Abstract:

Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) envisions taking the advantage of information technology developments by replacing traditional war management strategies. It affects both the fast and accurate decision-making process by providing organization and information exchange between military forces in geographically different locations. Combat management systems help to manage and maintain components such as sensors, weapons, platforms to create the tactical picture. As a result of the threat evaluation with a network-centric approach, effective defense strategies can be developed through the problem of weapon assignment and sensor allocation among military forces. In this paper, threat evaluation concept and parameters are firstly explained, and the static and dynamic target-based weapon assignment and sensor allocation problem is defined. Then, the concept of NCW and the problems that may be encountered are detailed.

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