Annual report 2001 on FOI's research on Command, Control, Communication and Information technology (C3l)

This report summarises briefly the research at FOI during 2001 in the area of Command, Control and Communication including Information Technology. The content and the aim of the research area is reported. Also the national and the international evolution is described. Research topics and results accomplished are reported by project. A major part of the research comprehend new for the Swedish Armed Forces important disciplines such as IT-security, Information Fusion (within decision support) and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (within telecommunication). In these cases the research is only partly on the road to the established objectives. In other cases support has been given explicitly to the Swedish Armed Forces development of Command and Control as well as of Command training. In summary the results of the research of 2001 provide a foundation for the future support of the Swedish Armed Forces when developing into a Network Based Defence.