------ # Understanding Command and Control **Written By:** - David S. Alberts **See:** Alberts_UC2.pdf --------- ## About the Authors ### DR. DAVID S. ALBERTS Dr. Alberts is currently the Director of Research for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defence (Networks and Information Integration). One of his principal responsibilities is DoD’s Command and Control Research Program, a program whose mission is to develop a better understanding of the implications of the Information Age for national security and Command and Control. Prior to this he was the Director, Advanced Concepts, Technologies, and Information Strategies (ACTIS) and Deputy Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defence University. Dr. Alberts was also responsible for managing the Center for Advanced Concepts and Technology (ACT) and the School of Information Warfare and Strategy (SIWS). Dr. Alberts is credited with significant contributions to our understanding of the Information Age and its implications for national security, military Command and Control, and organisation. These include the tenets of Network Centric Warfare, the coevolution of mission capability packages, new approaches to Command and Control, evolutionary acquisition of Command and Control systems, the nature and conduct of Information Warfare, and most recently the “Power to the Edge” principles that currently guide efforts to provide the enabling “infostructure” of DoD transformation, and efforts to better understand Edge organisations and the nature of Command and Control in a networked environment. These works have developed a following that extends well beyond the DoD and the Defence Industry. His contributions to the conceptual foundations of Defence transformation are complemented by more than 25 years of pragmatic experience developing and introducing leading edge technology into private and public sector organisations. This extensive applied experience is augmented by a distinguished academic career in Computer Science and Operations Research and by Government service in senior policy and management positions. ### DR. RICHARD E. HAYES As President and founder of Evidence Based Research, Inc., Dr. Hayes specialises in multi-disciplinary analyses of Command and Control, intelligence, and national security issues; the identification of opportunities to improve support to decision makers in the defence and intelligence communities; the design and development of systems to provide that support; and the criticism, test, and evaluation of systems and procedures that provide such support. His areas of expertise include crisis management; political-military issues; research methods; experimental design; simulation and modelling; test and evaluation; military command, control, communication, and intelligence (C3I or NII); and decision-aiding systems. Since coming to Washington in 1974, Dr. Hayes has established himself as a leader in bringing the systematic use of evidence and the knowledge base of the social sciences into play in support of decision makers in the national security community, domestic agencies, and major corporations. He has initiated several programs of research and lines of business that achieved national attention and many others that directly influenced policy development in client organisations. 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