Georgia Tech: An Introduction to Command and Control Concepts, Systems, and Test & Evaluation

An Introduction to Command and Control Concepts, Systems, and Test & Evaluation

Program ID: DEF 2508P
Program type: Short Courses (weekday)
CEUs: 2.1

Location/
(Accommodations)

Program Administrator

Start

End

Status

Cost

Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
(Georgia Tech Hotel)

Mr. George "Fred" Wright

June 15, 2010

June 17, 2010

$1,495.00

Section ID: 10163/220411025

IMPORTANT: This course is restricted to U.S. citizens and all attendees are required to fill out the Access Eligibility Form indicating they meet the attendance requirements.

NOTES:
-- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
-- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.

-- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Tuesday, June 15, 2010 (8:30 AM-5:00 PM)
•Wednesday, June 16, 2010 (8:30 AM-5:00 PM)
•Thursday, June 17, 2010 (8:30 AM-5:00 PM)

Get a Head Start on Command and Control Concepts

Course Description

The Department of Defense is moving toward network centric warfare concepts and systems that support these concepts. Commercial technologies and systems developed for the military are being combined to provide connectivity at all levels of command and operational environments. Get a practical, hands-on introduction to command and control concepts, systems, and test & evaluation. Get an overview of technical elements ranging from software applications to communications systems. Develop an understanding of how technology fits within the network centric command and control enterprise.

Who Should Attend

Engineers
Technicians
Managers

How You Will Benefit

Develop an understanding of command and control, or C2, processes and systems
Build a foundation with the technical aspects of communications, networks, and software systems for systems engineering and testing
Explore how advanced technologies enable new warfighting concepts
Examine the techniques and issues related to network centric enterprise systems engineering and test & evaluation

What You Will Cover

Basic Concepts and Vocabulary
Operational Paradigms in Network Centric Warfare
C2 Domains and Functions
Information Systems and Architectures
Emerging Software Paradigms and their Impacts in C2 (Service Oriented Architectures, IP Convergence, etc.)
Operator Task Analysis
Human Machine Interfaces
Networks
Message Standards and Formats
Communication Links and Methods
Information Security, Attack, and Accreditation
Data Fusion, Track Correlation, and Common Pictures
Network Centric Warfare System Test & Evaluation
C2 Modeling and Simulation
Integration, Successes, Current Short Falls, and Lessons Learned

Course Materials

Participants receive a course notebook with the presentations.

Security Requirements

Participants must be employees of U.S. government agencies or their contractors as well as U.S. citizens. To meet this requirement, you must submit the Access Eligibility Form.

Certificate

This course is an elective for the Test & Evaluation Certificate.

Course Administrator

For more information about this course or an offering at your location, contact George A. "Fred" Wright, at 404-407-7296 or fred.wright@gtri.gatech.edu.

Instructors

Dennis J. Folds, principal research scientist and head of the Human Systems Engineering Branch at Georgia Tech Research Institute, researches human decision-making, training, design of advanced displays, human performance measurement, intelligent transportation systems, auditory perception, and user-centered design methodologies. He is chair of the Human Engineering Working Group for Project SEA 1411 for the Royal Australian Navy's maritime surveillance helicopter project (SH-2G(A)) and leads all human engineering activities, including cockpit design and human engineering test and evaluation. He is the P.I. for a basic research program on training for rapid decision making, sponsored by the US Army Research Institute and leads the program evaluation effort for the Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center at Georgia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in engineering psychology from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1987.

Jack Hart (bio forthcoming)

Michael Witten, senior research engineer with more than 25 years experience at Georgia Tech Research Institute, has worked with a wide variety of military and commercial communications system, including commercial wireless services and tactical C4I networks. For the past five years, he has assisted in developing and using a system that evaluates a wide variety of tactical network systems by generating "realistic" network traffic and measuring system performance, security and other issues, and is leading an effort to add voice and video communications to this test suite. He also has worked with wireless indoor coverage measurements for a wireless system that has now been deployed by BellSouth, Radio Frequency Interference measurements for a number of military aircraft, and many phases of the development of an airborne phased array antenna system.

George A. "Fred" Wright, principal research engineer and chief engineer for the Systems Evaluation Division at Georgia Tech Research Institute, received a B.S. in 1986 from Memphis State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1987 and 1996. He focuses on technology support for novel C2 paradigms and has developed network-centric test and evaluation concepts and systems for all of the services and supports testing for the Marine Corps, Army, and Air National Guard. In addition, he works within the Joint System Integration Command at Joint Force Command to devise approaches to operational picture utilization and development.