Battle management language

A Battle Management Language (BML) is the unambiguous language used to command and control forces and equipment conducting military operations and to provide situational awareness and a shared, common operational picture.
It can be seen as a standard digitized representation of a <a href="/facts/Commander%27s_intent/oCHjzNJw">commander's intent</a> to be used for real troops, simulated troops, and future robotic forces. BML is particularly relevant in a network centric environment for enabling mutual understanding.
The need for common BML was identified by the U.S. Army's Simulation to C4I Interoperability Overarching Integrated Product Team (SIMCI OIPT) and was originally defined in a paper titled Standardizing Battle Management Language - A Vital Move Towards the Army Transformation published by the <a href="/facts/Simulation_Interoperability_Standards_Organization/GCbWeLjD">Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization</a> in 2001 <a href="http://www.sisostds.org/DigitalLibrary.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=23273">[1]</a>. The same issues that have driven the Army to embark on this program also confront the other Services C4ISR and simulation systems, and future military operations. Acknowledging the significant need for training in joint environments to support future operations, SISO and other BML development efforts have expanded to encompass Joint BML (J-BML) for all military branches and ultimately to more recent work on establishing a Coalition BML (C-BML) for all Services and multinational coalition members promoting interoperability among their C4ISR systems and simulations, and also among systems employed in real-world operations.

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Battle management language