It has often been remarked that the ‘iPhone generation’ will guide the military into the era of enhanced digital capabilities, but reality is that advancement in digital technology is just one component to a complex, idea shifting and ever-evolving puzzle that goes beyond networking and communications. Developing a digital Army is imperative, not only to the warfight capability, but to the modernisation of the logistics effect through better C2 and the connectivity of private military and logistic organisations.
Following the implementation of Plan BEERSHEBA and the increased complexities of the battlespace, command and control (C2) is more of a challenge than ever before. Plan BEERSHEBA is underpinned by the tenets of modularity, scalability and networked. Digitisation has occurred to allow the Combat Brigade to command and control the battlespace manoeuvring up to and including three Battle Groups. This same C2 system needs to be able to allow Combat Service Support (CSS) to be synchronised and orchestrated across the battle space in support of these Battle Groups and their integrated enablers.
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Project Land 200 will provide the digital hardware and Battle Management Systems recognised as vital to fulfilling this land network capability. This comes increasingly paramount as they cycle through the Force Generation Cycle, specifically in the Readying and Ready phases, with the key objective being operational preparedness. Advancements in digitised capabilities must be progressed in order to enable combat capability and support Foundation Warfighting