Network-enabled capability

<h2 id="allied-parallels">Allied parallels</h2>
<p>NEC is related to the US concept of <a href="/facts/Network-centric_warfare/6jxAR6Na">network-centric warfare</a> (NCW), which at the time was described as "translating an information advantage into a decisive warfighting advantage". This was later renamed "network-centric operations" (NCO), to encompass activities such as <a href="/facts/Peacekeeping/bFrKlQY2">peacekeeping</a>.
</p><p>NEC is related to the Australian concept of Ubiquitous Command and Control (UC2), which includes network-enabled capability, <a href="/facts/Intent_(Military)/oCHjzNJw">military intent</a>, and awareness. UC2 extends the "networking position" of NEC and NCW to include positions on decision devolution, seeking the ubiquity of available decision makers and using computing to achieve it, the necessary human-computer integration in decision making, decentralisation of intent and physical dispersion, social coordination protocols to unify intent, capability and awareness, and management levels to bound behaviours.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Networked_swarming_warfare/6TFE3pb5">Networked swarming warfare</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/British_Armed_Forces/9XVvWRfp">British Armed Forces</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Skynet_(satellites)/IH93o7lv">Skynet</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bowman_(communications_system)/Unlc6SYu">Bowman</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/ScienceandTechnologyPublications/NEC/Jsp777NetworkEnabledCapability.htm">Joint Services Publication 777 Edition 1</a>, available online from the Ministry of Defence.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F40663B6-F2D2-4058-A1EB-B843559BCCB5/0/1926_NEC.pdf">Understanding Network Enabled Capability</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ccdcoe.org/articles/2011/An_Introductory_Study_to_Cyber_Security_in_NEC.pdf">An Introductory Study to Cyber Security in NEC</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.baesystems.com/insyte/">BAE Systems NEC</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.qinetiq.com/home/defence/interoperability_network_enabled_capability/network_enabled_capability.html">QinetiQ NEC</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.roke.co.uk/defence/">Roke Manor Research NEC</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sea.co.uk/defence.aspx?nav=domains">Systems Engineering & Assessment NEC</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thalesgroup.co.uk/thales_corporate/activities/network-enabled-capability/network-enabled-capability_home.cfm">Thales group NEC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060429121707/http://www.ericsson.com/technology/whitepapers/3064_C4ISR_A.pdf">Ericsson white paper: C4ISR for Network-Oriented Defense</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nec-exhibition.com/informa-announces-the-launch-of-NECE-2008.html">NECE 2008</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.centriclabs.se">Centric Labs</a></li></ul>

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