can fly independently to remote areas hundreds kilometers from its launch-base.

– powerful satellite that can be used to survey the land, ocean, and atmosphere.

Hardware-based to Software-based Force Multipliers

• Before ICT era

– spending lots of cash to pay for the hardware.

– promoted military hardware such as

• big caliber artillery pieces as the queen of battlefield,

• main battle tanks as the king of battlefield that could destruct large areas as the force multipliers.

• After ICT era

– the software implanted inside the equipment (hardware)

– software are used in many hardware such as

• long range radar, • battlefield management

system, • global positioning system

(GPS), • missiles active guide system,

and etc.

Baseline Satellite Platform

• To maximize payload performance with capacity to support military communication services.

• To have minimal impact in incorporating ground infrastructures.

• To support legacy ground equipment.

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