全球智库信息集成服务系统

Key Findings

1. Information and information-related capabilities play a critical role across the spectrum of military operations.
2. The IE should be emphasized in training, planning, and operations; integrated into routine staff processes; and effectively visualized and communicated to commanders.
3. Existing doctrine and processes can accommodate a greater focus on the IE.
4. Situational awareness solutions for the IE are not one-size-fits-all. Solutions should be matched to a command's context and priorities.

For many reasons — including recent operational experiences and Russian information aggression — the information environment (IE) is ascending as a consideration in how U.S. military operations are planned, exercised, and conducted. However, the IE is still not as central to these activities as it should be. Increased technological sophistication and the availability of advanced communication networks have rendered the IE more extensive, complicated, and complex than ever before. And efforts to coordinate and conduct military operations in and through this environment are beset with a "fog-of-war" problem not unlike that experienced in the traditional domains of air, land, and sea.