| Australian Army: Battle Management System Doctrine Scoping Study |
| Client |
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| Disciplines |
Specialist Engagements |
| Situation |
The Australian Army planned to introduce a battle management system (BMS) into service. The
BMS provides tactical command, control & communications (C3) from Battlegroup headquarters
down to the dismounted soldier. |
| Challenge |
The aim of the BMS Doctrine Scoping Study is to broadly identify what doctrine needs to be
developed to employ the BMS capability and to source BMS doctrine from overseas. |
| Response |
A systematic review of all existing Australian Army doctrine (over 100 publications), concept
papers, BMS project information, lessons learnt data, and international publication and doctrine
on BMS was undertaken. This review enabled the following assessments to be made in relation to
existing publications: new core doctrine requirements, directly and indirectly impacted doctrine. |
| Outcome |
The scoping study highlighted conceptual challenges for the Australian Army to consider in
light of the introduction of a BMS. These included generating and managing tempo, information
management and associated training. The study identified the requirement for both new doctrine
and changes to existing doctrine. The scoping study contributed to the introduction of a BMS under
the LAND 75 (BMS) and LAND 125 (Soldier Combat System). |
