Information at the Tactical Edge

Cofounding factors that hinder the achieving of a common situational understanding between members of a task group¹:

1. Rapidly changing, lean, and poor-quality data
2. Incomplete information
3. Disparity between the currency and consistency of the information held by each asset. (My thought: Blockchain can be used to address this disparity. However, I must consider how bad the network can be)

In order to achieve mission success inthe face of these challenges, there is a demand for a type of information superiority in the context of:

• Available information
• Goal of the mission
• Structure of the task group, including roles and capabilities

These information must be provided to the right place at the right time.

Two forms of information in the combat environment:

1. Combat Information: Near real-time component
2. Reference Information: Information libraries supporting an a-priori awareness of the environment (a.k.a., reference information, mission data), containing:
   1. Details regarding entities expected within the environment. This information is used to establish the identity of entities detected in the environment.
      1. Physical characteristics of the entity (colour, length, features, etc. )
      2. Description of their typical behaviour
      3. Description of the surrounding environment
   2. Current and predicted enviornmental conditions
   3. Decision support aids in terms of how own platforms should respond to a situation or scenario