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Chapter 3: Information Technology for Interoperability and Decision...319of selected CID solutions. Section 4 presents general CID Server concept. Section 5describes the main ideas, features, architecture of CID JASMINE.II. Combat identificationIn this section the main facts concerning Combat Identification (CID) areintroduced. The general definition is given below:Combat Identification (CID) is the process of attaining an accurate characterizationof entities in a combatant’s area of responsibility to the extent that high-confidence,real-time application of tactical options and weapon resources can occur. The objectiveof CID is to maximize combat/mission effectiveness while reducing total casualties(due to enemy action and fratricide) [5].Another definition is as follows:Combat Identification (CID) is the capability to differentiate potential targetsmobile and fixed, over large areas with corresponding long distances as friend, foe, orneutral in sufficient time, with high confidence, and at the requisite range to supportengagement decisions and weapon release [6].It can be seen from above definitions that CID is a very general term thattouches various operational and functional topics. The main motivation to developCID in military forces is to minimize friendly fire accidents and to help preventunnecessary combat losses. However CID is required also for other reasons. It isneeded among others to:• effectively field fighting forces,• support to rapidly and positively identify enemies, friends, and neutralsin the battlespace,• manage and control the battle area,• optimally employ weapons and forces,• minimize casualties.The importance of CID has grown in the modern times since there is muchmore attention about personnel loss than, for example, in the beginning of 20 thcentury.Below some aspects of CID are shown. First operational and functionalcapabilities are presented then description of system-of-systems concept is givenin accordance to CID.A. Operational capabilitiesCID is applicable in the following areas:• Air to air,• Air to surface,• Surface to Surface,• Surface to air.
320 Military Communications and Information Technology...Surface area includes land and sea. The subsurface is known as ground andmaritime. In each of the these CID need is essential for commanders. CID capabilityis required for all mission scenarios. However, in different ones it can be implementeddifferently. The next picture presents various actors on various mission areas.Figure 1. CID Application on mission areas, source [5]To deliver CID capability, it is required to provide solutions that implement it.The CID concept can be implemented with two main types of solutions: materieland non-material.Non-materiel solutions contain:• doctrine;• tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP);• training.Non-materiel solutions often need to be augmented by materiel solutions.Materiel solutions can be characterized as:• sensor systems – cooperative and non-cooperative (like radar signal modulation,high-range resolution radar, electronic support measures),• command, control, and communications (C3) systems, in particular thesecould be digital data links and radios, each of which contributes a portionto the CID solution.One can see that, in the given description, CID is viewed as capability ratherthan a single program or system. This is the approach of “system-of-systems”. CID
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