Strategy and Doctrine
Network-Centric Warfare
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Network-centric warfare is a US military doctrine that aims to translate an information advantage, enabled by computer networking of dispersed sensors, decision-makers and shooters, into a decisive competitive advantage in combat. Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski and John Garstka published the first article naming the concept in 1998.
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Core ClaimNetworking dispersed sensors, decision-makers and shooters together turns superior information into decisive combat power faster than an adversary can respond. 1 Origin Year1998 marks Cebrowski and Garstka's first published article naming the concept; Admiral William Owens had introduced a related 'system of systems' concept in 1996. Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Network-Centric Warfare
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Network-centric warfare, also called network-centric operations or net-centric warfare, is a military doctrine or theory of war that aims to translate an information advantage, enabled partly by information technology, into a competitive advantage through the computer networking of dispersed forces.
1. Wikipedia: Network-Centric Warfare
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Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski and John Garstka - published the first article on network-centric warfare in a 1998 US Naval Institute Proceedings article
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