Ubiquitous Computing: Omnipresent Technology in Support of Network Centric Warfare

The U.S. military is in the midst of a transformation. While business leaders moved quickly to put computing power in the hands of individuals, the military establishment has been less responsive. Network Centric Warfare is a current U.S. Navy initiative to leverage the power of the computer to restructure forces from the bottom up. Instead of a strict hierarchy where decisions are pushed down, networked warfighters will cooperatively pursue the strategic goals of the commander in a much more decentralized fashion. Essential to the idea of Network Centric Warfare is the proliferation of ever-present information systems, or Ubiquitous Computing capabilities, where the computer (or rather, the networked computing capability) is no longer the focus of human attention, but rather, becomes

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: HICSS
• Authors: Mark Adkins, John Kruse, Robert Younger
• Keywords: Biometrics, HICSS 2002, Network Centric Warfare, Networked Computing Capability, Ubiquitous Computing Capabilities