Network-centric technology put to the test

Empire Challenge is an annual live demonstration organized by the Joint Forces Command. Its objectives include:

• Improving intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support to command and control operations.
• Enhancing coalition data sharing and interoperability.
• Improving interoperability between national/strategic intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
• Demonstrating multi-intelligence battlespace awareness.
• Continuing data standards development and system interoperability.

Source: Joint Forces Command