Identyfikacja potrzeb operacyjnych niezbędnych do prowadzenia operacji sieciocentrycznych

The process of identifying operational needs necessary to conduct net-centric operations is connected with tasks defined for the armed forces and resulting from them directions of transformation. As operations within the Alliance are the priority for our Strategy, it can be assumed that the way of defining operational needs within NATO may be also applied to assess operational needs necessary to conduct net-centric operations by the Polish Armed Forces. In the article the author refers to the assumptions developed in NATO strategic commands, i.e. Allied Command Operations (ACO) and Allied Command Transformation (ACT), according to which operational requirements relating to Transformational Objective Areas (TOAs) for NATO forces should be analysed taking into consideration the following areas: Effective Engagement, Integrated Logistics, Expeditionary Operations or Enhanced Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC). In the further part of the article the author characterises more widely these particular areas. In the conclusion the author stresses special requirements set for the command system which, when appropriate “operational awareness” is reached, will be able to gain superiority and consequently lead to the enemy’s defeat.